BUILD THE BARN PAC
DemocraticFEC reportedPAC with non-contribution account · Unauthorized · Quarterly filerC00907923
Overview
- Raised
- $3.9M
- Spent
- $3.9M
- Cash on hand
- $29.4K
- Debts owed
- $0
OpenFEC processed totals through Sep 30, 2026; figures change when amended reports are filed.
Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as the committee reported them; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.
Candidate connections
Associated candidate
WAHLS, ZACH PDemocraticFEC reportedU.S. Senate · Iowa · Statewide
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID:
S6IA00272· 2025–2026 reporting cycle
A registered candidate association does not make this an authorized campaign committee or establish that these contributions went directly to that candidate.
Money in
Sources
- Itemized individual contributions$2.7M
- Unitemized individual contributions$1.1M
- Other committees$101.3K
Top contributors
- HENLEY, DONALD90% Democratic · 6% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$10.8K6 contributions
- ABELE, EMMA94% Democratic · 4% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$10.5K3 contributions
- BILLS, STEVEN99% Democratic · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$10.5K4 contributions
Money out
Spending by kind
- Operating expenditures$3.5M
- Contributions to committees$8,500
- Contribution refunds$388.2K
- Other disbursements$4,936
Largest disbursements
- BLUEWEST MEDIA$199KMEDIA BUY · May 20, 2026
- AISLE 518$198.3KDIGITAL SERVICES, CONSULT FEES, AD BUYS, TEXTING, LIST ACQUISITION · Jul 5, 2025
- BLUEWEST MEDIA$180.7KMEDIA BUY · May 12, 2026
- BLUEWEST MEDIA$123.5KMEDIA BUY · May 1, 2026
- AISLE 518$120.1KDIGITAL SERVICES, CONSULTING FEES, AD BUYS, TEXTING · Oct 9, 2025
- BLUEWEST MEDIA$111.6KMEDIA BUY · May 6, 2026
- MIDDLE SEAT$60KDIGITAL CONSULTING · May 14, 2026
- AISLE 518$55K
Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph
Records
Registration
- Committee type
- PAC with non-contribution account
- Designation
- Unauthorized
- Party affiliation
- Democratic
- Treasurer
- PETTERSON, JAY
- Filing cadence
- Quarterly filer
- Organization type
- Not reported
- Connected organization
- Not reported
- Registration snapshot cycle
- 2025–2026
- Cycles loaded
- 2026
- Registered address
- 7 S LINN ST · #505 · IOWA CITY, IA, 52240
Relationships
FEC-reported relationships
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Political alignment
Registration, linked-candidate, and disclosed money-flow evidence
FEC registration: PAC with non-contribution account; Democratic affiliation reported. Classification basis: FEC reported. This describes disclosed financial activity, not an official party registration or ideological score. The figures below separately preserve the filer’s Schedule E support and opposition designations.