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Fire Fighters Interested in Registration & Education PAC (FI contributed $187 to the Iowa Professional Fire Fighters PAC, a political action committee, on January 17, 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.