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MICHAEL BEST POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

Tracked direct giving exceeds tracked direct receipts by

$11,730

Political action committee.

Tracked direct giving

$86,800

View FEC cycle totals

Tracked receipts

$75,070

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The Money Trail

How money associated with MICHAEL BEST POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE flowed

MICHAEL BEST POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE is the giver in some of these trails and the recipient in others. Each sentence names who gave and who received.

$67K
15 transactions across 11 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

David A. Crass directed $14K to MICHAEL BEST POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE across 3 contributions between February 2023 and March 2024.

Feb 2023 – Mar 2024individual

MICHAEL BEST POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE directed $10K to JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESS across 2 contributions between July 2023 and June 2024.

Jul 2023 – Jun 2024pac

Reince Priebus directed $10K to MICHAEL BEST POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE across 2 contributions between January 2023 and March 2024.

Jan 2023 – Mar 2024individual

MICHAEL BEST POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE directed $5K to COLE COMBINED COMMITTEE.

Jun 2024pac

MICHAEL BEST POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE directed $5K to FRIENDS FOR GREGORY MEEKS.

May 2024pac

MICHAEL BEST POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE also is connected by money to 6 other entities totaling $23K.

$67K tracked across 11 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where MICHAEL BEST POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE’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

$662
modeled estimate
1 path across 1 counterparty
$662modeled estimateattributed to JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESS
2024 cycle1 path1 hopHigh confidenceCross-cycle
$662modeled estimateMICHAEL BEST POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE→TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS→JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESShighpac

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

$662 attributed (modeled estimate) across 1 path·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
JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESS$5,000Jun 17, 20242024
JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESS$5,000Jul 12, 20232024
FRIENDS FOR GREGORY MEEKS$5,000May 15, 20242024
COLE FOR CONGRESS$5,000Jun 10, 20242024
STEIL FOR WISCONSIN$5,000Sep 26, 20232024
MIKE GALLAGHER FOR WISCONSIN$5,000Oct 25, 20232024
COLE COMBINED COMMITTEE$5,000Jun 12, 20242024
MANCHIN FOR WEST VIRGINIA$3,300Jun 22, 20232024
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ FOR CONGRESS$2,500Jul 11, 20232024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$2,500Oct 18, 20232024
TAMMY BALDWIN FOR SENATE$2,500Aug 5, 20242024
TEAM HUDSON$2,500Aug 25, 20232024
CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS FOR CONGRESS$2,500Feb 8, 20232024
DAVID SCOTT FOR CONGRESS$2,500Dec 5, 20232024
MARSHA FOR SENATE$2,500Feb 28, 20232024
STEIL FOR WISCONSIN$2,500Jun 11, 20242024
LAWLER FOR CONGRESS, INC.$2,000Feb 13, 20242024
CASEY SLOTKIN VICTORY FUND$2,000Aug 26, 20242024
DON DAVIS FOR NC$2,000Aug 26, 20242024
CAPITO FOR WEST VIRGINIA$1,500Dec 18, 20242024
MARSHA FOR SENATE$1,500Sep 26, 20232024
DR JOHN JOYCE FOR CONGRESS$1,500Mar 12, 20242024
SIMPSON FOR CONGRESS$1,500Apr 19, 20232024
SCHOLTEN FOR CONGRESS$1,000Jul 11, 20232024
JOE MORELLE FOR CONGRESS$1,000Mar 20, 20232024
TAMMY FOR ILLINOIS$1,000Apr 27, 20232024
FRIENDS OF DUSTY JOHNSON$1,000Sep 24, 20242024
FRIENDS OF DAVE MCCORMICK$1,000Dec 8, 20232024
LATTA FOR CONGRESS$1,000Mar 20, 20242024
NADLER FOR CONGRESS$1,000Apr 3, 20242024
EMMER VICTORY COMMITTEE$1,000Sep 24, 20242024
GUY FOR CONGRESS$1,000Sep 19, 20242024
MAX MILLER FOR CONGRESS$1,000Mar 28, 20232024
LATTA FOR CONGRESS$1,000Nov 13, 20232024
TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS$1,000Jun 5, 20232024
TAMMY BALDWIN FOR SENATE$1,000Mar 20, 20232024
GARBARINO FOR CONGRESS$1,000May 23, 20232024
GUTHRIE FOR CONGRESS$1,000Nov 13, 20232024
COURTNEY, JOSEPH D$1,000Apr 18, 20242024
DEBBIE LESKO FOR CONGRESS$500Mar 28, 20232024

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
Reince Priebus$5,000Jan 31, 20232024
Reince Priebus$5,000Mar 29, 20242024
David A. Crass$4,500Feb 13, 20232024
David A. Crass$4,500Mar 16, 20232024
David A. Crass$4,500Mar 8, 20242024
Lucia M. Alonzo$2,500Mar 29, 20242024
Lucia M. Alonzo$2,500Jan 31, 20232024
Andrew R Jones$2,500Feb 13, 20232024
Tami S. Jackson$2,500Mar 26, 20242024
Plymouth Nelson$1,000Jan 13, 20232024
Lauren A. Triebenbach$500Jan 31, 20232024
William L. Gravatt$500Jan 31, 20232024
Alan C. Cheslock$500Jan 31, 20232024
Steve Israel$500Apr 16, 20242024
Marshall J. Schmitt$500Jul 13, 20232024
Erik Berdy$375Mar 29, 20242024
Christopher Austin$375Jan 13, 20232024
Christopher Austin$375Feb 13, 20232024
Michael S. Green$375Feb 13, 20232024
Michael S. Green$375Mar 13, 20232024
Robert Marchant$375Jan 13, 20232024
JONES, DANIEL S.$375Mar 13, 20232024
Erik Berdy$375Jan 31, 20232024
Christopher Austin$375Mar 13, 20232024
Robert Marchant$375Feb 13, 20232024
Robert Marchant$375Mar 13, 20232024
JONES, DANIEL S.$375Feb 13, 20232024
Erik Berdy$375Mar 31, 20232024
Erik Berdy$375Feb 28, 20232024
Christopher Austin$375Dec 13, 20232024
Michael S. Green$375Nov 13, 20242024
Michael S. Green$375Jul 13, 20232024
Robert Marchant$375Aug 11, 20232024
Michael S. Green$375Sep 13, 20232024
Robert Marchant$375Oct 13, 20232024
Christopher Austin$375Jul 13, 20232024
Christopher Austin$375Nov 13, 20232024
Erik Berdy$375Jul 31, 20232024
Robert Marchant$375Sep 13, 20232024
Robert Marchant$375Nov 13, 20232024
JONES, DANIEL S.$375Jul 13, 20232024
JONES, DANIEL S.$375Sep 13, 20232024
JONES, DANIEL S.$375Oct 13, 20232024
JONES, DANIEL S.$375Nov 13, 20232024
JONES, DANIEL S.$375Dec 13, 20232024
Robert Marchant$375Jul 13, 20232024
Michael S. Green$375Aug 11, 20232024
Christopher Austin$375Sep 13, 20232024
Michael S. Green$375Oct 13, 20232024
Robert Marchant$375Dec 13, 20232024