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FRIENDS OF DAVE MCCORMICKSenate campaignDave McCormick's own campaign
Ads it ran
28 ads in the Google ad library
$1.3M–$1.6MGoogle ↗ platform range
Apr 4, 2024 – Nov 6, 2024 · sponsor match by advertiser name · see the ads
What it declared about Dave McCormick
This is the candidate's own committee; its ads are campaign spending, not independent expenditures.
Money into FRIENDS OF DAVE MCCORMICK
- TEAM MCCORMICKcommitteegave$5.4Mto FRIENDS OF DAVE MCCORMICKFEC ↗
- CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEEcommitteegave$284Kto FRIENDS OF DAVE MCCORMICKFEC ↗
- MCCORMICK FOR PA SENATE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FUND 2024committeegave$254Kto FRIENDS OF DAVE MCCORMICKFEC ↗
- 2024 THUNE REPUBLICAN SENATE VICTORYcommitteegave$151Kto FRIENDS OF DAVE MCCORMICKFEC ↗
- RECLAIM THE MAJORITYcommitteegave$149Kto FRIENDS OF DAVE MCCORMICKFEC ↗
Pooled: these gifts went into the sponsor's account as a whole. None of them paid for any particular ad.
WINSENATESuper PAC
full chain →Ads it ran
74 ads in the Google ad library
$5.0M–$5.8MGoogle ↗ platform range
Jul 12, 2024 – Nov 6, 2024 · sponsor match verified by hand · see the ads
What it declared about Dave McCormick
- WINSENATESuper PACagainst$60MFEC Sched. E ↗
Money into WINSENATE
Of $313M traced back up to 5 hops: 64% reaches named sources, 33% stops at groups that do not disclose donors, 3% was not walked. Sched. A ↗
Pooled: these gifts went into the sponsor's account as a whole. None of them paid for any particular ad.
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONHybrid PAC (non-qualified)
full chain →Ads it ran
28 ads in the Google ad library
$835K–$1.0MGoogle ↗ platform range
Apr 9, 2024 – Nov 5, 2024 · sponsor match verified by hand · see the ads
What it declared about Dave McCormick
- AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONHybrid PAC (non-qualified)for$13MFEC Sched. E ↗
Money into AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
- Other contributors to AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION (each <1% of receipts, or beyond the 40 largest)many small contributors1,418 giftsgave$35Mto AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONFEC ↗
- KOCH INDUSTRIES INC.organizationgave$25Mto AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONFEC ↗
- STAND TOGETHER CHAMBER OF COMMERCEorganizationgave$25Mto AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONFEC ↗
- STAND TOGETHER CHAMBER OF COMMERCEorganizationgave$20Mto AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONFEC ↗
- KOCH INDUSTRIES INCorganizationgave$15Mto AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONFEC ↗
Of $176M traced back up to 1 hop: 67% reaches named sources, 33% stops at groups that do not disclose donors. Sched. A ↗
Pooled: these gifts went into the sponsor's account as a whole. None of them paid for any particular ad.
DSCCParty committee
full chain →Ads it ran
20 ads in the Google ad library
$755K–$910KGoogle ↗ platform range
Aug 20, 2024 – Nov 5, 2024 · sponsor match verified by hand · see the ads
What it declared about Dave McCormick
- DSCCParty committeeagainst$11MFEC Sched. E ↗
Money into DSCC
- Other contributors to DSCC (each <1% of receipts, or beyond the 40 largest)many small contributors110,166 giftsgave$181Mto DSCCFEC ↗
- DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEYgave$13Mto DSCCFEC ↗
- BOB CASEY FOR SENATE INCSgave$2.3Mto DSCCFEC ↗
Of $196M traced back up to 4 hops: 100% reaches named sources, 0% stops at groups that do not disclose donors, 0% was not walked. Sched. A ↗
Pooled: these gifts went into the sponsor's account as a whole. None of them paid for any particular ad.
NRDC ACTION VOTESSuper PAC
full chain →Ads it ran
19 ads in the Google ad library
$610K–$730KGoogle ↗ platform range
Jun 11, 2024 – Nov 6, 2024 · sponsor match by advertiser name · see the ads
What it declared about Dave McCormick
- NRDC ACTION VOTESSuper PACagainst$2.0MFEC Sched. E ↗
Money into NRDC ACTION VOTES
- NRDC ACTION FUNDorganizationgave$5.0Mto NRDC ACTION VOTESFEC ↗
Of $5.0M traced back up to 1 hop: 0% reaches named sources, 100% stops at groups that do not disclose donors. Sched. A ↗
Pooled: these gifts went into the sponsor's account as a whole. None of them paid for any particular ad.
