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Anthony 'Tony' Vargas

Tracked donations to candidate

None in tracked data

IE for this entity (not received)

$1,356,803

IE against this entity (not received)

$6,148,852

Connections

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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.

The Money Trail

How money flowed to Anthony 'Tony' Vargas

$4.2M
15 transactions across 2 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Congressional Leadership Fund spent $3.6M opposing Anthony 'Tony' Vargas across 12 contributions between September 2024 and October 2024.

Sep 2024 – Oct 2024independent expenditure

NRCC spent $557K opposing Anthony 'Tony' Vargas across 3 contributions between October 2024 and October 2024.

Oct 2024 – Oct 2024independent expenditure
$4.2M tracked across 2 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Who funded Anthony 'Tony' Vargas

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

$4.9M
modeled estimate
114 paths across 50 counterparties
$911Kmodeled estimatefrom American Action Network
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $722

$6Kmodeled estimateAmerican Action Network→Congressional Leadership Fund→Anthony 'Tony' VargasmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $37K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$377Kmodeled estimatefrom GRIFFIN, KENNETH C.
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$375Kmodeled estimateGRIFFIN, KENNETH C.→Congressional Leadership Fund→Anthony 'Tony' VargasmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $706

$3Kmodeled estimateGRIFFIN, KENNETH C.→Congressional Leadership Fund→Anthony 'Tony' VargasmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $37K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$358Kmodeled estimatefrom Timothy Mellon
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$356Kmodeled estimateTimothy Mellon→Congressional Leadership Fund→Anthony 'Tony' VargasmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $2K

$2Kmodeled estimateTimothy Mellon→Congressional Leadership Fund→Anthony 'Tony' VargasmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $37K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$317Kmodeled estimatefrom Paul Elliott Singer
2024 cycle3 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$314Kmodeled estimatePaul Elliott Singer→Congressional Leadership Fund→Anthony 'Tony' VargasmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $706

$2Kmodeled estimatePaul Elliott Singer→Congressional Leadership Fund→Anthony 'Tony' VargasmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $37K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$839modeled estimatePaul Elliott Singer→NRCC→Anthony 'Tony' VargasmediumOpposemultiple

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

$274Kmodeled estimatefrom League Of Conservation Voters Inc
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$274Kmodeled estimateLeague Of Conservation Voters Inc→LCV VICTORY FUND→Anthony 'Tony' VargasmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $360

$240Kmodeled estimatefrom Jeff Yass
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$239Kmodeled estimateJeff Yass→Congressional Leadership Fund→Anthony 'Tony' VargasmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $2K

$2Kmodeled estimateJeff Yass→Congressional Leadership Fund→Anthony 'Tony' VargasmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $37K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$192Kmodeled estimatefrom Miriam Adelson
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$191Kmodeled estimateMiriam Adelson→Congressional Leadership Fund→Anthony 'Tony' VargasmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $2K

$1Kmodeled estimateMiriam Adelson→Congressional Leadership Fund→Anthony 'Tony' VargasmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $37K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$119Kmodeled estimatefrom Timothy M. Dunn
2024 cycle3 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$118Kmodeled estimateTimothy M. Dunn→Congressional Leadership Fund→Anthony 'Tony' VargasmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $2K

$779modeled estimateTimothy M. Dunn→Congressional Leadership Fund→Anthony 'Tony' VargasmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $37K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$236modeled estimateTimothy M. Dunn→GROW THE MAJORITY→NRCC→Anthony 'Tony' VargasmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $158K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $2.1M.

$4.9M attributed (modeled estimate) across 114 paths·Up to 2 hops deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this

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.

FilerAmountTypeSupport/OpposeDate
Congressional Leadership Fund$501,760Form 5 IEOpposingOct 11, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$500,316Form 5 IEOpposingOct 7, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$493,519Form 5 IEOpposingOct 21, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$491,920Form 5 IEOpposingOct 28, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$315,846Form 5 IEOpposingOct 1, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$250,714Form 5 IEOpposingSep 20, 2024
NRCC$212,628Form 5 IEOpposingOct 4, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$195,957Form 5 IEOpposingSep 3, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$195,916Form 5 IEOpposingSep 6, 2024
NRCC$186,000Form 5 IEOpposingOct 17, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$181,919Form 5 IEOpposingSep 13, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$163,750Form 5 IEOpposingSep 21, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$163,750Form 5 IEOpposingOct 1, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$158,315Form 5 IEOpposingOct 1, 2024
NRCC$157,914Form 5 IEOpposingOct 28, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$140,750Form 5 IEOpposingOct 21, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$140,750Form 5 IEOpposingOct 29, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$140,750Form 5 IEOpposingOct 16, 2024
CHC BOLD PAC$124,947Form 5 IESupportingOct 2, 2024
CHC BOLD PAC$124,947Form 5 IESupportingOct 2, 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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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.

DonorAmountDateCycle
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$501,760Oct 11, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$500,316Oct 7, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$493,519Oct 21, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$491,920Oct 28, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$315,846Oct 1, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$250,714Sep 20, 20242024
NRCCSpent to oppose−$212,628Oct 4, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$195,957Sep 3, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$195,916Sep 6, 20242024
NRCCSpent to oppose−$186,000Oct 17, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$181,919Sep 13, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$163,750Sep 21, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$163,750Oct 1, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$158,315Oct 1, 20242024
NRCCSpent to oppose−$157,914Oct 28, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$140,750Oct 21, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$140,750Oct 29, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$140,750Oct 16, 20242024
CHC BOLD PACSpent to support$124,947Oct 2, 20242024
CHC BOLD PACSpent to support$124,947Oct 2, 20242024
LCV VICTORY FUNDSpent to support$124,333Oct 7, 20242024
NRCCSpent to oppose−$120,900Oct 23, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$113,750Oct 7, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$113,750Sep 13, 20242024
LCV VICTORY FUNDSpent to support$105,000Sep 3, 20242024
NRCCSpent to oppose−$86,189Oct 4, 20242024
LCV VICTORY FUNDSpent to support$78,750Sep 3, 20242024
LCV VICTORY FUNDSpent to support$78,750Oct 1, 20242024
NRCCSpent to oppose−$74,400Oct 18, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$70,000Sep 9, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$70,000Sep 3, 20242024
NRCCSpent to oppose−$69,750Oct 30, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$66,563Oct 31, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$60,000Oct 24, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$50,000Sep 18, 20242024
NRCCSpent to oppose−$48,281Oct 8, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$44,625Oct 19, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$40,000Oct 31, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to support$36,672Oct 16, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$33,750Sep 11, 20242024
NRCCSpent to oppose−$32,895Oct 7, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$32,000Oct 22, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$32,000Oct 1, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$32,000Sep 5, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$32,000Oct 15, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$32,000Sep 16, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$32,000Sep 6, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$32,000Oct 29, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$32,000Sep 20, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$32,000Oct 8, 20242024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Affiliated withTONY VARGAS FOR CONGRESSTONY VARGAS FOR CONGRESS is the principal campaign committee of Anthony 'Tony' Vargas (FEC committee C00784371, designation P; candidate H2NE02132).Source