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Ian Simmons

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Tracked direct giving

$767,700

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Ian Simmons

$568K
15 transactions across 3 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Ian Simmons directed $461K to DSCC across 12 contributions between March 2015 and October 2024.

Mar 2015 – Oct 2024individual

Ian Simmons directed $83K to DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND across 2 contributions between March 2023 and March 2024.

Mar 2023 – Mar 2024individual

Ian Simmons directed $25K to LOCAL VOICES.

Oct 2024individual
$568K tracked across 3 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Ian Simmons’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

$88K
modeled estimate
74 paths across 50 counterparties
$14Kmodeled estimateattributed to Michael J Rogers
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$14Kmodeled estimateIan Simmons→DSCC→Michael J RogersmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $41K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$12Kmodeled estimateattributed to David McCormick
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$12Kmodeled estimateIan Simmons→DSCC→David McCormickmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $41K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$11Kmodeled estimateattributed to Eric Hovde
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$11Kmodeled estimateIan Simmons→DSCC→Eric HovdemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $41K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$6Kmodeled estimateattributed to Tim Sheehy
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$6Kmodeled estimateIan Simmons→DSCC→Tim SheehymediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $41K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$5Kmodeled estimateattributed to Kari Lake
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$5Kmodeled estimateIan Simmons→DSCC→Kari LakemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $41K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$2Kmodeled estimateattributed to John S. Duarte
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $41K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$686modeled estimateIan Simmons→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→John S. DuartemediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$2Kmodeled estimateattributed to David Schweikert
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $41K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$643modeled estimateIan Simmons→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→David SchweikertmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$2Kmodeled estimateattributed to Kamala Harris
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$2Kmodeled estimateIan Simmons→FORWARD BLUE→Kamala HarrismediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $500

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $34K.

$88K attributed (modeled estimate) across 74 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
DSCC$50,000Oct 23, 20242024
DSCC$50,000Dec 21, 20172018
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$41,300Mar 22, 20242024
DSCC$41,300Mar 2, 20232024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$41,300Mar 3, 20232024
DSCC$41,300Mar 13, 20242024
DSCC$36,500Feb 28, 20222022
DSCC$36,500Feb 17, 20212022
DSCC$35,500Feb 11, 20192020
DSCC$35,500Jan 29, 20202020
DSCC$33,900Apr 25, 20182018
DSCC$33,400Apr 14, 20162016
DSCC$33,400Mar 26, 20152016
DSCC$33,400Feb 17, 20172018
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$25,000Feb 29, 20242024
LOCAL VOICES$25,000Oct 21, 20242024
DSCC$13,500Jul 28, 20212022
DSCC$10,000Nov 16, 20212022
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WISCONSIN FEDERAL$10,000Mar 30, 20242024
DSCC$10,000Oct 1, 20182018
FAIR SHOT PAC$5,000Feb 25, 20252026
SERVE AMERICA PAC$5,000Jan 11, 20232024
FIGHT LIKE HELL PAC$5,000Feb 29, 20242024
PROGRESSIVE CHANGE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE$5,000Jul 8, 20242024
OSSOFF VICTORY FUND$5,000Oct 29, 20242024
LEADERS WE DESERVE$5,000Sep 26, 20232024
LEADERS WE DESERVE$5,000Sep 29, 20232024
JEFFRIES VICTORY FUND$5,000Sep 8, 20242024
COMMON DEFENSE ACTION FUND$5,000Oct 31, 20242024
PROGRESSIVE CHANGE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE$5,000Aug 22, 20232024
THE NEXT 50 PAC$5,000Jun 25, 20242024
FIGHT LIKE HELL PAC$5,000Apr 19, 20242024
LORI TRAHAN FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE$3,500Mar 31, 20252026
MARY PELTOLA FOR ALASKA$3,300Sep 25, 20242024
ANDY KIM FOR CONGRESS$3,300Mar 26, 20242024
FRIENDS OF MARIA$3,300Feb 29, 20242024
KLOBUCHAR FOR MINNESOTA$3,300Jun 27, 20232024
FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN$3,300May 29, 20242024
VINDMAN FOR CONGRESS$3,300Sep 30, 20242024
GALLEGO FOR ARIZONA$3,300Mar 26, 20242024
CITIZENS FOR BOYLE$3,300Sep 26, 20242024
Joseph D. Morelle$3,300Sep 30, 20242024
RO FOR CONGRESS INC$3,300Sep 20, 20232024
CITIZENS FOR BOYLE$3,300Aug 22, 20232024
SHAHEEN FOR SENATE$3,300Dec 23, 20242024
SHAHEEN FOR SENATE$3,300Dec 23, 20242024
PEOPLE FOR BEN$3,300Dec 23, 20242024
SARA JACOBS HOUSE VICTORY FUND$3,300Jun 7, 20242024
GALLEGO FOR ARIZONA$3,300Mar 26, 20242024
JOE MORELLE FOR CONGRESS$3,300Sep 30, 20242024