Candidates targeted
27
races with outside spending
party · DC
Cole Combined Committee
An outside-spending committee: $35.2M in independent expenditures ($295K supporting, $34.9M opposing candidates) - reported to the FEC, and by law not contributions to any campaign. Data through August 2026.
- $35.2M
- Independent expenditures
- $295K
- Supporting
- $34.9M
- Opposing
- $890K
- Contributions
The verdict
Cole Combined Committee is an outside-spending committee: it made $35.2M in independent expenditures across 27 candidates, mostly opposing ($34.9M).
- $295K
- spent supporting candidates
- $34.9M
- spent opposing candidates
- $890K
- direct contributions
Where Cole Combined Committee's total federal influence footprint sits
21,666 organizations with tracked federal activity
$889,500 4035th of 21666 higher than 17,631 of 21,666 organizations
the full population, bucketed by value
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Source FEC contributions, LDA lobbying disclosures, and USASpending federal contracts · August 2026
Supporting
$295K
independent expenditures for
Opposing
$34.9M
independent expenditures against
Independent expenditures by Cole Combined Committee
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.
- $35.2M
- Total outside spending
- $295K
- Supporting
- $34.9M
- Opposing
| Candidate | Supporting | Opposing |
|---|---|---|
| Marie Gluesenkamp perez | - | $4.1M |
| Adam C. Gray | - | $3.0M |
| Yadira Caraveo | - | $2.5M |
| Curtis Jr. Hertel | - | $2.4M |
| George Whitesides | - | $2.3M |
| Laura Gillen | - | $2.0M |
| Janelle Bynum | - | $2.0M |
| Jared Golden | - | $1.6M |
| Emilia Sykes | - | $1.5M |
| Josh Riley | - | $1.5M |
| Gabriel Vasquez | - | $1.3M |
| Marcy Hon. M.c. Kaptur | - | $1.2M |
| Mary Peltola | - | $1.1M |
| John W Mannion | - | $1.1M |
| Rudy Salas | - | $1.0M |
| Anthony 'tony' Vargas | - | $1.0M |
| Josh Harder | - | $928K |
| Thomas Suozzi | - | $917K |
| Susan Wild | - | $759K |
| Kristen Mcdonald rivet | - | $630K |
Cole Combined Committee's influence activity score
Each tracked channel is percentile-scored against its own national benchmark, then averaged across only the channels that apply to a party -- not one dollar sum where contract size can drown out everything else.
Overall activity score
A
100/100
Campaign contributions
A
100/100 · $890K
Independent expenditures
A
100/100 · $35.2M
Not applicable to a party: lobbying expenditures, federal contracts. Excluded from the average, not scored as zero.
What Cole Combined Committee's recorded federal activity shows
Cole Combined Committee is an outside-spending committee: rather than contributing to candidates' committees, it reported $35.2M in independent expenditures to the Federal Election Commission - $295K advocating for candidates and $34.9M opposing them, across 27 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, Cole Combined Committee's PAC contributions reached 120 federal politicians, led by Juan Ciscomani at $20K.
Politicians supported
Nationwide peers with similar federal activity
Cross-state nearest neighbors on two independent axes, combined tracked activity and Senate LDA lobbying spend, so the lattice is not filing-state containment.
Similar combined federal activity
Other organizations with nearest total contributions + lobbying + contracts ($890K here), outside DC filing-state peers.
Frequently asked questions
How much recorded federal activity does Cole Combined Committee have?
Cole Combined Committee has a combined recorded federal activity total of $890K, made up of $890K in campaign contributions. This is a convenience sum across three separate official populations, not a measure of causal political influence. Data from FEC filings, Senate LDA disclosures, and USAspending.gov for 2023-2024.
Which politicians does Cole Combined Committee support?
Cole Combined Committee contributed $890K to political campaigns during the 2024 election cycle through its PAC. Cole Combined Committee supported 120 politicians, with the largest contribution going to Juan Ciscomani ($20K). All contribution data is sourced from Federal Election Commission filings.
Where does the data about Cole Combined Committee come from?
PlainInfluence aggregates data from three federal sources: the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for campaign contributions, the Senate Office of Public Records for lobbying disclosures under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, and USAspending.gov for federal contract awards. Data covers the 2023-2024 reporting period.
What is "combined activity" and how is it calculated?
Combined activity (internally total_influence) is a convenience sum of three different official populations: FEC campaign contributions (2024 election cycle), Senate LDA lobbying expenditures (2023 and 2024 filing years, summed), and USAspending federal contract obligations (fiscal year 2024). It is a cross-dataset discovery index only, not causation, effectiveness, or political influence. Channel dollars are shown side by side; see /methodology#cross-stage-populations.
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Every figure traces to a real FEC, LDA, or USASpending filing; contribution and lobbying totals are not the same as spending on any specific outcome.
According to the Federal Election Commission and the Senate Office of Public Records, more than 14,000 political action committees and over 12,500 lobbying registrants filed disclosure reports covering the 2024 election cycle and calendar-year 2024 lobbying period respectively. Every figure on this page comes from official FEC, Senate LDA, or USAspending.gov filings, described on our methodology page. Data was last updated in August 2026.
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