DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

Mixed activity · 21% Democratic / 78% Republican · 0% unclassifiedInferred from activityPAC (qualified) · Lobbyist or registrant PAC · Quarterly filerC00030734

Overview

Raised: $38.2Kvs $26.4K 2023–2024
Spent: $36.9Kvs $56.4K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $40.2Kvs $38.9K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

FEC bulk summary totals through Sep 30, 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: Nov 5, 2026 · Index refreshed: Nov 5, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Nov 5, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 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
ARENHOLZ, ASHLEY HINSONRepublicanFEC reported
U.S. Senate · Iowa · Statewide
Election 2026 · Open seat · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: ASHLEY FOR IOWA
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S6IA00314 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
GOMEZ, JIMMYDemocratic

Money in

Sources

Other committees$7,500

Largest itemized receipts

MCGUIRE, DENZEL$5,000DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL · Aug 27, 2025
BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION NON-PARTISAN COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENTMixed activity · 46% Democratic / 54% RepublicanInferred from activity$5,000Jun 23, 2025
BACARDI U S A INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMixed activity · 16% Democratic / 75% Republican · 9% unclassifiedInferred from activity$2,500Jun 23, 2025
THOMPSON, JACK$1,000DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL · Dec 19, 2025
ARMOUR, COURTNEY21% Democratic / 78% Republican · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$208DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL OF T · Jun 30, 2026

Money out

Spending by kind

Contributions to committees$19.4K

Largest disbursements

CONGRESSIONAL LIQUOR$2,246CATERING · Jun 3, 2025
SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESS$1,300IN-KIND EVENT HOSTING AND CATERING (SEE LINE 23) · May 20, 2026
MATSUI FOR CONGRESS$1,214IN-KIND EVENT HOSTING AND CATERING (SEE LINE 23) · May 14, 2026
SYDNEY KAMLAGER-DOVE FOR CONGRESS$892IN-KIND EVENT HOSTING AND CATERING (SEE LINE 23) · Jul 15, 2025
INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE$892IN-KIND EVENT HOSTING AND CATERING (SEE LINE 23) · May 18, 2026
FAIR SHOT PAC$873IN-KIND EVENT HOSTING AND CATERING (SEE LINE 23) · May 7, 2026
GABE AMO FOR CONGRESS$872IN-KIND EVENT HOSTING AND CATERING (SEE LINE 23) · Jun 30, 2026
COMMON VALUES PAC$831IN-KIND EVENT HOSTING AND CATERING (SEE LINE 23) · May 19, 2026
BRITTANY PETTERSEN FOR COLORADO$775IN-KIND EVENT HOSTING AND CATERING (SEE LINE 23) · Jun 24, 2026

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$962	$1,383
Feb 25	$962	$864
Mar 25	$962	$3,527
Apr 25	$962	-$1,650
May 25	$962	$0
Jun 25	$8,462	$2,115
Jul 25	$992	$865
Aug 25	$5,992	$0
Sep 25	$992	$6,329
Oct 25	$992	$915
Nov 25	$992	$816
Dec 25	$1,992	$5,940
Jan 26	$920	$0
Feb 26	$920	$3,020
Mar 26	$920	$3,763
Apr 26	$1,002	$0
May 26	$1,002	-$4,216
Jun 26	$1,002	-$1,646

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: No party affiliation reported
Treasurer: THOMPSON, JACK
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Trade association
Connected organization: DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 101 CONSTITUTION AVENUE, NW · SUITE 350 WEST · WASHINGTON, DC, 20001

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.

DISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEC00030734 Connected organizationDISTILLED SPIRITS COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1822714Official 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 classificationMixed activity · 21% Democratic / 78% Republican · 0% unclassifiedMixed activity · 21% Democratic / 78% Republican · 0% unclassifiedInferred from activity

FEC registration: PAC (qualified); no 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.

Reported counterparty	Date	Reported value	Asset / units	Reported purpose	Source
SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESS	May 20, 2026	$1,300	Other in-kind	IN-KIND EVENT HOSTING AND CATERING (SEE LINE 23)Derived classification: in-kind-offset	FEC filing ↗ Provenance FEC reported description · source row 4f79a8e99acefdd07f27ac661c6a650143ee1034c60f217361c7f4e97ef30b16 Raw artifact: data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2026/dataset=operating_expenditures/d6108c0a87ca0a02a72d333e1c0fad879a14af446f39504772d0d9369940ee7a.zip
MATSUI FOR CONGRESS	May 14, 2026	$1,214	Other in-kind	IN-KIND EVENT HOSTING AND CATERING (SEE LINE 23)Derived classification: in-kind-offset	FEC filing ↗ Provenance FEC reported description · source row af6d986c2e46701e8011cc1c7141ca96eb30914d31fb5fcd37ede64d885d049e Raw artifact: data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2026/dataset=operating_expenditures/d6108c0a87ca0a02a72d333e1c0fad879a14af446f39504772d0d9369940ee7a.zip
SYDNEY KAMLAGER-DOVE FOR CONGRESS	Jul 15, 2025	$892	Other in-kind	IN-KIND EVENT HOSTING AND CATERING (SEE LINE 23)Derived classification: in-kind-offset	FEC filing ↗ Provenance FEC reported description · source row 1901fffac6b81b103b55ea279cff34556f175d65442c10ba3b846bc945a08b84 Raw artifact: data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2026/dataset=operating_expenditures/d6108c0a87ca0a02a72d333e1c0fad879a14af446f39504772d0d9369940ee7a.zip
INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE

Overview

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Money in

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Largest itemized receipts

Money out

Spending by kind

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Over time

Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Political alignment

FEC-reported relationships

Cash, assets & liabilities

Money network

Over time