NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC (RESTAURANT PAC)

Mixed activity · 28% Democratic / 69% Republican · 2% unclassifiedInferred from activityPAC (qualified) · Lobbyist or registrant PAC · Monthly filerC00003764

Overview

Raised: $764.9Kvs $1.3M 2023–2024
Spent: $1.1Mvs $1.2M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $283.9Kvs $583.5K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

OpenFEC processed totals through Oct 14, 2026; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as the committee reported them; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Compliance review · No open linked indicators

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).

No open indicators are linked in the published index. This is not a compliance clearance.

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

Candidate connections

Candidate campaign receiving transfers
AGUILAR, PETEDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · California · District 33
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H2CA31125 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
ALFORD, MARK

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$691.9K
Unitemized individual contributions$46.5K
Other committees$24K

Largest itemized receipts

THE WENDYS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMixed activity · 26% Democratic / 73% Republican · 0% unclassifiedInferred from activity$5,000Sep 9, 2025
MCINTOSH, BRUCE24% Democratic / 75% Republican · 1% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$5,000COMMONWEALTH CORRAL, INC · Sep 25, 2025
NIEMET, CHRIS28% Democratic / 69% Republican · 2% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$5,000C&D ENTERPRISES OF MERRILLVILLE, LLC · Sep 11, 2025

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$28.3K
Contributions to committees$1M
Contribution refunds$300
Other disbursements$45K

Largest disbursements

Nothing reported.

All spending →

Payments are reported transactions, largest first; noncash accounting entries are listed under Reconciliation, not as payments.

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$50,000	-$3,500
Feb 25	$55,865	$85,000
Mar 25	$46,646	$117,500
Apr 25	$16,096	$21,000
May 25	$26,326	$35,000
Jun 25	$11,196	$55,000
Jul 25	$12,326	$32,500
Aug 25	$16,159	$12,000
Sep 25	$39,653	$63,000
Oct 25	$18,555	$17,500
Nov 25	$35,345	$0
Dec 25	$149,600	$42,500
Jan 26	$37,000	$67,500
Feb 26	$18,500	$77,500
Mar 26	$8,750	$38,500
Apr 26	$2,500	$15,500
May 26	$24,000	$73,500
Jun 26	$10,690	$89,000
Jul 26	$19,500	$25,000
Aug 26	$45,055	$10,000

Months follow the reported transaction date; itemized records only, so unitemized small-dollar giving is not in the bars.

Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Committee type: PAC (qualified)
Designation: Lobbyist or registrant PAC
Party affiliation: Unknown party
Treasurer: ROEHL, DAN
Filing cadence: Monthly filer
Organization type: Membership organization
Connected organization: NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 2055 L STREET, NW · SUITE 700 · WASHINGTON, DC, 20036

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC (RESTAURANT PAC)C00003764 Connected organizationNATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATIONReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1925510Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.

FEC-reported relationships

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Political alignment

Registration, linked-candidate, and disclosed money-flow evidence

Evidence-based classificationUnknown party affiliation reportedMixed activity · 28% Democratic / 69% Republican · 2% unclassifiedInferred from activity

FEC registration: PAC (qualified); Unknown party affiliation reported. Classification basis: Inferred from activity. This describes disclosed financial activity, not an official party registration or ideological score. The figures below separately preserve the filer’s Schedule E support and opposition designations.

No candidate support/oppose spending foundThis cycle has no locally ingested Schedule E rows for this committee. Registration, linked-candidate, committee-transfer, and recipient-reported conduit evidence can still establish the alignment shown above.

Overview

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Political alignment

Cash, assets & liabilities

Money network

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