Limits to Campaign Contributions
There are no limits to campaign contributions made to Iowa state-level candidates from individuals, political committees, or state political parties. Additional information on limits to campaign contributions in Iowa may be found here.
Filing Deadlines
Candidates are required to file detailed reports on their campaign donations and expenditures. Transparency USA provides accurate, searchable data within a month of its availability.
See Iowa’s campaign finance report deadlines here.
Additional reports may be required by Iowa filers. If a report is skipped (often because its deadline is close to another), the data from that report is captured in the next update.
Iowa Statewide Officeholders
Iowa statewide office holders (such as the governor and lieutenant governor) serve four-year terms and are up for reelection in non-presidential election years. There are no term limits for statewide officeholders.
Iowa Legislature
Iowa House Representatives serve two-year terms.
Iowa State Senators serve four-year terms.
There are no term limits for Iowa legislators.
Iowa Legislative Session
The State Legislature convenes its regular session on the second Monday of January of each year. The General Assembly can also be called into special session by a proclamation of the Governor of Iowa or by a written request of two-thirds of both houses of the General Assembly.
How We Display Iowa Campaign Finance Data
Campaign finance is complex, with reporting practices that vary widely from state to state. As a reporting system — and not a balance sheet — contributions and expenditures do not balance the way we’d expect if it were an accounting system. In most cases, this does not mean that the data is incomplete, but rather, that entities are following Iowa’s unique reporting requirements.
To help put the numbers in context, we’ve created a state-specific explanation of how we display information reported. Click the link below for a more detailed description of Iowa’s campaign finance data and how their unique system is displayed on TUSA: