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StateIowa Senate

Claire Celsi

Former state senator, Senate District 16

Party
Democrat
District
Senate District 16See it on a street map
Committees
0 committees
Tracked votes
5
The record

Voting record

Votes on the education bills we track. Each bill links to its history, text and who sponsored it.

Campaign money

Who funds their campaign

Money given to Claire Celsi’s campaign for the Iowa Senate, from reports it files with the state. It doesn’t include money raised for any other race, such as a run for Congress, which is reported to the Federal Election Commission instead. We show totals; we don’t name individual donors.

$64,699raised in 2023–24, through Nov 13, 2024

  • Individuals
  • PACs
  • Party committees
  • Other candidates
  • Businesses and other
From Iowa
97%
of money with an address on the report
Small gifts
44%
of individuals’ money came in gifts of $100 or less; 9% in gifts of $1,000 or more

Biggest donors

PACs, party committees, other campaigns and organizations.

  1. Local Union No 347 IBEW PAC FundPAC$2,000
  2. Kathy Marie Kahoun TrustOrganization$1,050
  3. Everytown-Demand a Seat PACPAC$1,000
  4. Iowa Dental Political Action CommitteePAC$500
  5. Iowa Unity CoalitionPAC$500
  6. Iowa Committee on Political Education - AFL-CIOPAC$500
  7. Dallas County Democratic Central CommitteeParty$500
  8. Credit Union PACPAC$500
  9. West Des Moines DemocratsPAC$500
  10. Local #4 Fire PACPAC$500
See the numbers
Where the money came from, 2023–24
SourceAmountShare
Individuals People giving their own money$54,45484%
PACs Political action committees: unions, businesses, causes$7,55012%
Party committees State and county party committees$5001%
Other candidates Other politicians’ campaign committees$1000%
Businesses and other Businesses, groups, unregistered committees and unitemized gifts$2,0953%
In-kind gifts (included above)$00%

Totals cover their campaign committee only, not money spent by outside groups. In-kind gifts count at their reported value. Party money often passes through caucus committees, which show up here as PACs. How we count campaign money

From Iowa Campaign Contributions Received, published by the Iowa Ethics & Campaign Finance Disclosure Commission under CC BY-NC 4.0. We total and summarize the reports as campaigns filed them. Last checked Nov 7.

Where they serve

Senate District 16

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Claire Celsi represents Senate District 16, which takes in parts or all of Polk and Dallas counties.

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District lines from the US Census Bureau, drawn in Iowa’s 2021 redistricting. Street map © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenFreeMap.

Legislator details from Open States. Votes last checked Nov 7. Report a mistake