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CHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA

OK · US

Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$728,155

LDA reported lobbying spend

$760,000

Connections

6

The Money Trail

How money flowed from CHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA

$683K
15 transactions across 10 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

CHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA directed $250K to TRUMP 47 COMMITTEE INC.

Jul 2024corporate

CHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA directed $250K to HARRIS VICTORY FUND across 2 contributions between October 2024 and October 2024.

Oct 2024 – Oct 2024corporate

CHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA directed $80K to DSCC across 3 contributions between January 2015 and February 2018.

Jan 2015 – Feb 2018individual

CHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA directed $41K to NRCC.

Apr 2024corporate

CHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA directed $20K to Dade Phelan across 2 contributions between November 2023 and February 2024.

Nov 2023 – Feb 2024corporate

CHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA also gave to 5 other entities totaling $42K.

$683K tracked across 10 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where CHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA’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

$35K
modeled estimate
51 paths across 50 counterparties
$22Kmodeled estimateattributed to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $225K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$842modeled estimateattributed to Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$842modeled estimateCHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA→NRCC→Marie Gluesenkamp PerezmediumOpposemultiple

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

$665modeled estimateattributed to Adam Gray
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$665modeled estimateCHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA→NRCC→Adam GraymediumOpposemultiple

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

$576modeled estimateattributed to Janelle S. Bynum
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$454modeled estimateCHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA→NRCC→Janelle S. BynummediumOpposemultiple

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

$122modeled estimateCHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA→DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND→Janelle S. BynummediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $15K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$538modeled estimateattributed to Curtis Hertel JR
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$538modeled estimateCHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA→NRCC→Curtis Hertel JRmediumOpposemultiple

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

$528modeled estimateattributed to Yadira Caraveo
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$528modeled estimateCHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA→NRCC→Yadira CaraveomediumOpposemultiple

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

$502modeled estimateattributed to George Whitesides
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$502modeled estimateCHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA→NRCC→George WhitesidesmediumOppose24A

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

$500modeled estimateattributed to GABE VASQUEZ FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

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

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $8K.

$35K attributed (modeled estimate) across 51 paths·Up to 1 hop deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this

Lobbying Activity Detail

Disclosed lobbying expenditures from LDA filings where this entity is the client. Dollar amounts represent what was reported to the Senate Office of Public Records.

Top Lobbying Issues

INDIndian/Native American Affairs
$1.0M
AVIAviation
$230K
AERAerospace
$140K
BUDBudget/Appropriations
$0
SCIScience
$0

Lobbying Firms Retained

HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP$1.0M
THE ARTEMIS GROUP, LLC (OKLAHOMA)$140K
HOGAN LOVELLS CADWALADER US LLP (FKA HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP)$90K
SENSE INCORPORATED$0

Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings

Farm Bill

Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings and the LobbyView dataset (MIT/NSF, CC-BY-4.0). Dollar figures represent disclosed expenditures only and may not capture all influence activity. Issue codes follow the LDA general issue classification.

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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$250,000Jul 24, 20242024
HARRIS VICTORY FUND$225,000Oct 16, 20242024
NRCC$41,300Apr 19, 20242024
DSCC$32,400Jan 11, 20162016
DSCC$32,400Jan 31, 20152016
HARRIS VICTORY FUND$25,000Oct 22, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$15,000May 10, 20232024
DSCC$15,000Feb 13, 20182018
Dade Phelan$10,000Feb 7, 2024
Dade Phelan$10,000Nov 30, 2023
TEAM DESANTIS 2024$6,600Aug 14, 20232024
COLE PAC$5,000Oct 2, 20232024
AHORA PAC$5,000May 10, 20232024
AHORA PAC$5,000Oct 15, 20242024
LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PAC$5,000Oct 23, 20242024
Mary Sattler Peltola$4,600Jul 31, 20242024
MARY PELTOLA FOR ALASKA$4,600Jul 31, 20242024
DC DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE$3,537Oct 16, 20242024
NEVADA STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY$3,537Oct 16, 20242024
CITIZENS TO ELECT RICK LARSEN$3,300Apr 26, 20242024
SMITH VICTORY$3,300May 6, 20242024
FRIENDS OF GLENN THOMPSON$3,300Oct 15, 20242024
KLOBUCHAR FOR MINNESOTA$2,500Oct 7, 20242024
MARY PELTOLA FOR ALASKA$2,400May 23, 20232024
CITIZENS TO ELECT RICK LARSEN$1,700May 23, 20242024
DR. RAUL RUIZ FOR CONGRESS$1,650May 22, 20232024
FRIENDS OF MARIA$1,300Sep 30, 20232024
NORMA TORRES FOR CONGRESS$1,000Oct 7, 20242024
JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON$1,000Nov 9, 20232024
FRIENDS OF MARIA$1,000Feb 23, 20212022
FRIENDS OF MARIA$1,000Mar 25, 20222022
KAINE FOR VIRGINIA$1,000Oct 15, 20242024
FRIENDS OF DAN KILDEE$825Sep 30, 20232024
NORMA TORRES FOR CONGRESS$825Sep 30, 20232024
SCHATZ FOR SENATE$550Oct 5, 20232024
HOEVEN FOR SENATE$550Oct 5, 20232024
SCHATZ FOR SENATE$500Oct 11, 20242024
PEOPLE FOR BEN$500Oct 9, 20242024
DC DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE$490Oct 22, 20242024
NEVADA STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY$490Oct 22, 20242024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
RetainedHOLLAND & KNIGHT LLPHired HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP to lobby on Farm Bill Reauthorization 2024Source
Lobbied onFarm Bill Reauthorization 2024LDA filing: lobbied on Farm Bill Reauthorization 2024, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $70,000Source
RetainedSENSE INCORPORATEDHired SENSE INCORPORATED to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source
RetainedHOGAN LOVELLS CADWALADER US LLP (FKA HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP)Hired HOGAN LOVELLS CADWALADER US LLP (FKA HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP) to lobby (2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2024)Source
RetainedTHE ARTEMIS GROUP, LLC (OKLAHOMA)Hired THE ARTEMIS GROUP, LLC (OKLAHOMA) to lobby (4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2024)Source
Funder ofAHORA PACCHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA donated $10,000 to AHORA PAC (QPQ tracked total)Editorial