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CMS ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEES FOR BETTER GOVERNMENT- FEDERAL

Mixed activity · 36% Democratic / 61% Republican · 0% unclassifiedInferred from activityPAC (qualified) · Lobbyist or registrant PAC · Monthly filerC00075473

Overview

Raised: $233.2Kvs $262.3K 2023–2024
Spent: $214.5Kvs $251K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $229.2Kvs $210.6K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

FEC bulk summary totals through Aug 31, 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
BARRETT, THOMAS MORERepublicanFEC reported
U.S. House · Michigan · District 7
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: TOM BARRETT FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H2MI07123 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
BERGMAN, JOHN

Money in

Sources

Nothing reported.

Top contributors

SHANK WERDLOW, SUZANNE36% Democratic / 61% Republican · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$10K2 contributions
JOHNSON, SHAUN M MR36% Democratic / 61% Republican · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$6,27021 contributions
BUTLER, DEBORAH H36% Democratic / 61% Republican · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$5,0002 contributions
IZZO, RALPH34% Democratic / 65% Republican · 0% unclassified

Money out

Spending by kind

Contributions to committees$214.5K

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	$2,758	$5,000
Feb 25	$1,318	$46,000
Mar 25	$2,127	$9,500
Apr 25	$3,405	$1,500
May 25	$4,597	$1,000
Jun 25	$5,047	$8,500
Jul 25	$5,524	$0
Aug 25	$20,883	$3,500
Sep 25	$6,126	$2,500
Oct 25	$6,140	$6,000
Nov 25	$8,740	$7,500
Dec 25	$6,556	$8,500
Jan 26	$291	$61,000
Feb 26	$1,435	$4,000
Mar 26	$2,438	$6,000
Apr 26	$3,653	$8,500
May 26	$4,768	$0
Jun 26	$15,205	$12,500
Jul 26	$10,667	$8,000
Aug 26	$10,885	$0

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: KIPP, HILLARY
Filing cadence: Monthly filer
Organization type: Corporation
Connected organization: CMS ENERGY CORPORATION
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: ONE ENERGY PLAZA · JACKSON, MI, 49201

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.

CMS ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEES FOR BETTER GOVERNMENT- FEDERALC00075473 Connected organizationCMS ENERGY CORPORATIONReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 2006171Official 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 · 36% Democratic / 61% Republican · 0% unclassifiedMixed activity · 36% Democratic / 61% 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.

CMS ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEES FOR BETTER GOVERNMENT- FEDERAL

Overview

Candidate connections

Money in

Sources

Top contributors

Money out

Spending by kind

Largest disbursements

Over time

Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Political alignment

Top employers

Top industries

Top states

Cash, assets & liabilities

Money network

FEC-reported relationships

Over time