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Daniel Benton

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Tracked direct giving

$212,250

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Daniel Benton

$212K
12 transactions across 5 counterparties
sum of 12 tracked donations shown

Daniel Benton directed $191K to DSCC across 5 contributions between September 2022 and March 2024.

Sep 2022 – Mar 2024individual

Daniel Benton directed $10K to PAT RYAN FOR CONGRESS across 2 contributions between April 2024 and April 2024.

Apr 2024 – Apr 2024individual

Daniel Benton directed $7K to RO FOR CONGRESS INC across 3 contributions between March 2023 and May 2023.

Mar 2023 – May 2023individual

Daniel Benton directed $3K to FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN.

Mar 2024individual

Daniel Benton directed $1K to PRO PAC.

Jul 2024individual
$212K tracked across 5 counterparties (sum of 12 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Daniel Benton’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

$82K
modeled estimate
13 paths across 13 counterparties
$23Kmodeled estimateattributed to Michael J Rogers
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$23Kmodeled estimateDaniel Benton→DSCC→Michael J RogersmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

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

$21Kmodeled estimateattributed to David McCormick
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$21Kmodeled estimateDaniel Benton→DSCC→David McCormickmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $38K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$20Kmodeled estimateattributed to Eric Hovde
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$20Kmodeled estimateDaniel Benton→DSCC→Eric HovdemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $30K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$9Kmodeled estimateattributed to Tim Sheehy
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$9Kmodeled estimateDaniel Benton→DSCC→Tim SheehymediumOpposemultiple

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

$9Kmodeled estimateattributed to Kari Lake
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$9Kmodeled estimateDaniel Benton→DSCC→Kari LakemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

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

$134modeled estimateattributed to Matt Cartwright
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$134modeled estimateDaniel Benton→PRO PAC→Matt CartwrightmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$134modeled estimateattributed to Susan Wild
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$134modeled estimateDaniel Benton→PRO PAC→Susan WildmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$132modeled estimateattributed to FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$132modeled estimateDaniel Benton→DSCC→FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWNmediumparty

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

Plus 5 additional chains totaling $605.

$82K attributed (modeled estimate) across 13 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$58,700Mar 22, 20242024
DSCC$41,300Feb 23, 20232024
DSCC$41,300Mar 22, 20242024
DSCC$36,500Sep 15, 20222022
DSCC$13,500Sep 15, 20222022
PAT RYAN FOR CONGRESS$6,600Apr 25, 20242024
PAT RYAN FOR CONGRESS$3,300Apr 28, 20242024
FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN$3,300Mar 19, 20242024
RO FOR CONGRESS INC$3,300May 9, 20232024
RO FOR CONGRESS INC$2,300May 9, 20232024
PRO PAC$1,150Jul 19, 20242024
RO FOR CONGRESS INC$1,000Mar 31, 20232024