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Michael Golden

Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$444,250

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Michael Golden

$444K
13 transactions across 8 counterparties
sum of 13 tracked donations shown

Michael Golden directed $414K to DSCC across 6 contributions between September 2022 and July 2024.

Sep 2022 – Jul 2024individual

Michael Golden directed $10K to BLUE SPRUCE VICTORY FUND.

Apr 2024individual

Michael Golden directed $6K to GALLEGO VICTORY FUND.

Apr 2024individual

Michael Golden directed $5K to SENATE OH & MT.

Mar 2024individual

Michael Golden directed $3K to GALLEGO FOR ARIZONA.

Aug 2024individual

Michael Golden also gave to 3 other entities totaling $7K.

$444K tracked across 8 counterparties (sum of 13 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Michael Golden’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

$190K
modeled estimate
17 paths across 14 counterparties
$50Kmodeled estimateattributed to Michael J Rogers
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$50Kmodeled estimateMichael Golden→DSCC→Michael J RogersmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $15K

$44Kmodeled estimateattributed to David McCormick
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$44Kmodeled estimateMichael Golden→DSCC→David McCormickmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $21K

$146modeled estimateMichael Golden→BLUE SPRUCE VICTORY FUND→DSCC→David McCormickmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $8K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$42Kmodeled estimateattributed to Eric Hovde
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$42Kmodeled estimateMichael Golden→DSCC→Eric HovdemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $20K

$19Kmodeled estimateattributed to Tim Sheehy
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$19Kmodeled estimateMichael Golden→DSCC→Tim SheehymediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $36K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$19Kmodeled estimateattributed to Kari Lake
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$19Kmodeled estimateMichael Golden→DSCC→Kari LakemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $15K

$5Kmodeled estimateattributed to GALLEGO FOR ARIZONA
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $6K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$140modeled estimateMichael Golden→DSCC→GALLEGO FOR ARIZONAmediumparty

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

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence

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

$140modeled estimateMichael Golden→DSCC→FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWNmediumparty

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

$3Kmodeled estimateattributed to John W. Hickenlooper
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $8K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 6 additional chains totaling $4K.

$190K 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
DSCC$113,700Jul 3, 20242024
DSCC$108,700Dec 27, 20232024
DSCC$77,000Sep 14, 20222022
DSCC$41,300Dec 27, 20232024
DSCC$36,500Sep 14, 20222022
DSCC$36,300Jul 3, 20242024
BLUE SPRUCE VICTORY FUND$10,000Apr 30, 20242024
GALLEGO VICTORY FUND$5,600Apr 30, 20242024
SENATE OH & MT$5,000Mar 31, 20242024
GEORGE WHITESIDES FOR CONGRESS$3,300Feb 23, 20242024
GALLEGO FOR ARIZONA$3,300Aug 12, 20242024
PAT RYAN FOR CONGRESS$3,300Aug 12, 20242024
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF MINNESOTA - FEDERAL$250May 17, 20242024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Funder ofBLUE SPRUCE VICTORY FUNDGOLDEN, MICHAEL donated $10,000 to BLUE SPRUCE VICTORY FUND (QPQ tracked total)Editorial