pac · IA

Arenholz

No lobbying disclosures, no federal contracts -- just a substantial run of campaign giving, $161K reported to the FEC. Data through August 2026.

$161K
Combined activity
$161K
Contributions

The verdict

Arenholz ranks in the top 48% of 21,666 organizations with tracked federal activity, with its only tracked channel being a substantial run of campaign giving, led by Zach Nunn.

Top 48%
of 21,666 tracked organizations
$161K
campaign contributions

Where Arenholz's total federal influence footprint sits

21,666 organizations with tracked federal activity

$160,710 10496th of 21666 higher than 11,170 of 21,666 organizations

the full population, bucketed by value

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Source FEC contributions, LDA lobbying disclosures, and USASpending federal contracts · August 2026

Politicians supported

58

distinct FEC recipients

Lobbying years filed

0

LDA disclosure years

LDA issue areas

0

distinct policy categories

Arenholz's influence activity score

Each tracked channel is percentile-scored against its own national benchmark, then averaged across only the channels that apply to a pac -- not one dollar sum where contract size can drown out everything else.

Overall activity score

F

19/100

Campaign contributions

D

58/100 · $161K

Lobbying expenditures

F

7/100 · $0

Federal contracts

F

2/100 · $0

Independent expenditures

F

10/100 · $0

What Arenholz's recorded federal activity shows

Arenholz, with a disclosed filing address in IA,'s only channel in this dataset is campaign giving: a a substantial PAC history totaling $161K, topped by Zach Nunn, with no lobbying disclosures or federal contracts on record.

On the campaign side, Arenholz's PAC contributions reached 58 federal politicians, led by Zach Nunn at $10K.

Politicians supported

Zach Nunn$10KMariannette Jane Miller-meeks$10KRandall Feenstra$7KAshley Hinson Arenholz$7KKen Calvert$6KRob Bresnahan$6KAustin Leo Theriault$6KTimothy Gabriel Joseph Evans$6K
Top recipients of Arenholz PAC contributions · FEC (2024 cycle)
Politician Party Amount
Zach Nunn R $10K
Mariannette Jane Miller-meeks R $10K
Randall Feenstra R $7K
Ashley Hinson Arenholz R $7K
Ken Calvert R $6K
Rob Bresnahan R $6K
Austin Leo Theriault R $6K
Timothy Gabriel Joseph Evans R $6K
David Valadao R $5K
Mazi Melesa Pilip R $5K
Debra S. Fischer R $5K
Nicholas Iii Begich R $5K
Jeffrey Hurd R $5K
Ryan Edward Mackenzie R $5K
Celeste Maloy R $5K
Marcus J. Molinaro R $4K
Anthony P Desposito R $4K
Young Kim R $4K
Ernest Anthony Tony Ii Gonzales R $3K
Ryan K Zinke R $3K
Michael Vincent Lawler R $3K
Brandon Mcdonald Williams R $3K
Dan Newhouse R $3K
Jerry Lee Jr Carl R $3K
Lalota Nick R $2K
Mayra Nohemi Flores R $2K
Brian Jack R $2K
Julie Fedorchak R $2K
Donald J Bacon R $2K
Joseph Kent R $2K
Paul Junge R $2K
Juan Ciscomani R $1K
John James R $1K
Lori Chavez-deremer R $1K
Michelle Steel R $1K
Michael Garcia R $1K
George S Logan R $1K
Joe Teirab R $1K
Joe Mcgraw R $1K
Robert W Mercuri R $1K
Nancy Dahlstrom R $1K
Randell C. Niemeyer R $1K
Thomas More Barrett R $1K
Stella Yvette Herrell R $1K
Michael Bost R $1K
Michael Rulli R $1K
Alison Esposito R $1K
Laurie Buckhout R $1K
Brad Knott R $1K
Bryan George Steil R $1K

Nationwide peers with similar federal activity

Cross-state nearest neighbors on two independent axes, combined tracked activity and Senate LDA lobbying spend, so the lattice is not filing-state containment.

Similar combined federal activity

Other organizations with nearest total contributions + lobbying + contracts ($161K here), outside IA filing-state peers.

Frequently asked questions

How much recorded federal activity does Arenholz have?

Arenholz has a combined recorded federal activity total of $161K, made up of $161K in campaign contributions. This is a convenience sum across three separate official populations, not a measure of causal political influence. Data from FEC filings, Senate LDA disclosures, and USAspending.gov for 2023-2024.

Which politicians does Arenholz support?

Arenholz contributed $161K to political campaigns during the 2024 election cycle through its PAC. Arenholz supported 58 politicians, with the largest contribution going to Zach Nunn ($10K). All contribution data is sourced from Federal Election Commission filings.

Where does the data about Arenholz come from?

PlainInfluence aggregates data from three federal sources: the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for campaign contributions, the Senate Office of Public Records for lobbying disclosures under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, and USAspending.gov for federal contract awards. Data covers the 2023-2024 reporting period.

What is "combined activity" and how is it calculated?

Combined activity (internally total_influence) is a convenience sum of three different official populations: FEC campaign contributions (2024 election cycle), Senate LDA lobbying expenditures (2023 and 2024 filing years, summed), and USAspending federal contract obligations (fiscal year 2024). It is a cross-dataset discovery index only, not causation, effectiveness, or political influence. Channel dollars are shown side by side; see /methodology#cross-stage-populations.

What to do with this organization

Every figure traces to a real FEC, LDA, or USASpending filing; contribution and lobbying totals are not the same as spending on any specific outcome.

According to the Federal Election Commission and the Senate Office of Public Records, more than 14,000 political action committees and over 12,500 lobbying registrants filed disclosure reports covering the 2024 election cycle and calendar-year 2024 lobbying period respectively. Every figure on this page comes from official FEC, Senate LDA, or USAspending.gov filings, described on our methodology page. Data was last updated in August 2026.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainInfluence.

Every figure on PlainInfluence is rendered directly from official FEC, Senate LDA and USAspending records, no number is typed in by an editor. Contribution, lobbying, and contract totals are aggregated directly from FEC, Senate LDA, and USAspending bulk data, no figure is hand-entered. Disclosed contributions, lobbying, and contracts are lawful, regulated activities, appearing on this page is not an allegation of wrongdoing. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, our disclaimer, or report a data error. Data current as of 2023-2024.