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Carl J. Marlinga

Tracked donations to candidate

None in tracked data

IE for this entity (not received)

$364,191

IE against this entity (not received)

$4,611,343

Connections

0

Independent expenditures are paid by outside groups to ad and mail vendors. None of that money reached this entity's committee, and none of it is counted as a receipt.

The Money Trail

How money flowed to Carl J. Marlinga

$4.6M
15 transactions across 3 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Congressional Leadership Fund spent $4.4M opposing Carl J. Marlinga across 10 contributions between October 2024 and October 2024.

Oct 2024 – Oct 2024independent expenditure

HOUSE MAJORITY PAC spent $184K supporting Carl J. Marlinga across 4 contributions between September 2024 and October 2024.

Sep 2024 – Oct 2024independent expenditure

LCV VICTORY FUND spent $95K supporting Carl J. Marlinga.

Oct 2024independent expenditure
$4.6M tracked across 3 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Who funded Carl J. Marlinga

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

$4.1M
modeled estimate
56 paths across 50 counterparties
$813Kmodeled estimatefrom American Action Network
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$813Kmodeled estimateAmerican Action Network→Congressional Leadership Fund→Carl J. MarlingamediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $3K

$326Kmodeled estimatefrom GRIFFIN, KENNETH C.
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$326Kmodeled estimateGRIFFIN, KENNETH C.→Congressional Leadership Fund→Carl J. MarlingamediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $3K

$294Kmodeled estimatefrom Timothy Mellon
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$294Kmodeled estimateTimothy Mellon→Congressional Leadership Fund→Carl J. MarlingamediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $3K

$270Kmodeled estimatefrom Paul Elliott Singer
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$270Kmodeled estimatePaul Elliott Singer→Congressional Leadership Fund→Carl J. MarlingamediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $3K

$197Kmodeled estimatefrom Jeff Yass
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$197Kmodeled estimateJeff Yass→Congressional Leadership Fund→Carl J. MarlingamediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $3K

$176Kmodeled estimatefrom Miriam Adelson
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$176Kmodeled estimateMiriam Adelson→Congressional Leadership Fund→Carl J. MarlingamediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $3K

$98Kmodeled estimatefrom Timothy M. Dunn
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$98Kmodeled estimateTimothy M. Dunn→Congressional Leadership Fund→Carl J. MarlingamediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $3K

$87Kmodeled estimatefrom Rai Services
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$87Kmodeled estimateRai Services→Congressional Leadership Fund→Carl J. MarlingamediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $10K

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $1.8M.

$4.1M attributed (modeled estimate) across 56 paths·Up to 2 hops deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this

Outside Spending and Dark Money

Dark money is election spending by organizations that do not disclose their donors: 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, 501(c)(6) trade associations, and similar non-committee filers (FEC Form 5 and Form 9). Registered super PACs also make independent expenditures. But they itemize their donors with the FEC, so their spending is not dark money. Figures below are never combined with disclosed-donor totals.

Outside Spending About This Entity

Every independent expenditure and electioneering communication in the tracked filings that names this entity, by any filer. Most filers here are super PACs that disclose their donors. Only the non-committee nonprofits among them are dark money.

FilerAmountTypeSupport/OpposeDate
Congressional Leadership Fund$1,091,025Form 5 IEOpposingOct 11, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$978,106Form 5 IEOpposingOct 21, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$964,831Form 5 IEOpposingOct 28, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$399,712Form 5 IEOpposingOct 7, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$202,500Form 5 IEOpposingOct 29, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$202,500Form 5 IEOpposingOct 21, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$202,500Form 5 IEOpposingOct 15, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$115,000Form 5 IEOpposingOct 7, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$115,000Form 5 IEOpposingOct 1, 2024
LCV VICTORY FUND$95,000Form 5 IESupportingOct 18, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$87,500Form 5 IEOpposingOct 11, 2024
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$60,849Form 5 IESupportingSep 25, 2024
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$49,173Form 5 IESupportingSep 20, 2024
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$40,773Form 5 IESupportingOct 28, 2024
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$32,937Form 5 IESupportingOct 11, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$32,063Form 5 IEOpposingOct 7, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$29,643Form 5 IEOpposingOct 28, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$29,643Form 5 IEOpposingOct 17, 2024
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$29,439Form 5 IESupportingOct 21, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$24,503Form 5 IEOpposingOct 15, 2024

Money spent by non-disclosing organizations on ads and communications referencing this candidate. These dollars do not flow to the candidate's committee.

Methodology Disclosure

Dark money figures are derived from FEC Form 5 (independent expenditures by non-committee organizations) and Form 9 (electioneering communications). These filings capture spending on ads and election communications but do not reveal the identity of the organization's donors. QPQ totals may differ from benchmarks like the Brennan Center's estimates. QPQ includes all Form 5 filers, while some benchmarks count only a subset of non-disclosing nonprofits. Grant chain data is from IRS Form 990 Schedule I and may not include all years or all grantee organizations.

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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
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$1,091,025Oct 11, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$978,106Oct 21, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$964,831Oct 28, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$399,712Oct 7, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$202,500Oct 29, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$202,500Oct 21, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$202,500Oct 15, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$115,000Oct 7, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$115,000Oct 1, 20242024
LCV VICTORY FUNDSpent to support$95,000Oct 18, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$87,500Oct 11, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$60,849Sep 25, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$49,173Sep 20, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$40,773Oct 28, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$32,937Oct 11, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$32,063Oct 7, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$29,643Oct 28, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$29,643Oct 17, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$29,439Oct 21, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$24,503Oct 15, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$24,503Oct 17, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$22,768Oct 7, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$22,763Oct 23, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$21,855Oct 1, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$16,031Oct 24, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$16,000Oct 21, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$13,743Sep 20, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$13,000Oct 2, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$10,000Jan 23, 20242024
WORKING AMERICASpent to support$10,000Oct 26, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$7,983Nov 8, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$3,000Oct 7, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$2,975Oct 10, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$2,966Oct 2, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$2,811Oct 23, 20242024
LCV VICTORY FUNDSpent to support$2,441Oct 18, 20242024