{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Iowa Data Hub Administrators", "hasEmail": "mailto:data@iowa.gov"}, "description": "Iowa Code section 68A.404 as amended by 2010 Iowa Acts, SF 2354 requires an individual or organization that expends in excess of $1000 in the aggregate to expressly advocate the election or defeat or a candidate or ballot issue to file a statement within 48 hours of the independent expenditure. An independent expenditure is a communication that is made without being coordinated with a campaign. Registered state committees are not required to file the form as their expenditures are already reported. These individuals or organizations have filed independent expenditures for or against state candidates.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "describedBy": "https://idh-be.iowa.gov/api/v1/datasets/966/columns.json", "describedByType": "application/json", "downloadURL": "https://idh-be.iowa.gov/api/v1/datasets/966/rows.json", "mediaType": "application/json"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://idh-be.iowa.gov/api/v1/datasets/966/rows.csv", "mediaType": "text/csv"}], "identifier": "https://data.iowa.gov/catalog/dataset/966", "issued": "2025-08-26T20:25:45.294862+00:00", "keyword": ["campaign", "state candidates"], "landingPage": "https://data.iowa.gov/catalog/dataset/966", "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/", "modified": "2026-08-01T09:04:57.782889+00:00", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "Ethics & Campaign Finance Disclosure Commission"}, "theme": ["Licensing & Compliance"], "title": "Independent Expenditures For or Against State Candidates or Ballot Issues in Iowa"}