So far, the “Yes” campaign has raised $99,429.16—that’s over thirty times what the average board candidate raised. Nineteen donors have given a total of $1000 or more; those donors accounted for almost two-thirds of the total. They are:
| Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce | $ 17,500 |
| Hills Bank | $ 8,006.85 |
| University of Iowa Community Credit Union | $ 8,000 |
| MidwestOne Bank | $ 7,506.31 |
| Southgate Development Service | $ 4,000 |
| Gary Watts Real Estate & Development | $ 2,500 |
| Neumann Monson, Inc. | $ 2,000 |
| Hayek, Moreland, Smith, Bergus, L.L.P. | $ 2,000 |
| Arlington Development, Inc. | $ 2,000 |
| Maxwell Construction | $ 2,000 |
| U.S. Bank | $ 1,200 |
| Houser Enterprises | $ 1,000 |
| RPB Properties, L.L.C. | $ 1,000 |
| Rohrbach Associates, P.C. | $ 1,000 |
| TLD, Inc. | $ 1,000 |
| Cedar Rapids Building Trades, CR/IC | $ 1,000 |
| Veridian Credit Union | $ 1,000 |
| Mark Moen and Bobby Jett (jointly) | $ 2,000 |
On the “No” side, there were no $1,000 donors. The largest contribution was $250. So far they’ve raised a total of $2502. That means the “Yes” group has raised almost forty times as much as the “No” group.
School board candidates also filed campaign finance reports today. Here’s how much each candidate has raised (click on the candidate’s name to see the report):
| $ 7,425.31 | |
| $ 6,395 | |
| $ 3,352.89 | |
| $ 2,700 | |
| $ 985 | |
| $ 770 | |
| $ 760 |
The biggest single contributor to school board candidates appears to be Adam Ingersoll, who gave $500 to Janet Godwin and $1,000 to Ruthina Malone (as well as $1,000 to the “Yes” campaign). Ingersoll is a college admissions test prep consultant.
Finally, the Save Hoover Committee raised $602.40 (including $382.40 carried over from the previous campaign cycle).
Contributions made after September 2 will not be reported until January.
