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Rudy Salas

Tracked donations to candidate

None in tracked data

IE for this entity (not received)

$3,003,581

IE against this entity (not received)

$8,261,509

Connections

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Independent expenditures are paid by outside groups to ad and mail vendors. None of that money reached this entity's committee, and none of it is counted as a receipt.

The Money Trail

How money flowed to Rudy Salas

$6.6M
15 transactions across 3 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

Congressional Leadership Fund spent $5.5M opposing Rudy Salas across 10 contributions between September 2024 and October 2024.

Sep 2024 – Oct 2024independent expenditure

NRCC spent $623K opposing Rudy Salas across 3 contributions between October 2024 and October 2024.

Oct 2024 – Oct 2024independent expenditure

HOUSE MAJORITY PAC spent $430K supporting Rudy Salas across 2 contributions between February 2024 and February 2024.

Feb 2024 – Feb 2024independent expenditure
$6.6M tracked across 3 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Who funded Rudy Salas

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

$6.9M
modeled estimate
71 paths across 50 counterparties
$1.3Mmodeled estimatefrom American Action Network
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$1.3Mmodeled estimateAmerican Action Network→Congressional Leadership Fund→Rudy SalasmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $944

$525Kmodeled estimatefrom GRIFFIN, KENNETH C.
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$525Kmodeled estimateGRIFFIN, KENNETH C.→Congressional Leadership Fund→Rudy SalasmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $944

$499Kmodeled estimatefrom Timothy Mellon
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$499Kmodeled estimateTimothy Mellon→Congressional Leadership Fund→Rudy SalasmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $2K

$437Kmodeled estimatefrom Paul Elliott Singer
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidence
$437Kmodeled estimatePaul Elliott Singer→Congressional Leadership Fund→Rudy SalasmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $944

$862modeled estimatePaul Elliott Singer→NRCC→Rudy SalasmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $37K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$333Kmodeled estimatefrom Jeff Yass
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$333Kmodeled estimateJeff Yass→Congressional Leadership Fund→Rudy SalasmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $2K

2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $7K

smallest single documented leg $108K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$273Kmodeled estimatefrom Miriam Adelson
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$273Kmodeled estimateMiriam Adelson→Congressional Leadership Fund→Rudy SalasmediumOpposemultiple

smallest single documented leg $2K

$203Kmodeled estimatefrom House Majority Forward
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$203Kmodeled estimateHouse Majority Forward→HOUSE MAJORITY PAC→Rudy SalasmediumSupportmultiple

smallest single documented leg $4K

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $3.1M.

$6.9M attributed (modeled estimate) across 71 paths·Up to 2 hops deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this

Outside Spending and Dark Money

Dark money is election spending by organizations that do not disclose their donors: 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, 501(c)(6) trade associations, and similar non-committee filers (FEC Form 5 and Form 9). Registered super PACs also make independent expenditures. But they itemize their donors with the FEC, so their spending is not dark money. Figures below are never combined with disclosed-donor totals.

Outside Spending About This Entity

Every independent expenditure and electioneering communication in the tracked filings that names this entity, by any filer. Most filers here are super PACs that disclose their donors. Only the non-committee nonprofits among them are dark money.

FilerAmountTypeSupport/OpposeDate
Congressional Leadership Fund$754,883Form 5 IEOpposingOct 28, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$742,064Form 5 IEOpposingOct 11, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$737,800Form 5 IEOpposingOct 21, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$708,629Form 5 IEOpposingOct 7, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$707,407Form 5 IEOpposingOct 1, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$641,222Form 5 IEOpposingSep 13, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$637,265Form 5 IEOpposingSep 20, 2024
NRCC$225,674Form 5 IEOpposingOct 18, 2024
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$215,169Form 5 IESupportingFeb 15, 2024
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC$215,169Form 5 IESupportingFeb 22, 2024
NRCC$206,655Form 5 IEOpposingOct 11, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$195,455Form 5 IEOpposingOct 1, 2024
NRCC$190,671Form 5 IEOpposingOct 4, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$189,000Form 5 IEOpposingOct 29, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$184,000Form 5 IEOpposingOct 21, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$170,000Form 5 IEOpposingOct 7, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$170,000Form 5 IEOpposingOct 11, 2024
Congressional Leadership Fund$159,413Form 5 IEOpposingSep 6, 2024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$109,327Form 5 IESupportingOct 3, 2024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$108,461Form 5 IESupportingOct 17, 2024

Money spent by non-disclosing organizations on ads and communications referencing this candidate. These dollars do not flow to the candidate's committee.

Methodology Disclosure

Dark money figures are derived from FEC Form 5 (independent expenditures by non-committee organizations) and Form 9 (electioneering communications). These filings capture spending on ads and election communications but do not reveal the identity of the organization's donors. QPQ totals may differ from benchmarks like the Brennan Center's estimates. QPQ includes all Form 5 filers, while some benchmarks count only a subset of non-disclosing nonprofits. Grant chain data is from IRS Form 990 Schedule I and may not include all years or all grantee organizations.

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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
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$754,883Oct 28, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$742,064Oct 11, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$737,800Oct 21, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$708,629Oct 7, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$707,407Oct 1, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$641,222Sep 13, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$637,265Sep 20, 20242024
NRCCSpent to oppose−$225,674Oct 18, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$215,169Feb 15, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$215,169Feb 22, 20242024
NRCCSpent to oppose−$206,655Oct 11, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$195,455Oct 1, 20242024
NRCCSpent to oppose−$190,671Oct 4, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$189,000Oct 29, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$184,000Oct 21, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$170,000Oct 7, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$170,000Oct 11, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$159,413Sep 6, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUNDSpent to support$109,327Oct 3, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUNDSpent to support$108,461Oct 17, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUNDSpent to support$108,461Oct 10, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUNDSpent to support$108,460Oct 24, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$102,000Sep 23, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$102,000Oct 1, 20242024
SOMOS PACSpent to support$100,000Sep 20, 20242024
SOMOS PACSpent to support$100,000Oct 31, 20242024
SOMOS PACSpent to support$100,000Oct 18, 20242024
SOMOS PACSpent to support$100,000Oct 7, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$96,772Feb 13, 20242024
NRCCSpent to oppose−$93,112Oct 25, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$87,000Sep 13, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$87,000Sep 6, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$80,000Oct 26, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$77,059Feb 26, 20242024
NRCCSpent to oppose−$71,539Oct 28, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$69,200Feb 8, 20242024
NRCCSpent to oppose−$66,946Oct 18, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUNDSpent to support$66,802Oct 24, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUNDSpent to support$66,801Oct 17, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUNDSpent to support$66,801Oct 10, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUNDSpent to support$65,936Oct 3, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$60,095Oct 25, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$60,095Oct 18, 20242024
HOUSE MAJORITY PACSpent to support$60,095Oct 11, 20242024
Congressional Leadership FundSpent to oppose−$57,668Sep 11, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUNDSpent to support$54,664Sep 26, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUNDSpent to support$54,664Sep 19, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUNDSpent to support$54,664Sep 26, 20242024
NRCCSpent to oppose−$54,037Oct 11, 20242024
NRCCSpent to oppose−$52,990Oct 4, 20242024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Affiliated withRudy Salas For CongressRudy Salas For Congress is the principal campaign committee of Rudy Salas (FEC committee C00791756, designation P; candidate H2CA21233).Source