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John David Kelsey

Tracked direct giving

$2,031,850

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from John David Kelsey

$2.0M
15 transactions across 6 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

John David Kelsey directed $785K to Congressional Leadership Fund across 5 contributions between March 2023 and September 2024.

Mar 2023 – Sep 2024individual

John David Kelsey directed $704K to PROTECT THE HOUSE 2024.

Mar 2023individual

John David Kelsey directed $311K to REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE across 4 contributions between January 2023 and January 2024.

Jan 2023 – Jan 2024individual

John David Kelsey directed $100K to SEAL PAC USA across 3 contributions between February 2024 and October 2024.

Feb 2024 – Oct 2024individual

John David Kelsey directed $49K to EMMER MAJORITY BUILDERS.

Jul 2024individual

John David Kelsey also gave to 1 other entity totaling $40K.

$2.0M tracked across 6 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where John David Kelsey’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

$890K
modeled estimate
85 paths across 50 counterparties
$49Kmodeled estimateattributed to KEVIN MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $5K

$47Kmodeled estimateattributed to Thomas R. Suozzi
2024 cycle3 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$44Kmodeled estimateJohn David Kelsey→Congressional Leadership Fund→Thomas R. SuozzimediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $9K

$2Kmodeled estimateJohn David Kelsey→PROTECT THE HOUSE 2024→NRCC→Thomas R. SuozzimediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $187K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $69K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$38Kmodeled estimateattributed to Derek Tran
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$38Kmodeled estimateJohn David Kelsey→Congressional Leadership Fund→Derek TranmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $26K

smallest single documented leg $154K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$36Kmodeled estimateattributed to Mondaire Jones
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$36Kmodeled estimateJohn David Kelsey→Congressional Leadership Fund→Mondaire JonesmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $10K

$36Kmodeled estimateattributed to Curtis Hertel JR
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$33Kmodeled estimateJohn David Kelsey→Congressional Leadership Fund→Curtis Hertel JRmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $25K

$3Kmodeled estimateJohn David Kelsey→PROTECT THE HOUSE 2024→NRCC→Curtis Hertel JRmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $209K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$33Kmodeled estimateattributed to George Whitesides
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$30Kmodeled estimateJohn David Kelsey→Congressional Leadership Fund→George WhitesidesmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $29K

$3Kmodeled estimateJohn David Kelsey→PROTECT THE HOUSE 2024→NRCC→George WhitesidesmediumOppose24A

smallest single documented leg $129K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$32Kmodeled estimateattributed to Susan Wild
2024 cycle3 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence
$32Kmodeled estimateJohn David Kelsey→Congressional Leadership Fund→Susan WildmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $35K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$717modeled estimateJohn David Kelsey→PROTECT THE HOUSE 2024→NRCC→Susan WildmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $414K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $154K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$27Kmodeled estimateattributed to Will Rollins
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$27Kmodeled estimateJohn David Kelsey→Congressional Leadership Fund→Will RollinsmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $22K

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $592K.

$890K attributed (modeled estimate) across 85 paths·Up to 2 hops 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
PROTECT THE HOUSE 2024$703,700Mar 16, 20232024
Congressional Leadership Fund$250,000Mar 23, 20232024
Congressional Leadership Fund$250,000Jun 28, 20232024
Congressional Leadership Fund$125,000Aug 23, 20242024
Congressional Leadership Fund$125,000Sep 19, 20242024
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE$123,900Jan 9, 20242024
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE$109,500Jan 30, 20232024
SEAL PAC USA$50,000Sep 19, 20242024
EMMER MAJORITY BUILDERS$48,750Jul 29, 20242024
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE$41,300Jan 9, 20242024
NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PARTY$40,000Mar 15, 20232024
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE$36,500Jan 30, 20232024
Congressional Leadership Fund$35,000Jan 30, 20242024
SEAL PAC USA$30,000Oct 31, 20242024
SEAL PAC USA$20,000Feb 6, 20242024
OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY STATE CENTRAL & EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE$10,000Oct 11, 20232024
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF VIRGINIA INC.$10,000Mar 16, 20232024
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARIZONA LLC$10,000Mar 16, 20232024
TEAM MURPHY$3,300Apr 9, 20242024
LALOTA FOR CONGRESS$3,300Jul 29, 20242024
CHUCK EDWARDS FOR CONGRESS$3,300Mar 16, 20232024
CHUCK EDWARDS FOR CONGRESS$3,300Mar 16, 20232024