Consanguinity
Candidate Committees:
RELATIONSHIPS BY “CONSANGUINITY OR AFFINITY”
Iowa Code section 68A.402A(1)"i" and 351 IAC 4.14(5) require the
disclosure of family relationship of a contributor to
the candidate, if applicable.
“Consanguinity” is a relationship by blood. “Affinity” is a relationship by marriage.
“To the third degree of consanguinity” applies to the candidate’s first, second, and third degree of blood relatives as follows:
• Spouse - Children - Parents
(first degree)
• Brothers/Sisters - Half-Brothers/Half-Sisters
- Grandchildren - Grandparents (second degree)
• Uncles/Aunts - Nephews/Nieces - Great-Grandparents
- Great-Grandchildren (third degree)
“To the third degree of affinity” applies to the candidate’s first, second, and third degree relatives by marriage as follows:
• Stepchildren - Stepmother/Stepfather
- Mother-in-Law - Father-in-Law (first degree)
• Stepbrothers/Stepsisters - Brothers-in-Law -
Sisters-in-Law – Step grandchildren – Step
grandparents (second degree)
• Step uncles/Step aunts – Step nephews/Step
nieces – Step great Grandparents – Step
great-Grandchildren (third degree)
A candidate’s committee accepting any form of contribution (cash or check, in-kind contribution, monetary loan) is required to list the relationship when reporting its receipt on Schedule A, Schedule E, or Schedule F as applicable.
View pdf with chart for affinity and consanguinity