Ken Calvert
Republican · CA
Member of Congress
Tracked donations to candidate
$8,000
IE for this entity (not received)
$147,634
IE against this entity (not received)
$6,049,333
Connections
133
Votes
50
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.
How money flowed to Ken Calvert
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC spent $4.8M opposing Ken Calvert across 10 contributions between September 2024 and October 2024.
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND spent $549K opposing Ken Calvert.
LCV VICTORY FUND spent $170K opposing Ken Calvert across 2 contributions between September 2024 and October 2024.
SD PAC spent $132K opposing Ken Calvert.
STOP PROJECT 2025 spent $100K opposing Ken Calvert.
Who funded Ken Calvert
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
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Plus 42 additional chains totaling $1.4M.
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.
| Filer | Amount | Type | Support/Oppose | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOUSE MAJORITY PAC | $1,565,611 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 11, 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PAC | $1,340,971 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 25, 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PAC | $1,177,200 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 18, 2024 |
| EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND | $549,477 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 17, 2024 |
| SD PAC | $132,000 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Sep 25, 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PAC | $130,090 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 28, 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PAC | $125,372 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 21, 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PAC | $120,980 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 18, 2024 |
| STOP PROJECT 2025 | $100,000 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 29, 2024 |
| LCV VICTORY FUND | $99,642 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 1, 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PAC | $73,660 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 8, 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PAC | $73,387 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 1, 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PAC | $72,810 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Sep 25, 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PAC | $72,810 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Sep 20, 2024 |
| LCV VICTORY FUND | $70,056 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Sep 27, 2024 |
| LCV VICTORY FUND | $70,045 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 1, 2024 |
| LCV VICTORY FUND | $70,045 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 1, 2024 |
| LCV VICTORY FUND | $55,493 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Sep 27, 2024 |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RPAC) | $46,000 | Form 5 IE | Supporting | Sep 25, 2024 |
| LCV VICTORY FUND | $44,132 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Sep 27, 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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Election Results
| Year | Office | State | Party | Result | Total Raised | Tracked direct PAC giving |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | US House | CA | Won | $8,056,905 | $8,000 | |
| 2022 | US House | CA | Result not sourced | $3,728,273 | — | |
| 2020 | US House | CA | Result not sourced | $1,444,951 | — |
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.
| Donor | Amount | Date | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to oppose | −$1,565,611 | Oct 11, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to oppose | −$1,340,971 | Oct 25, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to oppose | −$1,177,200 | Oct 18, 2024 | 2024 |
| EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUNDSpent to oppose | −$549,477 | Oct 17, 2024 | 2024 |
| SD PACSpent to oppose | −$132,000 | Sep 25, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to oppose | −$130,090 | Oct 28, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to oppose | −$125,372 | Oct 21, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to oppose | −$120,980 | Oct 18, 2024 | 2024 |
| STOP PROJECT 2025Spent to oppose | −$100,000 | Oct 29, 2024 | 2024 |
| LCV VICTORY FUNDSpent to oppose | −$99,642 | Oct 1, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to oppose | −$73,660 | Oct 8, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to oppose | −$73,387 | Oct 1, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to oppose | −$72,810 | Sep 25, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to oppose | −$72,810 | Sep 20, 2024 | 2024 |
| LCV VICTORY FUNDSpent to oppose | −$70,056 | Sep 27, 2024 | 2024 |
| LCV VICTORY FUNDSpent to oppose | −$70,045 | Oct 1, 2024 | 2024 |
| LCV VICTORY FUNDSpent to oppose | −$70,045 | Oct 1, 2024 | 2024 |
| LCV VICTORY FUNDSpent to oppose | −$55,493 | Sep 27, 2024 | 2024 |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RPAC)Spent to support | $46,000 | Sep 25, 2024 | 2024 |
| LCV VICTORY FUNDSpent to oppose | −$44,132 | Sep 27, 2024 | 2024 |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RPAC)Spent to support | $30,594 | Sep 25, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to oppose | −$28,943 | Nov 8, 2024 | 2024 |
| VOTER PROTECTION PROJECTSpent to oppose | −$26,553 | Oct 24, 2024 | 2024 |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RPAC)Spent to support | $25,000 | Feb 1, 2024 | 2024 |
| MAJORITY PACSpent to support | $22,566 | Jun 27, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to oppose | −$18,589 | Nov 12, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to oppose | −$13,031 | Sep 24, 2024 | 2024 |
| EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUNDSpent to oppose | −$10,917 | Oct 22, 2024 | 2024 |
| MAJORITY PACSpent to support | $10,436 | Sep 12, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to oppose | −$5,320 | Nov 8, 2024 | 2024 |
| AMERICAN SECURITY PAC | $5,000 | Oct 3, 2024 | 2024 |
| MAJORITY PACSpent to support | $3,636 | Jul 26, 2024 | 2024 |
| NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDSpent to support | $3,271 | Oct 2, 2024 | 2024 |
| CONSERVATIVE & REPUBLICAN TOGETHER EQUALS RESULTS PAC | $3,000 | Sep 23, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to support | $2,508 | Nov 4, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to oppose | −$2,200 | Oct 21, 2024 | 2024 |
| NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDSpent to support | $1,703 | Oct 2, 2024 | 2024 |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RPAC)Spent to support | $960 | Sep 25, 2024 | 2024 |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RPAC)Spent to support | $960 | Feb 1, 2024 | 2024 |