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Richard W. Colburn

Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$2,426,643

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Richard W. Colburn

$2.4M
15 transactions across 10 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Richard W. Colburn directed $1.4M to SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND across 5 contributions between October 2017 and April 2024.

Oct 2017 – Apr 2024individual

Richard W. Colburn directed $300K to Congressional Leadership Fund.

Apr 2024individual

Richard W. Colburn directed $300K to COMMITTED TO AMERICA PAC across 2 contributions between May 2023 and September 2023.

May 2023 – Sep 2023individual

Richard W. Colburn directed $250K to EMMER MAJORITY BUILDERS.

Mar 2024individual

Richard W. Colburn directed $107K to PROTECT THE HOUSE 2024.

Jun 2023individual

Richard W. Colburn also gave to 5 other entities totaling $31K.

$2.4M tracked across 10 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Richard W. Colburn’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

$1.1M
modeled estimate
66 paths across 50 counterparties
$251Kmodeled estimateattributed to Sherrod Brown
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$251Kmodeled estimateRichard W. Colburn→SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND→Sherrod BrownmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $13K

$205Kmodeled estimateattributed to Bob Casey
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$205Kmodeled estimateRichard W. Colburn→SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND→Bob CaseymediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $11K

$95Kmodeled estimateattributed to Elissa Slotkin
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$95Kmodeled estimateRichard W. Colburn→SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND→Elissa SlotkinmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $41K

$187modeled estimateRichard W. Colburn→TEAM MORENO→NRSC→Elissa SlotkinmediumOpposemultiple

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

$89Kmodeled estimateattributed to Jon Tester
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$89Kmodeled estimateRichard W. Colburn→SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND→Jon TestermediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $12K

$66Kmodeled estimateattributed to Tammy Baldwin
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$66Kmodeled estimateRichard W. Colburn→SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND→Tammy BaldwinmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $28K

$25Kmodeled estimateattributed to Bernie Moreno
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$25Kmodeled estimateRichard W. Colburn→SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND→Bernie MorenomediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $44K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$16Kmodeled estimateattributed to EMMER FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $79K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$15Kmodeled estimateattributed to Derek Tran
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$15Kmodeled estimateRichard W. Colburn→Congressional Leadership Fund→Derek TranmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $23K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $296K.

$1.1M attributed (modeled estimate) across 66 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
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND$400,000Oct 28, 20222022
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND$400,000Sep 18, 20232024
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND$400,000Apr 4, 20242024
Congressional Leadership Fund$300,000Apr 2, 20242024
EMMER MAJORITY BUILDERS$250,000Mar 31, 20242024
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND$200,000Oct 31, 20172018
COMMITTED TO AMERICA PAC$200,000Sep 12, 20232024
PROTECT THE HOUSE 2024$106,600Jun 30, 20232024
COMMITTED TO AMERICA PAC$100,000May 22, 20232024
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND$20,000Dec 23, 20202020
NORTH DAKOTA REPUBLICAN PARTY$9,761Mar 31, 20242024
HOGAN VICTORY FUND$6,600Mar 31, 20242024
BUDD NC VICTORY FUND 2028$6,600Mar 23, 20232024
MISSION FIRST PEOPLE ALWAYS PAC$5,000Oct 19, 20222022
ROGERS FOR SENATE$3,300Mar 30, 20242024
TEAM RICK SCOTT$3,300Apr 18, 20242024
TEAM MORENO$3,300Mar 31, 20242024
ZINKE FOR CONGRESS$3,300Mar 31, 20242024
TEAM MORENO$3,300Jun 29, 20242024
LALOTA FOR CONGRESS$3,300Mar 31, 20242024
BARRETT FOR MI-07$2,283Nov 1, 20222022