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Cynthia Sears

Tracked direct giving

$183,244

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Cynthia Sears

$155K
15 transactions across 7 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Cynthia Sears directed $50K to DSCC across 3 contributions between October 2023 and November 2023.

Oct 2023 – Nov 2023individual

Cynthia Sears directed $49K to HARRIS VICTORY FUND.

Oct 2024individual

Cynthia Sears directed $25K to KATIE PORTER FOR SENATE across 5 contributions between December 2023 and December 2023.

Dec 2023 – Dec 2023individual

Cynthia Sears directed $10K to WASHINGTON STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

Oct 2024individual

Cynthia Sears directed $10K to OHIO GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUND across 2 contributions between February 2024 and October 2024.

Feb 2024 – Oct 2024individual

Cynthia Sears also gave to 2 other entities totaling $10K.

$155K tracked across 7 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Cynthia Sears’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

$31K
modeled estimate
6 paths across 6 counterparties
$8Kmodeled estimateattributed to Michael J Rogers
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$8Kmodeled estimateCynthia Sears→DSCC→Michael J RogersmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $12K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$7Kmodeled estimateattributed to David McCormick
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$7Kmodeled estimateCynthia Sears→DSCC→David McCormickmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $12K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$7Kmodeled estimateattributed to Eric Hovde
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$7Kmodeled estimateCynthia Sears→DSCC→Eric HovdemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $12K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$3Kmodeled estimateattributed to FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $7K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$3Kmodeled estimateattributed to Tim Sheehy
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$3Kmodeled estimateCynthia Sears→DSCC→Tim SheehymediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $12K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$3Kmodeled estimateattributed to Kari Lake
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$3Kmodeled estimateCynthia Sears→DSCC→Kari LakemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $12K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$31K attributed (modeled estimate) across 6 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
HARRIS VICTORY FUND$49,457Oct 7, 20242024
DSCC$25,000Oct 20, 20232024
DSCC$12,800Nov 2, 20232024
DSCC$12,200Nov 2, 20232024
KATIE PORTER FOR SENATE$12,200Dec 26, 20232024
WASHINGTON STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY$10,000Oct 14, 20242024
OHIO GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUND$6,600Feb 28, 20242024
ANDREA SALINAS FOR OREGON$3,300Dec 26, 20232024
GALLEGO VICTORY FUND$3,300Oct 30, 20242024
ROSEN FOR NEVADA$3,300Dec 26, 20232024
GEORGE WHITESIDES FOR CONGRESS$3,300Aug 23, 20242024
FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN$3,300Feb 29, 20242024
GEORGE WHITESIDES FOR CONGRESS$3,300Aug 22, 20242024
ALSOBROOKS FOR SENATE$3,300Dec 26, 20232024
OHIO GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUND$3,300Oct 28, 20242024
KATIE PORTER FOR SENATE$3,300Dec 22, 20232024
ALSOBROOKS FOR SENATE$3,300Feb 9, 20242024
ANDREA SALINAS FOR OREGON$3,300Dec 26, 20232024
KATIE PORTER FOR SENATE$3,300Dec 22, 20232024
KATIE PORTER FOR SENATE$3,300Dec 22, 20232024
KATIE PORTER FOR SENATE$3,300Dec 22, 20232024
FRIENDS OF MARIA$3,100May 17, 20242024
SISTER DISTRICT PROJECT$1,000Oct 7, 20242024
FRIENDS OF JAHANA HAYES$1,000Oct 7, 20242024
MARY PELTOLA FOR ALASKA$1,000Oct 7, 20242024
NANCY PELOSI VICTORY FUND$1,000Jul 21, 20242024
KATIE PORTER FOR SENATE$500Jan 14, 20242024
DC DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE$312Oct 7, 20242024
FEDERAL: COLORADO DEMOCRATIC PARTY$312Oct 7, 20242024
NEVADA STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY$312Oct 7, 20242024
THE PEOPLE UNITED PAC$250Dec 26, 20232024