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Howard Specter

Tracked direct giving

$57,550

Connections

12

The Money Trail

How money flowed from Howard Specter

$54K
15 transactions across 10 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Howard Specter directed $12K to ACTBLUE across 4 contributions between May 2023 and March 2024.

May 2023 – Mar 2024individual

Howard Specter directed $10K to HARRIS VICTORY FUND.

Oct 2023individual

Howard Specter directed $7K to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT across 2 contributions.

Oct 2023individual

Howard Specter directed $5K to JUSTICE 2024 - UNITEMIZED.

Feb 2024individual

Howard Specter directed $5K to THE LINCOLN PROJECT.

May 2023individual

Howard Specter also gave to 5 other entities totaling $15K.

$54K tracked across 10 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Howard Specter’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

$15K
modeled estimate
17 paths across 17 counterparties
$7Kmodeled estimateattributed to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

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

$921modeled estimateattributed to Amy Klobuchar
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$921modeled estimateHoward Specter→JUSTICE 2024 - UNITEMIZED→Amy Klobucharmediumpac

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

$896modeled estimateattributed to FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$778modeled estimateattributed to TAMMY BALDWIN FOR SENATE
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

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

$748modeled estimateattributed to ROSEN FOR NEVADA
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

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

$732modeled estimateattributed to KLOBUCHAR FOR MINNESOTA
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

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

$720modeled estimateattributed to FRIENDS OF MARIA
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

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

$470modeled estimateattributed to Elissa Slotkin
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

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

Plus 9 additional chains totaling $3K.

$15K attributed (modeled estimate) across 17 paths·Up to 1 hop 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$10,325Oct 9, 20232024
ACTBLUE$5,000Feb 20, 20242024
JUSTICE 2024 - UNITEMIZED$5,000Feb 20, 20242024
THE LINCOLN PROJECT$5,000May 14, 20232024
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE$3,725Oct 9, 20232024
ACTBLUE$3,300Mar 12, 20242024
FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN$3,300Mar 17, 20242024
OHIO GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUND$3,300Mar 12, 20242024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$3,300Oct 9, 20232024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$3,300Oct 9, 20232024
ACTBLUE$2,500Dec 1, 20232024
ROSEN FOR NEVADA$2,500Dec 1, 20232024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (DCCC)$1,000Jun 29, 20232024
ACTBLUE$1,000May 18, 20232024
ACTBLUE$1,000May 7, 20232024
COLIN ALLRED FOR SENATE$1,000May 7, 20232024
COLIN ALLRED FOR SENATE$1,000May 18, 20232024
ACTBLUE$500May 7, 20232024
COLIN ALLRED FOR SENATE$500May 7, 20232024
ACTBLUE$500May 7, 20232024
LET AMERICA VOTE PAC$500May 7, 20232024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Donated toDNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEDonated $3,725 to DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEESource
Donated toCOLIN ALLRED FOR SENATEDonated $2,500 to COLIN ALLRED FOR SENATESource
Donated toROSEN FOR NEVADADonated $2,500 to ROSEN FOR NEVADASource
Donated toHARRIS VICTORY FUNDDonated $10,325 to HARRIS VICTORY FUNDSource
Donated toOHIO GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUNDDonated $3,300 to OHIO GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUNDSource
Donated toHARRIS FOR PRESIDENTDonated $6,600 to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENTSource
Donated toLET AMERICA VOTE PACDonated $500 to LET AMERICA VOTE PACSource
Donated toACTBLUEDonated $13,800 to ACTBLUESource
Donated toDEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (DCCC)Donated $1,000 to DCCCSource
Donated toTHE LINCOLN PROJECTDonated $5,000 to THE LINCOLN PROJECTSource
Donated toJUSTICE 2024 - UNITEMIZEDDonated $5,000 to JUSTICE 2024Source
Donated toFRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWNDonated $3,300 to FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWNSource