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Paul Merrill

Tracked direct giving

$39,100

Connections

11

The Money Trail

How money flowed from Paul Merrill

$34K
15 transactions across 9 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Paul Merrill directed $10K to ACTBLUE across 4 contributions between July 2023 and October 2024.

Jul 2023 – Oct 2024individual

Paul Merrill directed $6K to HARRIS VICTORY FUND across 2 contributions between February 2024 and October 2024.

Feb 2024 – Oct 2024individual

Paul Merrill directed $5K to DSCC.

Feb 2024individual

Paul Merrill directed $4K to MAGGIE FOR NH across 3 contributions between November 2023 and February 2024.

Nov 2023 – Feb 2024individual

Paul Merrill directed $3K to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT.

Oct 2024individual

Paul Merrill also gave to 4 other entities totaling $7K.

$34K tracked across 9 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Paul Merrill’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
5 paths across 5 counterparties
$2Kmodeled estimateattributed to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$2Kmodeled estimatePaul Merrill→HARRIS VICTORY FUND→HARRIS FOR PRESIDENTmediumpac

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

$651modeled estimateattributed to Michael J Rogers
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$651modeled estimatePaul Merrill→DSCC→Michael J RogersmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

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

$604modeled estimateattributed to David McCormick
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$604modeled estimatePaul Merrill→DSCC→David McCormickmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

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

$593modeled estimateattributed to Eric Hovde
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$593modeled estimatePaul Merrill→DSCC→Eric HovdemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

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

$142modeled estimateattributed to Kari Lake
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$142modeled estimatePaul Merrill→DSCC→Kari LakemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

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

$4K attributed (modeled estimate) across 5 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$5,000Feb 14, 20242024
HARRIS VICTORY FUND$5,000Feb 19, 20242024
ACTBLUE$3,300Oct 8, 20242024
ACTBLUE$3,300Jun 30, 20242024
COLIN VAN OSTERN FOR CONGRESS$3,300Jun 30, 20242024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$3,300Oct 8, 20242024
ACTBLUE$2,500Jul 9, 20232024
Kuster For Congress$2,500Jul 9, 20232024
MAGGIE FOR NH$2,300Feb 5, 20242024
MAGGIE FOR NH$1,000Nov 13, 20232024
MAGGIE FOR NH$700Feb 5, 20242024
ACTBLUE$500Jun 2, 20242024
ACTBLUE$500Jun 3, 20242024
ACTBLUE$500Sep 21, 20242024
HARRIS VICTORY FUND$500Jun 2, 20242024
ACTBLUE$500Jun 8, 20242024
HARRIS VICTORY FUND$500Jun 3, 20242024
HARRIS VICTORY FUND$500Jun 8, 20242024
HARRIS VICTORY FUND$500Oct 1, 20242024
TRUMP SAVE AMERICA JOINT FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE$500Jun 9, 20232024
Senate Majority PAC$500Sep 21, 20242024
WINRED$500Jun 9, 20232024
ACTBLUE$250Aug 12, 20242024
ACTBLUE$250Oct 16, 20242024
HARRIS VICTORY FUND$250Aug 12, 20242024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$250Oct 16, 20242024
ACTBLUE$200Nov 3, 20242024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$200Nov 3, 20242024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Donated toHARRIS VICTORY FUNDDonated $7,250 to HARRIS VICTORY FUNDSource
Donated toDSCCDonated $5,000 to DSCCSource
Donated toCOLIN VAN OSTERN FOR CONGRESSDonated $3,300 to COLIN VAN OSTERN FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toWINREDDonated $500 to WINREDSource
Donated toTRUMP SAVE AMERICA JOINT FUNDRAISING COMMITTEEDonated $500 to TRUMP SAVE AMERICA JOINT FUNDRAISING COMMITTEESource
Donated toDonald J. Trump For President 2024Donated $450 to NEVER SURRENDER, INC.Source
Donated toKuster For CongressDonated $2,500 to KUSTER FOR CONGRESS, INCSource
Donated toMAGGIE FOR NHDonated $4,000 to MAGGIE FOR NHSource
Donated toSenate Majority PACDonated $500 to SMPSource
Donated toHARRIS FOR PRESIDENTDonated $11,000 to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENTSource
Donated toACTBLUEDonated $11,800 to ACTBLUESource