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2026 outside spending · who is behind it

Who is behind AB PAC?

Hybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed RepublicansFEC C00492140

In FEC filings processed so far, AB PAC reported $8.5M in independent expenditures in 2026 House and Senate races: $0 supporting and $8.5M opposing candidates, across 14 candidates. The filer designated 88% of it for the general election.

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Who it spent for and against.

Independent expenditures are, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate. Spending for a candidate is the group's own advertising or outreach, not a contribution to the campaign.

Supporting · $0

No spending supporting a candidate among the candidates listed here.

Opposing · $8.5M

  1. Ashley Hinson Arenholz Republican · Iowa U.S. Senate$2.1M
  2. Cindy Hyde-Smith Republican · Mississippi U.S. Senate$1.4M
  3. Dan Sullivan Republican · Alaska U.S. Senate$1.0M
  4. Joe Mitchell Republican · Iowa U.S. House District 2$675K
  5. Mariannette Jane Miller-Meeks Republican · Iowa U.S. House District 1$659K
  6. Rob Bresnahan Republican · Pennsylvania U.S. House District 8$368K
  7. Richard L. Hudson Jr. Republican · North Carolina U.S. House District 9$366K
  8. Max Miller Republican · Ohio U.S. House District 7$345K
  9. Virginia Ann Foxx Republican · North Carolina U.S. House District 5$340K
  10. Gregory Francis Murphy Republican · North Carolina U.S. House District 3$327K
  11. Brandon Herrera Republican · Texas U.S. House District 23$268K
  12. Jeff Crank Republican · Colorado U.S. House District 5$260K
  13. Monica De La Cruz Republican · Texas U.S. House District 15$215K
  14. Chuck Edwards Republican · North Carolina U.S. House District 11$178K

Who funds it.

Listed: organizations and committees that gave this group at least $10K this cycle, and individuals who gave it at least $250K (counting contributions of $5,000 or more), named and employed as filed with the FEC. Smaller donors are not named here and no address is shown.

These funders account for $30M of the $44M in itemized receipts this group reported for the cycle (69%). Receipts include transfers from other committees and can include refunds or loans.

Committees

  1. DEMOCRACY MATTERS ↗ PAC with no sponsoring organization · FEC C00443705$5.6M
  2. GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS PAC Hybrid PAC (super PAC account) · FEC C00915595$725K
  3. AFL-CIO ↗ Union PAC · FEC C70000112$100K

Organizations

  1. AB FOUNDATION Organization, as filed$13M
  2. DM IMPACT SUMMER FUND Organization, as filed$745K
  3. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS Organization, as filed$50K
  4. IRONWORKERS POLITICAL EDUCATION FUND Organization, as filed$50K

Individuals giving at least $250K

  1. Deborah Simon Employer as filed: N/A$5.0M
  2. David Randolph Peeler Employer as filed: BERKSHIRE PARTNERS$1.0M
  3. Lynn S Stern Employer as filed: SELF EMPLOYED$1.0M
  4. Anne G Earhart Employer as filed: SELF EMPLOYED$500K
  5. Amy Goldman Fowler Employer as filed: SELF EMPLOYED$500K
  6. Gregory Jensen Employer as filed: BRIDGEWATER ASSOCIATES$500K
  7. Edward Rice Employer as filed: SELF EMPLOYED$400K
  8. Amos Hostetter Employer as filed: N/A$325K
  9. Joseph Kaempfer Jr. Employer as filed: MCARTHUR GLEN GROUP$300K
  10. Cynthia Miscikowski Employer as filed: THE RING GROUP$250K

What this does not show.

A gift to an outside group is not a gift to any candidate, and nothing here shows that a funder chose, saw or approved a particular ad. When a funder is a nonprofit, a company or another group, the FEC record names that donor and stops: the people and companies who fund it are not shown unless it reports them to the FEC. Groups that do not file with the FEC, state-level groups and late 24- and 48-hour reports are not included.

FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Outside spending is independent expenditures for or against named 2026 House and Senate candidates, itemized by committees in the FEC bulk files, primaries included, with the general-election share as each filer designated it. Funders are itemized receipts in the FEC bulk files for the cycle. Late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs, independent expenditures reported by groups that are not political committees, state-level groups and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor, agreement or wrongdoing.