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Steve Dobson

Tracked direct giving

$14,025

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Steve Dobson

$9K
15 transactions across 7 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Steve Dobson directed $3K to PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT PAC across 5 contributions between October 2024 and October 2024.

Oct 2024 – Oct 2024individual

Steve Dobson directed $2K to SD PAC across 2 contributions between January 2024 and April 2024.

Jan 2024 – Apr 2024individual

Steve Dobson directed $2K to FIGHT LIKE HELL PAC across 3 contributions between June 2023 and February 2024.

Jun 2023 – Feb 2024individual

Steve Dobson directed $1K to RETIRED AMERICANS PAC.

Nov 2023individual

Steve Dobson directed $1K to BOLD MAJORITY PAC across 2 contributions.

Aug 2023individual

Steve Dobson also gave to 2 other entities totaling $750.

$9K tracked across 7 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Steve Dobson’s money ended up

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

$9K
modeled estimate
17 paths across 16 counterparties
$2Kmodeled estimateattributed to Adam Gray
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$2Kmodeled estimateSteve Dobson→SD PAC→Adam GraymediumSupportmultiple

smallest single documented leg $250

$2Kmodeled estimateattributed to Kamala Harris
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$2Kmodeled estimateSteve Dobson→RETIRED AMERICANS PAC→Kamala HarrismediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $1K

$1Kmodeled estimateattributed to Michael J Rogers
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$1Kmodeled estimateSteve Dobson→RETIRED AMERICANS PAC→Michael J RogersmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $1K

$868modeled estimateattributed to Donald J. Trump
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$729modeled estimateSteve Dobson→SD PAC→Donald J. TrumpmediumOppose24A

smallest single documented leg $250

$140modeled estimateSteve Dobson→RETIRED AMERICANS PAC→Donald J. TrumpmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$739modeled estimateattributed to Ken Calvert
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$739modeled estimateSteve Dobson→SD PAC→Ken CalvertmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $250

$705modeled estimateattributed to Ted Cruz
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$705modeled estimateSteve Dobson→SD PAC→Ted CruzmediumOppose24A

smallest single documented leg $250

$487modeled estimateattributed to Tim Sheehy
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$487modeled estimateSteve Dobson→RETIRED AMERICANS PAC→Tim SheehymediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$338modeled estimateattributed to GEORGE WHITESIDES FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $250

Plus 8 additional chains totaling $2K.

$9K attributed (modeled estimate) across 17 paths·Up to 2 hops deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this
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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
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT PAC$1,000Oct 30, 20242024
SD PAC$1,000Jan 29, 20242024
RETIRED AMERICANS PAC$1,000Nov 28, 20232024
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT PAC$500Oct 4, 20242024
THE FIRST ASK$500Jul 21, 20242024
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT PAC$500Oct 7, 20242024
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT PAC$500Oct 7, 20242024
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT PAC$500Oct 15, 20242024
FIGHT LIKE HELL PAC$500Jun 24, 20232024
BOLD MAJORITY PAC$500Aug 3, 20232024
SD PAC$500Apr 5, 20242024
BOLD MAJORITY PAC$500Aug 3, 20232024
FIGHT LIKE HELL PAC$500Jul 23, 20232024
FIGHT LIKE HELL PAC$500Feb 5, 20242024
DEBBIE DINGELL FOR CONGRESS$250Mar 31, 20242024
SD PAC$250Mar 17, 20242024
SD PAC$250Feb 22, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT PROJECT PAC$250Nov 2, 20232024
DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT PROJECT PAC$250Oct 30, 20232024
DEBBIE DINGELL FOR CONGRESS$250Dec 21, 20232024
SD PAC$250Aug 23, 20242024
DEFEND DEMOCRACY NOW PAC$250Feb 19, 20242024
SD PAC$250Oct 23, 20242024
SD PAC$250Feb 19, 20242024
SD PAC$250May 23, 20242024
SD PAC$250Jun 23, 20242024
SD PAC$250Jul 23, 20242024
SD PAC$250May 4, 20242024
SD PAC$250Apr 23, 20242024
SD PAC$250Sep 23, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT PROJECT PAC$250Nov 1, 20232024
FIGHT LIKE HELL PAC$250Oct 13, 20232024
FIGHT LIKE HELL PAC$250Jul 13, 20232024
SD PAC$250Dec 23, 20242024
SD PAC$250Nov 23, 20242024
MOMS FED UP$250Nov 22, 20242024
DEFEND DEMOCRACY NOW PAC$25Mar 27, 20242024