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CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESS

Tracked direct receipts exceed tracked direct giving by

$102,300

Political action committee.

Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$37,000

View FEC cycle totals

Tracked receipts

$139,300

View FEC cycle totals

Connections

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The Money Trail

How money associated with CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESS flowed

CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESS is the giver in some of these trails and the recipient in others. Each sentence names who gave and who received.

$81K
15 transactions across 12 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESS directed $25K to NRCC.

Oct 2024party

NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC) directed $10K to CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESS across 2 contributions between March 2023 and September 2024.

Mar 2023 – Sep 2024pac

AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE directed $10K to CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESS across 2 contributions between May 2024 and October 2024.

May 2024 – Oct 2024pac

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) directed $10K to CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESS across 2 contributions between May 2023 and March 2024.

May 2023 – Mar 2024pac

CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESS also is connected by money to 7 other entities totaling $21K.

$81K tracked across 12 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Who funded CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESS

Attributed amounts are modeled estimates of how money flowed through intermediary PACs, computed by proportional apportionment of FEC-reported transactions. They are not reported transactions themselves. How we compute this

$17K
modeled estimate
50 paths across 50 counterparties
2024 cycle1 path0 hopsHigh confidence

smallest single documented leg $1K

2024 cycle1 path0 hopsHigh confidence

smallest single documented leg $2K

$2Kmodeled estimatefrom Scott Simplot
2024 cycle1 path1 hopLow confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $5K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

2024 cycle1 path0 hopsHigh confidence

smallest single documented leg $1K

$866modeled estimatefrom Tyson Foods
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $5K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$520modeled estimatefrom Monsanto (Bayer)
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $5K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$390modeled estimatefrom Stewart A. Resnick
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $2K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$390modeled estimatefrom Dennis Groth
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $2K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $8K.

$17K attributed (modeled estimate) across 50 paths·Up to 1 hop deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this

Connected Government Contracts

Companies that CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESS holds stock in, is employed by, or receives donations from (through a corporate PAC) that also receive federal awards. Figures are each company's total federal obligations over the fiscal years this tracker holds FEC data for, as reported by USASpending.gov.

Received contributions from a PAC of

Received direct contributions from a PAC affiliated with this company

$255.8B

federal obligations FY2015–FY2025

Defense: $236.0BNational Aeronautics and Space Administration: $19.4BHomeland Security: $118.0M+5 more
Received contributions from a PAC of

Received direct contributions from a PAC affiliated with this company

$1.2M

federal obligations FY2015–FY2025

Federal Communications Commission: $3.1MVeterans Affairs: $300KU.S. Agency for Global Media: $235K+8 more

Stock disclosures from Senate EFD / House Financial Disclosures. Contract data from USASpending.gov. Contributions and contracts are separate records. Neither is shown as a cause of the other, and a connection does not imply wrongdoing.

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Donations Given and Outside Spending

Largest 50 records. Rows badged “Spent to support” or “Spent to oppose” are independent expenditures this entity paid to vendors for or against the named candidate. That money was not given to them.

RecipientAmountDateCycle
NRCC$25,000Oct 30, 20242024
ROB FOR PA$2,000Oct 30, 20242024
ZINKE FOR CONGRESS$2,000Nov 1, 20242024
VAN ORDEN FOR CONGRESS$2,000Oct 28, 20242024
LORI CHAVEZ-DEREMER FOR CONGRESS$2,000Nov 5, 20242024
MAYRA FLORES FOR CONGRESS$2,000Nov 3, 20242024
IOWANS FOR ZACH NUNN$2,000Oct 24, 20242024

Donations Received and Outside Spending

Largest 50 records. Badged rows are independent expenditures other groups paid to vendors for or against this entity. That money did not reach its committee.

