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BEN CARDIN FOR SENATE

Tracked direct giving exceeds tracked direct receipts by

$360,400

Political action committee.

Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$362,400

View FEC cycle totals

Tracked receipts

$2,000

View FEC cycle totals

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The Money Trail

How money associated with BEN CARDIN FOR SENATE flowed

BEN CARDIN FOR SENATE is the giver in some of these trails and the recipient in others. Each sentence names who gave and who received.

$364K
15 transactions across 5 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

BEN CARDIN FOR SENATE directed $325K to DSCC across 6 contributions between August 2015 and October 2024.

Aug 2015 – Oct 2024party, individual

BEN CARDIN FOR SENATE directed $30K to DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF MARYLAND across 6 contributions between June 2023 and August 2024.

Jun 2023 – Aug 2024party

BEN CARDIN FOR SENATE directed $5K to IMPACT.

Oct 2023party

BEN CARDIN FOR SENATE directed $2K to ALSOBROOKS FOR SENATE.

Jul 2024party
$364K tracked across 5 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Who funded BEN CARDIN FOR SENATE

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

$2K
modeled estimate
6 paths across 6 counterparties
$544modeled estimatefrom Sherri Schwanz
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $200

$323modeled estimatefrom RODRIGUEZ, ROBERT
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $237

$292modeled estimatefrom Shana L Willenbring
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $215

$292modeled estimatefrom Connie S Boylan
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $215

$274modeled estimatefrom Alondra Sanchez
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $202

$274modeled estimatefrom Henry Lopez Lua
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $202

$2K 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
DSCC$100,000Sep 17, 20242024
DSCC$100,000Oct 21, 20242024
DSCC$50,000Oct 23, 20242024
DSCC$25,000Sep 23, 20162016
DSCC$25,000Aug 26, 20162016
DSCC$25,000Aug 4, 20152016
DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF MARYLAND$22,500Jul 29, 20242024
IMPACT$5,000Oct 5, 20232024
DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF MARYLAND$3,000Aug 6, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF MARYLAND$2,500Jun 11, 20242024
ALSOBROOKS FOR SENATE$2,000Jul 18, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF MARYLAND$1,400Jul 15, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF MARYLAND$500Jun 2, 20232024
DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF MARYLAND$500Jul 15, 20242024

Donations Received and Outside Spending

Largest 50 records. Badged rows are independent expenditures other groups paid to vendors for or against this entity. That money did not reach its committee.

DonorAmountDateCycle
THE NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION$2,000Mar 2, 20232024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Affiliated withBen CardinBEN CARDIN FOR SENATE is the principal campaign committee of Ben Cardin (FEC committee C00411587, designation P; candidate S6MD03177).Source
Received donation fromNorthrop Grumman Corporation PAC (ENGPAC)$10,000.00 across 2 contributions (2018 cycles)Source
Received donation fromEMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000.00 across 3 contributions (2018 cycles)Source
Received donation fromJohnson & Johnson Employees' Good Government Fund$2,500.00 across 1 contributions (2018 cycles)Source
Received donation fromGoldman Sachs PAC$1,000.00 across 1 contributions (2022 cycles)Source