Candidates targeted
2
races with outside spending
pac · NE
RED STATE NEBRASKA
An outside-spending committee: $50K in independent expenditures ($25K supporting, $25K opposing candidates) - reported to the FEC, and by law not contributions to any campaign.
- $50K
- Independent expenditures
- $25K
- Supporting
- $25K
- Opposing
The verdict
RED STATE NEBRASKA is an outside-spending committee: it made $50K in independent expenditures across 2 candidates, mostly supporting ($25K).
- $25K
- spent supporting candidates
- $25K
- spent opposing candidates
Supporting
$25K
independent expenditures for
Opposing
$25K
independent expenditures against
Independent expenditures by RED STATE NEBRASKA
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.
- $50K
- Total outside spending
- $25K
- Supporting
- $25K
- Opposing
| Candidate | Supporting | Opposing |
|---|---|---|
| Donald J Bacon | $25K | - |
| Anthony 'tony' Vargas | - | $25K |
What RED STATE NEBRASKA's influence footprint shows
RED STATE NEBRASKA is an outside-spending committee: rather than contributing to candidates' committees, it reported $50K in independent expenditures to the Federal Election Commission - $25K advocating for candidates and $25K opposing them, across 2 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.
Frequently asked questions
How much political influence does RED STATE NEBRASKA have?
RED STATE NEBRASKA has no campaign contributions, lobbying expenditures, or federal contracts on record in this dataset, sourced from FEC filings, Senate LDA disclosures, and USAspending.gov records for 2023-2024.
Where does the data about RED STATE NEBRASKA 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 "total influence" and how is it calculated?
Total influence is the sum of an organization's campaign contributions, lobbying spending, and federal contract values. It provides a single metric for comparing the overall political and economic footprint of organizations in the federal arena. Each component is independently sourced from official government filings.
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Every figure on PlainInfluence is rendered directly from official FEC, Senate LDA and USAspending records, no number is typed in by an editor. Contribution, lobbying, and contract totals are aggregated directly from FEC, Senate LDA, and USAspending bulk data, no figure is hand-entered. Disclosed contributions, lobbying, and contracts are lawful, regulated activities, appearing on this page is not an allegation of wrongdoing. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, our disclaimer, or report a data error. Data current as of 2023-2024.