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Herman Lenz contributed $12 to the Iowans for Tax Relief PAC (formerly Taxpayers United), a political action committee, on January 2, according to data from Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board.

Donations made to political groups or candidates must be disclosed under state law for greater transparency in elections.

While Congress created the Federal Election Commission to oversee federal elections in 1974, each state is left to regulate its local elections.