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SMITH, BYRON

Tracked direct giving

$86,650

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from SMITH, BYRON

$87K
9 transactions across 6 counterparties
sum of 9 tracked donations shown

SMITH, BYRON directed $50K to THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND.

May 2024individual

SMITH, BYRON directed $10K to SMITH VICTORY.

Sep 2023individual

SMITH, BYRON directed $10K to BEST OF TENNESSEE ACTION FUND.

Apr 2024individual

SMITH, BYRON directed $10K to SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION across 2 contributions between September 2024 and October 2024.

Sep 2024 – Oct 2024individual

SMITH, BYRON directed $5K to TENNESSEE EAGLE PAC.

Jan 2024individual

SMITH, BYRON also gave to 1 other entity totaling $2K.

$87K tracked across 6 counterparties (sum of 9 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where SMITH, BYRON’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

$4K
modeled estimate
3 paths across 3 counterparties
$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to JASON SMITH FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$4Kmodeled estimateSMITH, BYRON→SMITH VICTORY→JASON SMITH FOR CONGRESSmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $3K

$101modeled estimateattributed to JONI FOR IOWA
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$101modeled estimateSMITH, BYRON→TENNESSEE EAGLE PAC→JONI FOR IOWAmediumpac

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

$101modeled estimateattributed to TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC.
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

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

$4K attributed (modeled estimate) across 3 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
THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND$50,000May 7, 20242024
BEST OF TENNESSEE ACTION FUND$10,000Apr 6, 20242024
SMITH VICTORY$10,000Sep 13, 20232024
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION$6,000Oct 28, 20242024
TENNESSEE EAGLE PAC$5,000Jan 23, 20242024
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION$4,000Sep 20, 20242024
DAN CRENSHAW VICTORY COMMITTEE$750May 10, 20242024
DAN CRENSHAW VICTORY COMMITTEE$500Oct 22, 20242024
DAN CRENSHAW VICTORY COMMITTEE$400Mar 14, 20242024