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Gerson Smoger

Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$351,700

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Gerson Smoger

$309K
15 transactions across 3 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Gerson Smoger directed $274K to DSCC across 13 contributions between April 2016 and April 2024.

Apr 2016 – Apr 2024individual

Gerson Smoger directed $25K to HOUSE SENATE VICTORY FUND.

Apr 2024individual
$309K tracked across 3 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Gerson Smoger’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

$40K
modeled estimate
19 paths across 14 counterparties
$11Kmodeled estimateattributed to Michael J Rogers
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$9Kmodeled estimateGerson Smoger→DSCC→Michael J RogersmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $6K

$2Kmodeled estimateGerson Smoger→HOUSE SENATE VICTORY FUND→DSCC→Michael J RogersmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$10Kmodeled estimateattributed to David McCormick
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$8Kmodeled estimateGerson Smoger→DSCC→David McCormickmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $6K

$2Kmodeled estimateGerson Smoger→HOUSE SENATE VICTORY FUND→DSCC→David McCormickmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$9Kmodeled estimateattributed to Eric Hovde
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$7Kmodeled estimateGerson Smoger→DSCC→Eric HovdemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $6K

$2Kmodeled estimateGerson Smoger→HOUSE SENATE VICTORY FUND→DSCC→Eric HovdemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to Kari Lake
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$3Kmodeled estimateGerson Smoger→DSCC→Kari LakemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

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

$720modeled estimateGerson Smoger→HOUSE SENATE VICTORY FUND→DSCC→Kari LakemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to Tim Sheehy
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$3Kmodeled estimateGerson Smoger→DSCC→Tim SheehymediumOpposemultiple

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

$704modeled estimateGerson Smoger→HOUSE SENATE VICTORY FUND→DSCC→Tim SheehymediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$925modeled estimateattributed to WHITEHOUSE FOR SENATE
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$287modeled 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)

$242modeled estimateattributed to Andy Kim
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$242modeled estimateGerson Smoger→JUSTICE 2024 - UNITEMIZED→Andy Kimmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 6 additional chains totaling $1K.

$40K attributed (modeled estimate) across 19 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$33,900Mar 31, 20172018
DSCC$33,400Apr 27, 20162016
DSCC$30,000Jan 1, 20212022
DSCC$30,000Jan 27, 20222022
DSCC$30,000Mar 5, 20202020
DSCC$25,000Mar 29, 20192020
HOUSE SENATE VICTORY FUND$25,000Apr 28, 20242024
DSCC$23,900Mar 27, 20182018
DSCC$20,000Mar 29, 20232024
DSCC$11,300Apr 28, 20232024
DSCC$10,000Mar 27, 20182018
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$10,000Jul 14, 20232024
DSCC$10,000Apr 28, 20232024
DSCC$10,000Apr 24, 20242024
DSCC$6,500Jan 27, 20222022
DSCC$6,300Apr 24, 20242024
DSCC$5,500Jan 1, 20212022
DSCC$5,500Feb 25, 20202020
DSCC$5,500Jun 3, 20192020
DSCC$5,000Mar 29, 20192020
DSCC$5,000Jun 30, 20152016
WHITEHOUSE VICTORY FUND 2024$3,300Oct 19, 20232024
JUSTICE 2024 - UNITEMIZED$3,300Oct 22, 20242024
FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN$3,300May 24, 20242024