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James Kemler

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Tracked direct giving

$216,500

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from James Kemler

$217K
12 transactions across 3 counterparties
sum of 12 tracked donations shown

James Kemler directed $187K to DSCC across 9 contributions between October 2020 and August 2024.

Oct 2020 – Aug 2024individual

James Kemler directed $25K to MICHIGAN VICTORY FUND across 2 contributions between March 2023 and January 2024.

Mar 2023 – Jan 2024individual

James Kemler directed $5K to PETERS LEADERSHIP FUND.

Feb 2023individual
$217K tracked across 3 counterparties (sum of 12 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where James Kemler’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

$30K
modeled estimate
9 paths across 9 counterparties
$9Kmodeled estimateattributed to Michael J Rogers
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$9Kmodeled estimateJames Kemler→DSCC→Michael J RogersmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $19K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$7Kmodeled estimateattributed to Eric Hovde
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$7Kmodeled estimateJames Kemler→DSCC→Eric HovdemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $19K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$7Kmodeled estimateattributed to David McCormick
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$7Kmodeled estimateJames Kemler→DSCC→David McCormickmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $19K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to Tim Sheehy
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$4Kmodeled estimateJames Kemler→DSCC→Tim SheehymediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $19K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to Kari Lake
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$4Kmodeled estimateJames Kemler→DSCC→Kari LakemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $19K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$189modeled estimateattributed to KAINE FOR VIRGINIA
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $5K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$150modeled estimateattributed to FRIENDS OF DAN KILDEE
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $5K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$113modeled estimateattributed to FRIENDS OF MICHAEL GUEST
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $5K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 1 additional chain totaling $109.

$30K attributed (modeled estimate) across 9 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$36,500Jun 3, 20212022
DSCC$30,000Jun 6, 20222022
DSCC$25,000Oct 15, 20202020
DSCC$20,650Mar 14, 20242024
DSCC$20,000Mar 22, 20232024
DSCC$19,350Aug 27, 20242024
DSCC$18,500Sep 30, 20222022
MICHIGAN VICTORY FUND$15,000Mar 15, 20232024
MICHIGAN VICTORY FUND$10,000Jan 24, 20242024
DSCC$10,000Oct 26, 20202020
DSCC$6,500Sep 30, 20222022
PETERS LEADERSHIP FUND$5,000Feb 7, 20232024