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Karl Waddell

Tracked direct giving

$625,000

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Karl Waddell

$625K
3 transactions across 3 counterparties
sum of 3 tracked donations shown

Karl Waddell directed $300K to WINRED.

Aug 2024individual

Karl Waddell directed $300K to TRUMP 47 COMMITTEE INC.

Aug 2024individual

Karl Waddell directed $25K to Dan Patrick.

Dec 2025individual
$625K tracked across 3 counterparties (sum of 3 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Karl Waddell’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

$24K
modeled estimate
20 paths across 20 counterparties
$10Kmodeled estimateattributed to BERNIE MORENO FOR SENATE
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$10Kmodeled estimateKarl Waddell→WINRED→BERNIE MORENO FOR SENATEmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $8K

$3Kmodeled estimateattributed to VAN ORDEN FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$3Kmodeled estimateKarl Waddell→WINRED→VAN ORDEN FOR CONGRESSmediumpac

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

$1Kmodeled estimateattributed to HUNT FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$1Kmodeled estimateKarl Waddell→WINRED→HUNT FOR CONGRESSmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $9K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$1Kmodeled estimateattributed to JONI FOR IOWA
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$1Kmodeled estimateKarl Waddell→WINRED→JONI FOR IOWAmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $14K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$1Kmodeled estimateattributed to IOWANS FOR ZACH NUNN
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$1Kmodeled estimateKarl Waddell→WINRED→IOWANS FOR ZACH NUNNmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $13K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$1Kmodeled estimateattributed to RICK SCOTT FOR FLORIDA
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$1Kmodeled estimateKarl Waddell→WINRED→RICK SCOTT FOR FLORIDAmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $14K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$983modeled estimateattributed to SCALISE FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path2 hopsMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$983modeled estimateKarl Waddell→WINRED→TEAM SCALISE→SCALISE FOR CONGRESSmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $300K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$741modeled estimateattributed to SAM BROWN FOR NEVADA
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$741modeled estimateKarl Waddell→WINRED→SAM BROWN FOR NEVADAmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $300K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 12 additional chains totaling $3K.

$24K attributed (modeled estimate) across 20 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
TRUMP 47 COMMITTEE INC$300,000Aug 7, 20242024
WINRED$300,000Aug 7, 20242024
Dan Patrick$25,000Dec 15, 2025