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Albert Chao

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Tracked direct giving

$151,100

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Albert Chao

$151K
11 transactions across 7 counterparties
sum of 11 tracked donations shown

Albert Chao directed $50K to SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND.

Mar 2018individual

Albert Chao directed $37K to WINRED across 4 contributions between March 2023 and June 2026.

Mar 2023 – Jun 2026individual

Albert Chao directed $25K to Greg Abbott.

May 2024individual

Albert Chao directed $23K to GROW THE MAJORITY across 2 contributions between June 2024 and October 2024.

Jun 2024 – Oct 2024individual

Albert Chao directed $10K to SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND.

Mar 2023individual

Albert Chao also gave to 2 other entities totaling $7K.

$151K tracked across 7 counterparties (sum of 11 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Albert Chao’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

$8K
modeled estimate
11 paths across 9 counterparties
$3Kmodeled estimateattributed to SCALISE FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle3 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidenceCross-cycle

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

$466modeled estimateAlbert Chao→WINRED→SCALISE FOR CONGRESSmediumpac

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

$156modeled estimateAlbert Chao→WINRED→TEAM SCALISE→SCALISE FOR CONGRESSmediumpac

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

$3Kmodeled estimateattributed to VIVEK 2024
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$3Kmodeled estimateAlbert Chao→WINRED→VIVEK 2024mediumpac

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

$644modeled estimateattributed to BERNIE MORENO FOR SENATE
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$644modeled estimateAlbert Chao→WINRED→BERNIE MORENO FOR SENATEmediumpac

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

$528modeled estimateattributed to FRIENDS OF BRUCE HOUGH
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$528modeled estimateAlbert Chao→WINRED→FRIENDS OF BRUCE HOUGHmediumpac

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

$322modeled estimateattributed to MIKE JOHNSON FOR LOUISIANA
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

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

$202modeled estimateattributed to BRAD WILSON EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$202modeled estimateAlbert Chao→WINRED→BRAD WILSON EXPLORATORY COMMITTEEmediumpac

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

$128modeled estimateattributed to JERRY CARL FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$128modeled estimateAlbert Chao→WINRED→JERRY CARL FOR CONGRESSmediumpac

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

$124modeled estimateattributed to TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC.
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$124modeled estimateAlbert Chao→WINRED→TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC.mediumpac

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

Plus 1 additional chain totaling $100.

$8K attributed (modeled estimate) across 11 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
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND$50,000Mar 7, 20182018
Greg Abbott$25,000May 28, 2024
GROW THE MAJORITY$12,500Oct 15, 20242024
SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND$10,000Mar 3, 20232024
WINRED$10,000Mar 3, 20232024
WINRED$10,000Jun 19, 20242024
GROW THE MAJORITY$10,000Jun 19, 20242024
WINRED$10,000Nov 2, 20232024
WINRED$7,000Jun 9, 20262026
CLARENCE LAM FOR CONGRESS$3,300Apr 24, 20242024
DAN CRENSHAW VICTORY COMMITTEE$3,300Oct 18, 20232024