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Merle Chambers

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Tracked direct giving

$804,652

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Merle Chambers

$769K
15 transactions across 4 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Merle Chambers directed $527K to DSCC across 9 contributions between May 2020 and March 2024.

May 2020 – Mar 2024individual

Merle Chambers directed $150K to HOUSE MAJORITY PAC across 2 contributions between May 2024 and October 2024.

May 2024 – Oct 2024individual

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

Mar 2023 – Feb 2024individual

Merle Chambers directed $10K to PAID LEAVE PAC across 2 contributions between April 2023 and April 2024.

Apr 2023 – Apr 2024individual
$769K tracked across 4 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Merle Chambers’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

$129K
modeled estimate
88 paths across 50 counterparties
$14Kmodeled estimateattributed to Michael J Rogers
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$14Kmodeled estimateMerle Chambers→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 estimateMerle Chambers→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 estimateMerle Chambers→DSCC→Eric HovdemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

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

$5Kmodeled estimateattributed to Tim Sheehy
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$5Kmodeled estimateMerle Chambers→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 estimateMerle Chambers→DSCC→Kari LakemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

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

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to Austin Theriault
2024 cycle3 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$3Kmodeled estimateMerle Chambers→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Austin TheriaultmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $50K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

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

$161modeled estimateMerle Chambers→PAID LEAVE PAC→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Austin TheriaultmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $5K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to John S. Duarte
2024 cycle3 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$2Kmodeled estimateMerle Chambers→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→John S. DuartemediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $50K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

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

$170modeled estimateMerle Chambers→PAID LEAVE PAC→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→John S. DuartemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $5K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to Tom Barrett
2024 cycle3 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$3Kmodeled estimateMerle Chambers→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Tom BarrettmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $50K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

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

$230modeled estimateMerle Chambers→PAID LEAVE PAC→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Tom BarrettmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $5K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $70K.

$129K attributed (modeled estimate) across 88 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
DSCC$109,500Mar 18, 20212022
DSCC$109,500Dec 9, 20212022
DSCC$106,500May 13, 20202020
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$100,000Oct 24, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$50,000May 2, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$41,300Mar 8, 20232024
DSCC$41,300Mar 30, 20232024
DSCC$41,300Mar 28, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$41,300Feb 21, 20242024
DSCC$36,500Mar 18, 20212022
DSCC$36,500Mar 25, 20222022
DSCC$35,500May 13, 20202020
DSCC$10,000Nov 21, 20222022
PAID LEAVE PAC$5,000Apr 26, 20232024
PAID LEAVE PAC$5,000Apr 24, 20242024
ALSOBROOKS FOR SENATE$3,300Jun 21, 20232024
PAT RYAN FOR CONGRESS$3,300Sep 25, 20242024
EMILY RANDALL FOR CONGRESS$3,300Feb 14, 20242024
MARY PELTOLA FOR ALASKA$3,300Mar 15, 20232024
FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN$3,300Feb 14, 20242024
MARY PELTOLA FOR ALASKA$3,300Feb 14, 20242024
LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS$3,300Feb 14, 20242024
PAT RYAN FOR CONGRESS$3,300May 29, 20242024
ROSEN FOR NEVADA$3,152Mar 14, 20232024
ROSEN FOR NEVADA$2,900Jan 18, 20232024
PAT RYAN FOR CONGRESS$1,000Feb 14, 20242024
PAT RYAN FOR CONGRESS$1,000Jun 2, 20242024
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT PAC$1,000Jul 18, 20242024