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Michael Merola

Tracked direct giving

$14,600

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Michael Merola

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

Michael Merola directed $5K to WINNING STRATEGIES WASHINGTON PAC.

Dec 2023individual

Michael Merola directed $3K to DONALD NORCROSS FOR CONGRESS.

May 2023individual

Michael Merola directed $3K to ANDY KIM FOR CONGRESS.

Sep 2023individual

Michael Merola directed $1K to CHC BOLD PAC.

Sep 2024individual

Michael Merola directed $1K to MAGGIE FOR NH.

Sep 2023individual

Michael Merola also gave to 2 other entities totaling $1K.

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

Where Michael Merola’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

$2K
modeled estimate
12 paths across 12 counterparties
$392modeled estimateattributed to COLE FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$327modeled estimateattributed to PALLONE FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

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

$225modeled estimateattributed to MONTANANS FOR TESTER
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsMedium confidenceCross-cycle

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

$219modeled estimateattributed to KAINE FOR VIRGINIA
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $500 (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$218modeled estimateattributed to MCCOLLUM FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$189modeled estimateattributed to FRIENDS OF ROSA DELAURO
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $500 (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$131modeled estimateattributed to BRADFORD FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$129modeled estimateattributed to SIMPSON FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 4 additional chains totaling $472.

$2K attributed (modeled estimate) across 12 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
WINNING STRATEGIES WASHINGTON PAC$5,000Dec 14, 20232024
ANDY KIM FOR CONGRESS$3,300Sep 30, 20232024
DONALD NORCROSS FOR CONGRESS$3,300May 3, 20232024
CHC BOLD PAC$1,000Sep 23, 20242024
MAGGIE FOR NH$1,000Sep 26, 20232024
FRIENDS OF EUGENE YOUNG$500Jan 24, 20242024
THE NEXT 50 PAC$500Jun 9, 20242024