LCV VICTORY FUNDSuper PAC
full chain →Ads it ran
3 ads in the Google ad library
$575K–$655KGoogle ↗ platform range
Oct 2, 2024 – Nov 5, 2024 · sponsor match by advertiser name · see the ads
What it declared about Dave McCormick
- LCV VICTORY FUNDSuper PACagainst$2.0MFEC Sched. E ↗
Money into LCV VICTORY FUND
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS, INC.organizationgave$49Mto LCV VICTORY FUNDFEC ↗
- Other contributors to LCV VICTORY FUND (each <1% of receipts, or beyond the 40 largest)many small contributors1,010 giftsgave$15Mto LCV VICTORY FUNDFEC ↗
- AMERICA VOTES ACTION FUNDOgave$3.8Mto LCV VICTORY FUNDFEC ↗
- BLOOMBERG, MICHAELindividualgave$2.8Mto LCV VICTORY FUNDFEC ↗
- AMERICA VOTESorganizationgave$1.9Mto LCV VICTORY FUNDFEC ↗
Of $79M traced back up to 5 hops: 30% reaches named sources, 70% stops at groups that do not disclose donors. Sched. A ↗
Pooled: these gifts went into the sponsor's account as a whole. None of them paid for any particular ad.
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDPAC
full chain →Ads it ran
3 ads in the Google ad library
$165K–$200KGoogle ↗ platform range
Sep 5, 2024 – Nov 5, 2024 · sponsor match by advertiser name · see the ads
What it declared about Dave McCormick
Money into NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND
- Other contributors to NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND (each <1% of receipts, or beyond the 40 largest)many small contributors7,276 giftsgave$2.3Mto NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDFEC ↗
Of $2.3M traced back up to 1 hop: 100% reaches named sources, 0% stops at groups that do not disclose donors. Sched. A ↗
Pooled: these gifts went into the sponsor's account as a whole. None of them paid for any particular ad.
KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACSuper PAC
full chain →Ads it ran
15 ads in the Google ad library
$460K–$560KGoogle ↗ platform range
Sep 25, 2023 – Nov 6, 2024 · sponsor match verified by hand · see the ads
What it declared about Dave McCormick
- KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACSuper PACagainst$1.0MFEC Sched. E ↗
Money into KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC
- GRIFFIN, KENNETH Cindividualgave$15Mto KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACFEC ↗
- Other contributors to KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC (each <1% of receipts, or beyond the 40 largest)many small contributors94 giftsgave$14Mto KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACFEC ↗
- YASS, JEFFindividualgave$3.3Mto KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACFEC ↗
- PETERFFY, THOMAS P. MR.individualgave$3.0Mto KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACFEC ↗
- SINGER, PAULindividualgave$2.0Mto KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACFEC ↗
Of $59M traced back up to 3 hops: 87% reaches named sources, 13% stops at groups that do not disclose donors. Sched. A ↗
Pooled: these gifts went into the sponsor's account as a whole. None of them paid for any particular ad.
DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION PACSuper PAC
full chain →Ads it ran
1 ad in the Google ad library
$15K–$20KGoogle ↗ platform range
Oct 24, 2024 – Nov 5, 2024 · sponsor match by advertiser name · see the ads
What it declared about Dave McCormick
- DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION PACSuper PACagainst$595KFEC Sched. E ↗
Money into DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION PAC
- SACKS, MICHAELindividualgave$250Kto DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION PACFEC ↗
- CASEY, MATTHEWindividualgave$125Kto DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION PACFEC ↗
- INT'L UNION OF BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERSQgave$20Kto DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION PACFEC ↗
- LORD, HENRYindividualgave$10Kto DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION PACFEC ↗
Of $405K traced back up to 2 hops: 100% reaches named sources, 0% stops at groups that do not disclose donors. Sched. A ↗
Pooled: these gifts went into the sponsor's account as a whole. None of them paid for any particular ad.
GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC
full chain →Ads it ran
3 ads in the Google ad library
$30K–$45KGoogle ↗ platform range
Oct 10, 2024 – Oct 17, 2024 · sponsor match by advertiser name · see the ads
What it declared about Dave McCormick
- GIFFORDS PACHybrid PACagainst$498KFEC Sched. E ↗
Money into GIFFORDS PAC
- Other contributors to GIFFORDS PAC (each <1% of receipts, or beyond the 40 largest)many small contributors7,607 giftsgave$3.8Mto GIFFORDS PACFEC ↗
- GIFFORDSorganizationgave$3.2Mto GIFFORDS PACFEC ↗
Of $7.0M traced back up to 1 hop: 54% reaches named sources, 46% stops at groups that do not disclose donors. Sched. A ↗
Pooled: these gifts went into the sponsor's account as a whole. None of them paid for any particular ad.
