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Michael Sommers

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Tracked direct giving

$56,700

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Michael Sommers

$57K
12 transactions across 7 counterparties
sum of 12 tracked donations shown

Michael Sommers directed $28K to WINRED across 3 contributions between January 2023 and February 2025.

Jan 2023 – Feb 2025individual

Michael Sommers directed $10K to NRCC.

Jan 2024individual

Michael Sommers directed $10K to American Petroleum Institute PAC across 2 contributions between January 2023 and February 2024.

Jan 2023 – Feb 2024individual

Michael Sommers directed $7K to SCALISE FOR CONGRESS across 3 contributions between May 2023 and July 2024.

May 2023 – Jul 2024individual

Michael Sommers directed $1K to GARRET GRAVES FOR CONGRESS.

May 2024individual

Michael Sommers also gave to 2 other entities totaling $2K.

$57K tracked across 7 counterparties (sum of 12 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Michael Sommers’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

$49K
modeled estimate
59 paths across 50 counterparties
$19Kmodeled estimateattributed to SCALISE FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle4 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$15Kmodeled estimateMichael Sommers→WINRED→TEAM SCALISE→SCALISE FOR CONGRESSmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $10K

smallest single documented leg $10K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$1Kmodeled estimateMichael Sommers→WINRED→SCALISE FOR CONGRESSmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $9K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

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

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to MARCO RUBIO FOR SENATE
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$4Kmodeled estimateMichael Sommers→WINRED→MARCO RUBIO FOR SENATEmediumpac

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

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to VIVEK 2024
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$4Kmodeled estimateMichael Sommers→WINRED→VIVEK 2024mediumpac

smallest single documented leg $10K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$2Kmodeled estimateattributed to WESTERMAN FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $1K

$2Kmodeled estimateattributed to ELISE FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$2Kmodeled estimateMichael Sommers→WINRED→TEAM ELISE→ELISE FOR CONGRESSmediumpac

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

smallest single documented leg $2K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$1Kmodeled estimateattributed to RICK SCOTT FOR FLORIDA
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$902modeled estimateMichael Sommers→WINRED→RICK SCOTT FOR FLORIDAmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $10K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$1Kmodeled estimateattributed to JERRY CARL FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$1Kmodeled estimateMichael Sommers→WINRED→JERRY CARL FOR CONGRESSmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $4K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$936modeled estimateattributed to Jerry L. Carl
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$936modeled estimateMichael Sommers→WINRED→Jerry L. Carlmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $10K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 42 additional chains totaling $14K.

$49K attributed (modeled estimate) across 59 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
WINRED$10,000Jan 20, 20232024
WINRED$10,000Jan 11, 20242024
NRCC$10,000Jan 11, 20242024
WINRED$7,500Feb 20, 20252026
American Petroleum Institute PAC$5,000Jan 17, 20232024
American Petroleum Institute PAC$5,000Feb 5, 20242024
SCALISE FOR CONGRESS$2,500May 17, 20232024
SCALISE FOR CONGRESS$2,500Jul 9, 20242024
SCALISE FOR CONGRESS$1,700Jul 9, 20242024
GARRET GRAVES FOR CONGRESS$1,000May 6, 20242024
BANKS FOR SENATE$1,000Jan 31, 20232024
MIKE HARIDOPOLOS FOR CONGRESS$500Jun 17, 20242024