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Wade Ackerman

Cycle

Tracked direct giving

$45,300

Connections

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Wade Ackerman

$42K
15 transactions across 6 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Wade Ackerman directed $17K to M-PAC across 4 contributions between March 2023 and July 2026.

Mar 2023 – Jul 2026individual

Wade Ackerman directed $11K to ACTBLUE across 4 contributions between March 2023 and October 2024.

Mar 2023 – Oct 2024individual

Wade Ackerman directed $5K to DSCC.

Sep 2024individual

Wade Ackerman directed $3K to HARRIS VICTORY FUND.

Sep 2024individual

Wade Ackerman directed $3K to Josh Harder For Congress across 2 contributions between June 2023 and December 2023.

Jun 2023 – Dec 2023individual

Wade Ackerman also gave to 1 other entity totaling $3K.

$42K tracked across 6 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Wade Ackerman’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

$3K
modeled estimate
9 paths across 9 counterparties
$454modeled estimateattributed to EMILY RANDALL FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$454modeled estimateWade Ackerman→M-PAC→EMILY RANDALL FOR CONGRESSmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$422modeled estimateattributed to ROSEN FOR NEVADA
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$422modeled estimateWade Ackerman→M-PAC→ROSEN FOR NEVADAmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$378modeled estimateattributed to FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$378modeled estimateWade Ackerman→M-PAC→FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWNmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$327modeled estimateattributed to ALSOBROOKS FOR SENATE
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$327modeled estimateWade Ackerman→M-PAC→ALSOBROOKS FOR SENATEmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$305modeled estimateattributed to GALLEGO FOR ARIZONA
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$305modeled estimateWade Ackerman→M-PAC→GALLEGO FOR ARIZONAmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$281modeled estimateattributed to ANGUS KING FOR U.S. SENATE CAMPAIGN
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$177modeled estimateattributed to Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$177modeled estimateWade Ackerman→M-PAC→Marie Gluesenkamp Perezmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$162modeled estimateattributed to KAINE FOR VIRGINIA
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$162modeled estimateWade Ackerman→M-PAC→KAINE FOR VIRGINIAmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 1 additional chain totaling $117.

$3K attributed (modeled estimate) across 9 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
M-PAC$5,000Jul 13, 20262026
ACTBLUE$5,000Mar 13, 20242024
DSCC$5,000Sep 17, 20242024
M-PAC$5,000Mar 13, 20242024
M-PAC$4,750May 5, 20252026
HARRIS VICTORY FUND$3,300Sep 13, 20242024
ACTBLUE$2,500Mar 6, 20232024
M-PAC$2,500Mar 6, 20232024
ACTBLUE$2,000Dec 22, 20232024
Josh Harder For Congress$2,000Dec 22, 20232024
ACTBLUE$1,000Jun 27, 20242024
ACTBLUE$1,000Jun 30, 20232024
ACTBLUE$1,000Jun 30, 20232024
ACTBLUE$1,000Oct 22, 20242024
NIKKI FOR CONGRESS$1,000Oct 22, 20242024
NIKKI FOR CONGRESS$1,000Jun 27, 20242024
Josh Harder For Congress$1,000Jun 30, 20232024
NIKKI FOR CONGRESS$1,000Jun 30, 20232024
M-PAC$250May 1, 20252026

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Donated toDSCCDonated $5,000 to DSCCSource
Donated toM-PACDonated $7,500 to M-PACSource
Donated toHARRIS FOR PRESIDENTDonated $3,300 to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENTSource
Donated toHARRIS VICTORY FUNDDonated $3,300 to HARRIS VICTORY FUNDSource
Donated toJosh Harder For CongressDonated $3,000 to JOSH HARDER FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toNIKKI FOR CONGRESSDonated $3,000 to NIKKI FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toCOVINGTON & BURLING LLP PACDonated $996 to COVINGTON AND BURLING LLP PACSource
Donated toACTBLUEDonated $13,500 to ACTBLUESource