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Chris Christie

Tracked direct giving

$6,660

Tracked donations to candidate

None in tracked data

IE against this entity (not received)

$93,855

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 associated with Chris Christie flowed

Chris Christie is the giver in some of these trails and the recipient in others. Each sentence names who gave and who received.

$101K
6 transactions across 3 counterparties
sum of 6 tracked donations shown

MAGA Inc spent $92K opposing Chris Christie across 2 contributions between January 2024 and January 2024.

Jan 2024 – Jan 2024independent expenditure

Chris Christie directed $7K to HOGAN VICTORY FUND.

Apr 2024individual

PRIORITIES USA ACTION spent $2K opposing Chris Christie across 3 contributions between August 2023 and August 2023.

Aug 2023 – Aug 2023independent expenditure
$101K tracked across 3 counterparties (sum of 6 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Who funded Chris Christie

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

$81K
modeled estimate
50 paths across 50 counterparties
$15Kmodeled estimatefrom Timothy Mellon
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$15Kmodeled estimateTimothy Mellon→MAGA Inc→Chris ChristiemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $9K

$8Kmodeled estimatefrom Linda E. Mcmahon
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$8Kmodeled estimateLinda E. Mcmahon→MAGA Inc→Chris ChristiemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $9K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$8Kmodeled estimatefrom Patricia Duggan
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$8Kmodeled estimatePatricia Duggan→MAGA Inc→Chris ChristiemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $9K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$8Kmodeled estimatefrom Diane M Hendricks
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$8Kmodeled estimateDiane M Hendricks→MAGA Inc→Chris ChristiemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $9K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$8Kmodeled estimatefrom Timothy M. Dunn
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$8Kmodeled estimateTimothy M. Dunn→MAGA Inc→Chris ChristiemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $9K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$3Kmodeled estimatefrom Phil Ruffin
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$3Kmodeled estimatePhil Ruffin→MAGA Inc→Chris ChristiemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $9K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$2Kmodeled estimatefrom Sean Adams
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$2Kmodeled estimateSean Adams→MAGA Inc→Chris ChristiemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $9K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$2Kmodeled estimatefrom Marcia Fuller French
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$2Kmodeled estimateMarcia Fuller French→MAGA Inc→Chris ChristiemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $9K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $29K.

$81K attributed (modeled estimate) across 50 paths·Up to 1 hop 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
MAGA Inc$82,204Form 5 IEOpposingJan 3, 2024
MAGA Inc$9,329Form 5 IEOpposingJan 5, 2024
PRIORITIES USA ACTION$1,500Form 5 IEOpposingAug 25, 2023
PRIORITIES USA ACTION$448Form 5 IEOpposingAug 23, 2023
PRIORITIES USA ACTION$374Form 5 IEOpposingAug 25, 2023

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 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
HOGAN VICTORY FUND$6,660Apr 29, 20242024

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
MAGA IncSpent to oppose−$82,204Jan 3, 20242024
MAGA IncSpent to oppose−$9,329Jan 5, 20242024
PRIORITIES USA ACTIONSpent to oppose−$1,500Aug 25, 20232024
PRIORITIES USA ACTIONSpent to oppose−$448Aug 23, 20232024
PRIORITIES USA ACTIONSpent to oppose−$374Aug 25, 20232024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Affiliated withCHRIS CHRISTIE FOR PRESIDENTCHRIS CHRISTIE FOR PRESIDENT is the principal campaign committee of Chris Christie (FEC committee C00580399, designation P; candidate P60008521).Source