DonorAmountDateCycle
NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC)$5,000Sep 18, 20242024
NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC)$5,000Mar 30, 20232024
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC)$5,000May 18, 20232024
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC)$5,000Mar 20, 20242024
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000Oct 25, 20242024
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000May 20, 20242024
Google/Alphabet NetPAC$5,000Aug 7, 20262026
J. R. SIMPLOT COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000Mar 27, 20232024
Kenneth Randall$3,300Aug 30, 20232024
American Bankers Association PAC (BANKPAC)$2,500Dec 5, 20232024
American Bankers Association PAC (BANKPAC)$2,500Jun 26, 20242024
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500Dec 6, 20232024
THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500Apr 29, 20242024
THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500Mar 4, 20242024
THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,500Oct 22, 20242024
SWISHER INTERNATIONAL INC PAC FUND$2,500Sep 24, 20242024
MDU RESOURCES GROUP GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND$2,500Jul 3, 20242024
AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA INC POLITICAL AC$2,000Mar 28, 20232024
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2,000Sep 20, 20242024
Jim Jordan$2,000Aug 14, 20242024
Jim Jordan$2,000Apr 10, 20232024
Jim Jordan$2,000Apr 10, 20232024
EXELON CORPORATION-CONSTELLATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CEPAC)$2,000Mar 30, 20262026
EXELON CORPORATION-CONSTELLATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CEPAC)$2,000Jun 16, 20252026
Google/Alphabet NetPAC$2,000Jun 30, 20232024
IPAA WILDCATTERS FUND$2,000Apr 9, 20242024
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,500May 20, 20242024
WINE INSTITUTE PAC$1,500Jun 27, 20242024
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,500May 10, 20242024
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,500May 3, 20242024
THE ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTS PAC$1,500Feb 22, 20242024
ROAD TO FREEDOM CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE$1,500Sep 15, 20232024
GENERAL ATOMICS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000May 10, 20232024
LKQ CORPORATION EMPLOYEE GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND$1,000Sep 30, 20232024
LKQ CORPORATION EMPLOYEE GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND$1,000Aug 22, 20232024
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC$1,000Jul 3, 20242024
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND$1,000Jul 23, 20242024
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND$1,000May 10, 20232024
PhRMA PAC$1,000Sep 24, 20242024
HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUND$1,000Sep 16, 20242024
HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUND$1,000Apr 17, 20242024
BAKER & HOSTETLER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000Jun 16, 20232024
ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION PAC$1,000Jul 20, 20232024
THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000Apr 28, 20232024
THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000Jun 27, 20232024
NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP FEDERAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE$1,000Feb 15, 20242024
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC)$1,000Jan 8, 20242024
ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION PAC$1,000Mar 8, 20232024
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000May 10, 20242024
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000Sep 26, 20242024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Affiliated withCliff BentzCLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESS is the principal campaign committee of Cliff Bentz (FEC committee C00725465, designation P; candidate H0OR02127).Source
Received donation fromGoogle/Alphabet NetPAC$15,000.00 across 3 contributionsSource
Received donation fromBarbara LeeDonated $250 to CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESSSource
Received donation fromJeffrey FisherDonated $500 to CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESSSource
Received donation fromRio Grande Valley Sugar Growers PAC$3,500.00 across 2 contributionsSource
Received donation fromRhod ShawDonated $500 to CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESSSource
Received donation fromKenneth RandallDonated $3,300 to CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESSSource
Received donation fromBrian BishopDonated $1,000 to CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESSSource
Received donation fromHenry LernerDonated $250 to CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESSSource
Received donation fromSusan WildDonated $2,500 to CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESSSource
Received donation fromKevin MullinDonated $1,000 to CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESSSource
Received donation fromJim JordanDonated $6,000 to CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESSSource
Received donation fromMichael JamesDonated $1,000 to CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESSSource
Received donation fromWells Fargo PAC$2,500.00 across 1 contributions (2020 cycles)Source
Received donation fromChevron Corporation PAC (Chevron Employees PAC)$10,000.00 across 7 contributions (2020, 2022, 2024, 2026 cycles)Source
Received donation fromSouthern Company PAC (SouthernPAC)$3,000.00 across 3 contributions (2020, 2024, 2026 cycles)Source
Received donation fromBristol-Myers Squibb Company PAC$1,500.00 across 1 contributions (2024 cycles)Source
Received donation fromKoch Industries PAC (KOCHPAC)$15,000.00 across 3 contributionsSource