GREAT OPPORTUNITY PAC, INC.Super PAC
full chain →Ads it ran
2 ads in the Google ad library
$50K–$60KGoogle ↗ platform range
Oct 18, 2024 – Nov 2, 2024 · sponsor match by advertiser name · see the ads
What it declared about Dave McCormick
- GREAT OPPORTUNITY PAC, INC.Super PACfor$103KFEC Sched. E ↗
Money into GREAT OPPORTUNITY PAC, INC.
- GREAT OPPORTUNITY POLICY INCorganizationgave$550Kto GREAT OPPORTUNITY PAC, INC.FEC ↗
- YASS, JEFFindividualgave$500Kto GREAT OPPORTUNITY PAC, INC.FEC ↗
- ROWAN, MARCindividualgave$200Kto GREAT OPPORTUNITY PAC, INC.FEC ↗
- KASHIAN, EDWARD M.individualgave$50Kto GREAT OPPORTUNITY PAC, INC.FEC ↗
- STEWARD, DAVID L.individualgave$50Kto GREAT OPPORTUNITY PAC, INC.FEC ↗
Of $1.5M traced back up to 3 hops: 63% reaches named sources, 37% stops at groups that do not disclose donors. Sched. A ↗
Pooled: these gifts went into the sponsor's account as a whole. None of them paid for any particular ad.
FUTURE PENNSYLVANIA PACSuper PAC
full chain →Ads it ran
10 ads in the Google ad library
$385K–$465KGoogle ↗ platform range
Oct 14, 2024 – Nov 5, 2024 · sponsor match by advertiser name · see the ads
What it declared about Dave McCormick
- FUTURE PENNSYLVANIA PACSuper PACagainst$102KFEC Sched. E ↗
Money into FUTURE PENNSYLVANIA PAC
- STRATEGIC VICTORY FUND IE PACOgave$2.5Mto FUTURE PENNSYLVANIA PACFEC ↗
- PEOPLE POWER PENNSYLVANIAOgave$800Kto FUTURE PENNSYLVANIA PACFEC ↗
- PROJECT 26 PENNSYLVANIAorganizationgave$465Kto FUTURE PENNSYLVANIA PACFEC ↗
- Other contributors to FUTURE PENNSYLVANIA PAC (each <1% of receipts, or beyond the 40 largest)many small contributorsgave$4Kto FUTURE PENNSYLVANIA PACFEC ↗
Of $3.7M traced back up to 6 hops: 37% reaches named sources, 63% stops at groups that do not disclose donors, 0% was not walked. Sched. A ↗
Pooled: these gifts went into the sponsor's account as a whole. None of them paid for any particular ad.
RJC VICTORY FUNDSuper PAC
full chain →Ads it ran
3 ads in the Google ad library
$80K–$100KGoogle ↗ platform range
Oct 1, 2024 – Jan 30, 2025 · sponsor match by advertiser name · see the ads
What it declared about Dave McCormick
- RJC VICTORY FUNDSuper PACfor$38KFEC Sched. E ↗
Money into RJC VICTORY FUND
- ADELSON, MIRIAMindividualgave$5.0Mto RJC VICTORY FUNDFEC ↗
- REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITIONorganizationgave$4.3Mto RJC VICTORY FUNDFEC ↗
- KOUM, JANindividualgave$2.4Mto RJC VICTORY FUNDFEC ↗
- LEON RACHEL CORPorganizationgave$1.1Mto RJC VICTORY FUNDFEC ↗
- PROBITY INTERNATIONAL CORPorganizationgave$1.0Mto RJC VICTORY FUNDFEC ↗
Of $17M traced back up to 1 hop: 69% reaches named sources, 31% stops at groups that do not disclose donors. Sched. A ↗
Pooled: these gifts went into the sponsor's account as a whole. None of them paid for any particular ad.
