Missy Cotter Smasal
Tracked direct giving
$1,500
Tracked donations to candidate
None in tracked data
IE for this entity (not received)
$668,268
IE against this entity (not received)
$2,587,649
Connections
3
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 Missy Cotter Smasal
Congressional Leadership Fund spent $2.3M opposing Missy Cotter Smasal across 13 contributions between September 2024 and October 2024.
LCV VICTORY FUND spent $91K supporting Missy Cotter Smasal.
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC spent $83K supporting Missy Cotter Smasal.
Who funded Missy Cotter Smasal
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
smallest single documented leg $950
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smallest single documented leg $2K
smallest single documented leg $950
smallest single documented leg $50K
smallest single documented leg $2K
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smallest single documented leg $10K
Plus 42 additional chains totaling $1.1M.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congressional Leadership Fund | $385,850 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 7, 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership Fund | $385,850 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 11, 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership Fund | $319,107 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 1, 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership Fund | $182,194 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Sep 25, 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership Fund | $141,322 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Sep 20, 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership Fund | $134,799 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 21, 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership Fund | $131,652 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership Fund | $121,000 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 21, 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership Fund | $121,000 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 16, 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership Fund | $121,000 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 29, 2024 |
| LCV VICTORY FUND | $90,667 | Form 5 IE | Supporting | Oct 21, 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership Fund | $90,000 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Sep 23, 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership Fund | $90,000 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 8, 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership Fund | $90,000 | Form 5 IE | Opposing | Oct 1, 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PAC | $82,750 | Form 5 IE | Supporting | Oct 8, 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PAC | $63,501 | Form 5 IE | Supporting | Oct 29, 2024 |
| LCV VICTORY FUND | $54,400 | Form 5 IE | Supporting | Oct 7, 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PAC | $52,500 | Form 5 IE | Supporting | Oct 2, 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PAC | $52,500 | Form 5 IE | Supporting | Sep 20, 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PAC | $52,500 | Form 5 IE | Supporting | Sep 25, 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 | VA | Lost | $3,250,763 | — |
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.
| Recipient | Amount | Date | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f) | $1,000 | Aug 30, 2023 | 2024 |
| DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF VIRGINIA | $500 | Feb 19, 2024 | 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$385,850 | Oct 7, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$385,850 | Oct 11, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$319,107 | Oct 1, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$182,194 | Sep 25, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$141,322 | Sep 20, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$134,799 | Oct 21, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$131,652 | Oct 28, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$121,000 | Oct 21, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$121,000 | Oct 16, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$121,000 | Oct 29, 2024 | 2024 |
| LCV VICTORY FUNDSpent to support | $90,667 | Oct 21, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$90,000 | Sep 23, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$90,000 | Oct 8, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$90,000 | Oct 1, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support | $82,750 | Oct 8, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support | $63,501 | Oct 29, 2024 | 2024 |
| LCV VICTORY FUNDSpent to support | $54,400 | Oct 7, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support | $52,500 | Oct 2, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support | $52,500 | Sep 20, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support | $52,500 | Sep 25, 2024 | 2024 |
| LCV VICTORY FUNDSpent to support | $50,000 | Oct 24, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support | $42,417 | Oct 22, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$40,280 | Oct 2, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$40,280 | Oct 2, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$38,781 | Oct 7, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$38,129 | Oct 10, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$37,738 | Oct 15, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support | $30,250 | Oct 15, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support | $18,437 | Oct 11, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support | $17,615 | Nov 12, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support | $13,500 | Oct 2, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support | $13,500 | Sep 20, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$13,000 | Oct 15, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$13,000 | Oct 3, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$13,000 | Sep 24, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$13,000 | Oct 21, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$13,000 | Oct 9, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support | $12,167 | Oct 18, 2024 | 2024 |
| HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support | $10,000 | Oct 22, 2024 | 2024 |
| WORKING AMERICASpent to support | $10,000 | Oct 26, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$2,325 | Sep 25, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$2,217 | Oct 3, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$2,153 | Oct 10, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$2,108 | Oct 16, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$2,064 | Oct 23, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$950 | Sep 25, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$950 | Oct 16, 2024 | 2024 |
| WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PACSpent to support | $852 | Oct 10, 2024 | 2024 |
| MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONSpent to support | $712 | Oct 29, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose | −$450 | Oct 4, 2024 | 2024 |
Relationships
| Type | Connected To | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donated to | ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f) | Donated $1,000 to ACTBLUE | Source |
| Donated to | DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF VIRGINIA | Donated $500 to DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF VIRGINIA | Source |
| Affiliated with | MISSY FOR CONGRESS | MISSY FOR CONGRESS is the principal campaign committee of Missy Cotter Smasal (FEC committee C00849836, designation P; candidate H4VA02060). | Source |