Candidates targeted
13
races with outside spending
pac · DC
An outside-spending committee: $4.3M in independent expenditures ($3.2M supporting, $1.0M opposing candidates) - reported to the FEC, and by law not contributions to any campaign.
The verdict
WFW ACTION FUND, INC. is an outside-spending committee: it made $4.3M in independent expenditures across 13 candidates, mostly supporting ($3.2M).
Candidates targeted
13
races with outside spending
Supporting
$3.2M
independent expenditures for
Opposing
$1.0M
independent expenditures against
Money this committee spent independently to support or oppose candidates, reported to the FEC, and by law not contributions to any campaign and not coordinated with it.
| Candidate | Supporting | Opposing |
|---|---|---|
| Christina Bohannan | - | $715K |
| Wendy Davis | $703K | - |
| Catherine Templeton | $652K | - |
| Mazi Melesa Pilip | $430K | - |
| Michelle Steel | $358K | - |
| Alison Esposito | $323K | - |
| Leslie Lewallen | $300K | - |
| Mary F. Draves | $289K | - |
| Janelle Bynum | - | $181K |
| Nikki Haley | $137K | - |
| Paul Junge | - | $96K |
| Julie Fedorchak | $45K | - |
| Patrick Ryan | - | $38K |
WFW ACTION FUND, INC. is an outside-spending committee: rather than contributing to candidates' committees, it reported $4.3M in independent expenditures to the Federal Election Commission - $3.2M advocating for candidates and $1.0M opposing them, across 13 races. By law these expenditures are made independently of, and uncoordinated with, any campaign, and they are not subject to contribution limits, which is how a single committee can deploy this scale of money. They are reported here separately from contributions because they are a fundamentally different mechanism of political influence.
On the campaign side, WFW ACTION FUND, INC.'s PAC contributions reached 12 federal politicians, led by Celeste Maloy at $6K.
| Politician | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Celeste Maloy | R | $6K |
| Leslie Lewallen | R | $5K |
| Alison Esposito | R | $5K |
| Laurie Buckhout | R | $5K |
| Nancy Dahlstrom | R | $5K |
| Stephanie Bice | R | $5K |
| Mazi Melesa Pilip | R | $3K |
| Mary F. Draves | UNK | $3K |
| Michelle Fischbach | R | $3K |
| Julie Fedorchak | R | $3K |
| Debra S. Fischer | R | $3K |
| Catherine Templeton | R | $3K |
WFW ACTION FUND, INC. has a combined political influence footprint of $50K, made up of $50K in campaign contributions. This data comes from FEC filings, Senate LDA disclosures, and USAspending.gov records for 2023-2024.
WFW ACTION FUND, INC. contributed $50K to political campaigns during the 2024 election cycle through its PAC. WFW ACTION FUND, INC. supported 12 politicians, with the largest contribution going to Celeste Maloy ($6K). All contribution data is sourced from Federal Election Commission filings.
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