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Louis Elson

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Tracked direct giving

$141,177

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Louis Elson

$141K
9 transactions across 5 counterparties
sum of 9 tracked donations shown

Louis Elson directed $103K to DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND across 3 contributions between December 2023 and October 2024.

Dec 2023 – Oct 2024individual

Louis Elson directed $21K to OHIO GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUND across 2 contributions between November 2022 and June 2024.

Nov 2022 – Jun 2024individual

Louis Elson directed $7K to SCHIFF VICTORY FUND.

Oct 2023individual

Louis Elson directed $6K to SCHIFF FOR SENATE across 2 contributions.

Feb 2023individual

Louis Elson directed $5K to DSCC.

Sep 2016individual
$141K tracked across 5 counterparties (sum of 9 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Louis Elson’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

$31K
modeled estimate
31 paths across 30 counterparties
$6Kmodeled estimateattributed to Adam B. Schiff
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$6Kmodeled estimateLouis Elson→SCHIFF VICTORY FUND→Adam B. Schiffmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $7K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$6Kmodeled estimateattributed to SCHIFF FOR SENATE
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$6Kmodeled estimateLouis Elson→SCHIFF VICTORY FUND→SCHIFF FOR SENATEmediumpac

smallest single documented leg $7K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$4Kmodeled estimateattributed to FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN
2024 cycle2 paths1–2 hopsMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $15K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

smallest single documented leg $15K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$1Kmodeled estimateattributed to Mazi Melesa Pilip
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $41K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$1Kmodeled estimateattributed to David Schweikert
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $11K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$992modeled estimateattributed to Michelle Steel
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $11K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$965modeled estimateattributed to John S. Duarte
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence

smallest single documented leg $11K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$835modeled estimateattributed to Janelle S. Bynum
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidence
$835modeled estimateLouis Elson→DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND→Janelle S. BynummediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $11K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 22 additional chains totaling $10K.

$31K attributed (modeled estimate) across 31 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
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$50,000Sep 30, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$41,300Dec 22, 20232024
OHIO GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUND$15,400Jun 14, 20242024
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND$11,277Oct 3, 20242024
SCHIFF VICTORY FUND$6,600Oct 25, 20232024
OHIO GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUND$5,800Nov 17, 20222022
DSCC$5,000Sep 21, 20162016
SCHIFF FOR SENATE$3,300Feb 2, 20232024
SCHIFF FOR SENATE$2,500Feb 2, 20232024