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David Messer

Tracked giving exceeds tracked receipts by

$915,400

Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$915,400

Tracked donations to candidate

$0

Connections

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from David Messer

$665K
10 transactions across 5 counterparties

David Messer directed $450K to United Democracy Project across 2 contributions between June 2022 and March 2023.

Jun 2022 – Mar 2023individual

David Messer directed $112K to AIPAC PAC (C00797670) — unresolved committee row (78687f36) across 3 contributions.

Nov 2024individual

David Messer directed $52K to DSCC across 2 contributions.

Nov 2024individual

David Messer directed $47K to AIPAC across 2 contributions between November 2024 and September 2025.

Nov 2024 – Sep 2025individual

David Messer directed $5K to MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PAC.

Jun 2023individual
$665K tracked across 5 counterparties
PAC Chain Attribution

Where David Messer’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

$215K
modeled estimate
52 paths across 16 counterparties
$38Kmodeled estimateattributed to Jamaal Rep. Bowman
2024 cycle6 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$11Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Jamaal Rep. BowmanmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$7Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Jamaal Rep. BowmanmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$7Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Jamaal Rep. BowmanmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$6Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Jamaal Rep. BowmanmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$5Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Jamaal Rep. BowmanmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

+ 1 more path

$24Kmodeled estimateattributed to Gallego
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$24Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Gallegomediumindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$21Kmodeled estimateattributed to Dave Min
2024 cycle4 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$9Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Dave MinmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$5Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Dave MinmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$3Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Dave MinmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$3Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Dave MinmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$19Kmodeled estimateattributed to Latimer
2024 cycle5 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$6Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Latimermediumindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$5Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Latimermediumindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$4Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Latimermediumindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$2Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Latimermediumindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$2Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Latimermediumindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$19Kmodeled estimateattributed to George Latimer
2024 cycle5 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$6Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→George LatimermediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$5Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→George LatimermediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$4Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→George LatimermediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$2Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→George LatimermediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$2Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→George LatimermediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$17Kmodeled estimateattributed to Elfreth
2024 cycle6 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$4Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→ElfrethmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$4Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→ElfrethmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$3Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→ElfrethmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$2Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→ElfrethmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$2Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→ElfrethmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

+ 1 more path

$17Kmodeled estimateattributed to Shontel Brown
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$17Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Shontel Brownmediumindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$16Kmodeled estimateattributed to Cori Rep. Bush
2024 cycle7 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$5Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Cori Rep. BushmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$3Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Cori Rep. BushmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$2Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Cori Rep. BushmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$2Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Cori Rep. BushmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

$2Kmodeled estimateDavid Messer→United Democracy Project→Cori Rep. BushmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

at least $250K documented end-to-end

+ 2 more paths

Plus 8 additional chains totaling $45K.

$215K attributed (modeled estimate) across 52 paths·Up to 1 hop deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this
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Donations Given

RecipientAmountDateCycle
United Democracy Project$250,000Mar 28, 20232024
United Democracy Project$250,000Jul 1, 20242024
United Democracy Project$200,000Jun 6, 20222022
AIPAC PAC (C00797670) — unresolved committee row (78687f36)$51,700Nov 1, 20242024
DSCC$41,300Nov 1, 20242024
AIPAC$40,000Nov 1, 20242024
AIPAC PAC (C00797670) — unresolved committee row (78687f36)$40,000Nov 1, 20242024
AIPAC PAC (C00797670) — unresolved committee row (78687f36)$20,000Nov 1, 20242024
DSCC$10,400Nov 1, 20242024
AIPAC$7,000Sep 17, 2025
MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PAC$5,000Jun 14, 20232024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Funder ofAIPAC PAC (C00797670) — unresolved committee row (78687f36)David Messer donated $151,700 to AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC (QPQ tracked total)Editorial