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Arn Tellem

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Tracked direct giving

$549,009

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Arn Tellem

$536K
15 transactions across 7 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Arn Tellem directed $258K to DSCC across 8 contributions between August 2017 and August 2024.

Aug 2017 – Aug 2024individual

Arn Tellem directed $100K to HARRIS VICTORY FUND.

Sep 2024individual

Arn Tellem directed $95K to FIGHT LIKE HELL PAC.

Jun 2024individual

Arn Tellem directed $30K to MICHIGAN VICTORY FUND across 2 contributions between March 2023 and March 2024.

Mar 2023 – Mar 2024individual

Arn Tellem directed $23K to WOLVERINE VICTORY FUND.

Aug 2023individual

Arn Tellem also gave to 2 other entities totaling $30K.

$536K tracked across 7 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Arn Tellem’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

$114K
modeled estimate
28 paths across 26 counterparties
$42Kmodeled estimateattributed to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$42Kmodeled estimateArn Tellem→HARRIS VICTORY FUND→HARRIS FOR PRESIDENTmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $100K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$12Kmodeled estimateattributed to Michael J Rogers
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$12Kmodeled estimateArn Tellem→DSCC→Michael J RogersmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

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

$10Kmodeled estimateattributed to Eric Hovde
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$10Kmodeled estimateArn Tellem→DSCC→Eric HovdemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

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

$10Kmodeled estimateattributed to FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $16K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $10K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$10Kmodeled estimateattributed to David McCormick
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$10Kmodeled estimateArn Tellem→DSCC→David McCormickmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

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

$9Kmodeled estimateattributed to TAMMY BALDWIN FOR SENATE
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $16K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$5Kmodeled estimateattributed to Tim Sheehy
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$5Kmodeled estimateArn Tellem→DSCC→Tim SheehymediumOpposemultiple

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

$5Kmodeled estimateattributed to Kari Lake
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$5Kmodeled estimateArn Tellem→DSCC→Kari LakemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

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

Plus 18 additional chains totaling $10K.

$114K attributed (modeled estimate) across 28 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
HARRIS VICTORY FUND$100,000Sep 17, 20242024
FIGHT LIKE HELL PAC$95,000Jun 27, 20242024
DSCC$41,300Sep 22, 20232024
DSCC$41,300Aug 12, 20242024
DSCC$36,500May 9, 20222022
DSCC$36,500Aug 30, 20212022
DSCC$35,500Aug 3, 20202020
DSCC$29,000Sep 16, 20202020
WOLVERINE VICTORY FUND$23,200Aug 28, 20232024
DSCC$20,000Aug 10, 20172018
OH PA WI VICTORY FUND$19,800Mar 15, 20242024
DSCC$17,500Oct 8, 20182018
MICHIGAN VICTORY FUND$15,000Mar 6, 20242024
MICHIGAN VICTORY FUND$15,000Mar 9, 20232024
OHIO GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUND$10,000Aug 12, 20242024
FIGHT LIKE HELL PAC$5,000Jun 27, 20242024
FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN$3,300Mar 17, 20242024
ELISSA SLOTKIN FOR CONGRESS$2,900Feb 14, 20232024
NEVADA STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY$1,122Sep 17, 20242024
DC DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE$1,086Sep 17, 20242024