Candidates targeted
12
races with outside spending
pac · CO
Protect Our Winters Action Fund
An outside-spending committee: $72K in independent expenditures ($63K supporting, $9K opposing candidates) - reported to the FEC, and by law not contributions to any campaign. Data through August 2026.
- $72K
- Independent expenditures
- $63K
- Supporting
- $9K
- Opposing
The verdict
Protect Our Winters Action Fund is an outside-spending committee: it made $72K in independent expenditures across 12 candidates, mostly supporting ($63K).
- $63K
- spent supporting candidates
- $9K
- spent opposing candidates
Where Protect Our Winters Action Fund's total federal influence footprint sits
21,666 organizations with tracked federal activity
$31,250 17959th of 21666 higher than 3,707 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
$63K
independent expenditures for
Opposing
$9K
independent expenditures against
Independent expenditures by Protect Our Winters Action Fund
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.
- $72K
- Total outside spending
- $63K
- Supporting
- $9K
- Opposing
| Candidate | Supporting | Opposing |
|---|---|---|
| R. Jon Tester | $17K | - |
| Monica Tranel | $15K | - |
| Kamala Harris | $10K | - |
| Caroline Gleich | $7K | - |
| Jacky Rosen | $7K | - |
| Kari Lake | - | $4K |
| Tim Sheehy | - | $3K |
| Donald J. Trump | - | $2K |
| Martin Heinrich | $2K | - |
| Jessica Morse | $2K | - |
| Ruben Gallego | $2K | - |
| Adam Frisch | $2K | - |
Protect Our Winters Action Fund'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 pac -- not one dollar sum where contract size can drown out everything else.
Overall activity score
F
8/100
Campaign contributions
F
9/100 · $0
Lobbying expenditures
F
10/100 · $31K
Federal contracts
F
2/100 · $0
Independent expenditures
F
11/100 · $72K
What Protect Our Winters Action Fund's recorded federal activity shows
Protect Our Winters Action Fund is an outside-spending committee: rather than contributing to candidates' committees, it reported $72K in independent expenditures to the Federal Election Commission - $63K advocating for candidates and $9K opposing them, across 12 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.
Its lobbying profile spans 2 reporting years across 3 distinct LDA issue areas, with emphasis on Environment/Superfund, Energy/Nuclear, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code.
Lobbying by year
| Year | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $19K |
| 2023 | $13K |
Lobbying issues
Frequently asked questions
How much recorded federal activity does Protect Our Winters Action Fund have?
Protect Our Winters Action Fund has a combined recorded federal activity total of $31K, made up of $31K in lobbying expenditures. 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.
What issues does Protect Our Winters Action Fund lobby on?
Protect Our Winters Action Fund spent $31K on federal lobbying. Key issue areas include Environment/Superfund, Energy/Nuclear, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code. Lobbying disclosures are filed under the Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) and are public record.
Where does the data about Protect Our Winters Action Fund 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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