FORWARD BLUESuper PAC
full chain →Ads it ran
3 ads in the Google ad library
$50K–$65KGoogle ↗ platform range
Sep 26, 2024 – Oct 11, 2024 · sponsor match by advertiser name · see the ads
What it declared about Dave McCormick
- FORWARD BLUESuper PACagainst$38KFEC Sched. E ↗
Money into FORWARD BLUE
- Other contributors to FORWARD BLUE (each <1% of receipts, or beyond the 40 largest)many small contributors13,013 giftsgave$5.4Mto FORWARD BLUEFEC ↗
Of $5.4M traced back up to 1 hop: 100% reaches named sources, 0% stops at groups that do not disclose donors. Sched. A ↗
Pooled: these gifts went into the sponsor's account as a whole. None of them paid for any particular ad.
AMERICA PACSuper PAC
full chain →Ads it ran
22 ads in the Google ad library
$400K–$515KGoogle ↗ platform range
Oct 12, 2024 – Nov 6, 2024 · sponsor match by advertiser name · see the ads
What it declared about Dave McCormick
- AMERICA PACSuper PACfor$7KFEC Sched. E ↗
Money into AMERICA PAC
- MUSK, ELONindividualgave$198Mto AMERICA PACFEC ↗
- Other contributors to AMERICA PAC (each <1% of receipts, or beyond the 40 largest)many small contributors21 giftsgave$11Mto AMERICA PACFEC ↗
Of $209M traced back up to 1 hop: 100% reaches named sources, 0% stops at groups that do not disclose donors. Sched. A ↗
Pooled: these gifts went into the sponsor's account as a whole. None of them paid for any particular ad.
MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATS PACSuper PAC
full chain →Ads it ran
1 ad in the Google ad library
$10K–$15KGoogle ↗ platform range
Oct 23, 2024 – Nov 5, 2024 · sponsor match by advertiser name · see the ads
What it declared about Dave McCormick
- MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATS PACSuper PACagainst$7KFEC Sched. E ↗
Money into MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATS PAC
- HOFFMAN, REIDindividualgave$1.3Mto MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATS PACFEC ↗
- SIMON, DEBORAHindividualgave$1.0Mto MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATS PACFEC ↗
- SCHUSTERMAN, STACY Hindividualgave$500Kto MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATS PACFEC ↗
- FINNEGAN, PAULindividualgave$250Kto MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATS PACFEC ↗
- BENTON, DANIELindividualgave$200Kto MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATS PACFEC ↗
Of $3.5M traced back up to 1 hop: 97% reaches named sources, 3% stops at groups that do not disclose donors. Sched. A ↗
Pooled: these gifts went into the sponsor's account as a whole. None of them paid for any particular ad.
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)Super PAC
full chain →Ads it ran
1 ad in the Google ad library
$20K–$25KGoogle ↗ platform range
Oct 9, 2024 – Oct 22, 2024 · sponsor match by advertiser name · see the ads
What it declared about Dave McCormick
- HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)Super PACfor$678FEC Sched. E ↗
Money into HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
- SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONALorganizationgave$139Kto HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)FEC ↗
- ANDERSON, DENNISindividualgave$76Kto HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)FEC ↗
- LOUISIANA ACADIANA SCI CHAPTERorganizationgave$65Kto HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)FEC ↗
- INGRAM, MICHAELindividualgave$63Kto HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)FEC ↗
- ATWOOD & ASSOCIATESorganizationgave$50Kto HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)FEC ↗
Of $605K traced back up to 1 hop: 58% reaches named sources, 42% stops at groups that do not disclose donors. Sched. A ↗
Pooled: these gifts went into the sponsor's account as a whole. None of them paid for any particular ad.
20 more groups filed independent expenditures about Dave McCormick but have no ads in the Google library (TV, mail, and other media are not in it). They are on the spending answer.
- money edge — a filed transfer into a committee's account
- targeting edge — the spender's for/against declaration; no money reaches the candidate
- ranges — Google's per-ad spend buckets, summed; never added to FEC dollars
Assumptions and limits
- Google does not record which candidate an outside group's ad is about. Ads are attributed to their sponsor by the advertiser name, and the sponsor to the candidate by its own Schedule E filings; an individual ad may be about someone else.
- Ad spend is the bucketed range Google publishes per ad, summed across the sponsor's ads; it is a platform estimate, not a filed figure, and is never added to FEC dollars.
- "Spent against" and "spent for" are independent expenditures (FEC Schedule E): the spender's own declaration about a candidate, paid to the spender's vendors. None of this money reaches the candidate.
- Money that reaches a committee is pooled. A funder listed here gave to the sponsor's account as a whole; none of them can be said to have paid for any particular ad.
- 20 committees that filed independent expenditures about Dave McCormick ran no ads the Google library ties to them (TV, mail and other media are not in the library).