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Leo Smith

IL

FEC individual contributor; employer at time of contribution: CHICAGO CRED.

Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$238,400

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Leo Smith

$220K
15 transactions across 12 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Leo Smith directed $72K to DSCC across 2 contributions between August 2020 and March 2021.

Aug 2020 – Mar 2021individual

Leo Smith directed $61K to DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND across 3 contributions between September 2023 and November 2023.

Sep 2023 – Nov 2023individual

Leo Smith directed $39K to DSCC CHAIR VICTORY FUND.

Mar 2022individual

Leo Smith directed $13K to OHIO GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUND.

Jan 2024individual

Leo Smith directed $7K to CHRIS MURPHY VICTORY FUND.

Jun 2024individual

Leo Smith also gave to 7 other entities totaling $28K.

$220K tracked across 12 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Leo Smith’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

$22K
modeled estimate
30 paths across 29 counterparties
$10Kmodeled estimateattributed to FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $13K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $13K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$2Kmodeled estimateattributed to Mazi Melesa Pilip
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $10K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$703modeled estimateattributed to David Schweikert
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $10K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$696modeled estimateattributed to John S. Duarte
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $10K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$679modeled estimateattributed to Joseph Kent
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $10K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$640modeled estimateattributed to Christopher Murphy
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$640modeled estimateLeo Smith→CHRIS MURPHY VICTORY FUND→Christopher Murphymediumpac

smallest single documented leg $7K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$551modeled estimateattributed to Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$551modeled estimateLeo Smith→DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND→Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.mediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $10K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$501modeled estimateattributed to Marcus J. Molinaro
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $41K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 21 additional chains totaling $7K.

$22K attributed (modeled estimate) across 30 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
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$41,300Oct 19, 20232024
DSCC CHAIR VICTORY FUND$39,400Mar 29, 20222022
DSCC$36,500Mar 10, 20212022
DSCC$35,000Aug 5, 20202020
OHIO GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUND$13,200Jan 18, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$10,000Sep 22, 20232024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$10,000Nov 14, 20232024
CHRIS MURPHY VICTORY FUND$6,600Jun 10, 20242024
NEW TRIER DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION$5,000Sep 11, 20242024
JANE FONDA CLIMATE PAC$5,000Mar 5, 20242024
FIGHT LIKE HELL PAC$5,000Dec 15, 20232024
MELISSA CONYEARS-ERVIN FOR CONGRESS$3,300Apr 28, 20232024
SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESS$3,300Mar 4, 20232024
SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESS$3,300Mar 4, 20232024
FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN$3,300Jan 21, 20242024
Nikki Budzinski$3,300Jul 29, 20242024
LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS$3,300Mar 19, 20242024
ROSEN FOR NEVADA$3,300Oct 28, 20242024
GALLEGO VICTORY FUND$3,300Oct 28, 20242024
NEW TRIER DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION$2,500Oct 19, 20232024
FIGHT LIKE HELL PAC$2,500Dec 15, 20232024