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BLUE WAVE PROJECT

DemocraticLinked candidatePAC (qualified) · Leadership PAC · Monthly filerC00460972

Overview

Raised: $539.7Kvs $913.3K 2023–2024
Spent: $662.3Kvs $610.3K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $192.5Kvs $315.1K 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: 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
ACHILLES, TODD BAKERIndependentFEC reported
U.S. Senate · Idaho · Statewide
Election 2026 · Challenger · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: TODD ACHILLES FOR IDAHO
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S6ID00146 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
BECK, CHRIS

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$372.8K
Unitemized individual contributions$68.5K
Other committees$64.5K

Largest itemized receipts

PROGRESS FOR OREGONDemocraticInferred from FEC-reported participants$6,500Dec 30, 2025
AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION PAC (ANA PAC)Mixed activity · 61% Democratic / 38% Republican · 1% unclassifiedInferred from activity$5,000Jul 8, 2026
PELOS, LYNNEDemocraticDerived from contributions$5,000NOT EMPLOYED · Jul 15, 2026
SIMONS, NATHANIEL

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$307.9K
Contributions to committees$312.5K
Contribution refunds$24.5K
Other disbursements$17.5K

Largest disbursements

KAUFFMAN, KIMBERLY$12KREIMBURSEMENT - TRAVEL & CATERING & SUPPORTER GIFTS · Jun 4, 2025
KAUFFMAN, KIMBERLY$11.8KREIMBURSEMENT - CATERING · Jul 7, 2026
GRAPE ESCAPE WINERY TOURS, INC$9,999CATERING · Aug 1, 2025
THE KAUFFMAN GROUP$5,000FUNDRAISING CONSULTING SERVICES · Aug 26, 2026
THE KAUFFMAN GROUP$5,000FUNDRAISING CONSULTING SERVICES · Jul 28, 2026
THE KAUFFMAN GROUP$5,000FUNDRAISING CONSULTING SERVICES · Jun 25, 2026
THE KAUFFMAN GROUP$5,000FUNDRAISING CONSULTING SERVICES · May 27, 2026

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$3,047	$0
Feb 25	$10,317	$0
Mar 25	$8,067	$20,000
Apr 25	$55,067	$0
May 25	$26,567	$0
Jun 25	$10,706	$37,500
Jul 25	$9,347	$10,000
Aug 25	$4,598	$10,000
Sep 25	$1,150	$27,500
Oct 25	$3,120	$0
Nov 25	$1,260	$2,500
Dec 25	$28,527	$5,000
Jan 26	$6,717	$10,000
Feb 26	$10,250	$0
Mar 26	$200	$35,000
Apr 26	$11,100	$2,500
May 26	$7,046	$10,000
Jun 26	$54,607	$60,000
Jul 26	$18,922	$5,000
Aug 26	$6,278	$5,000

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: Leadership PAC
Party affiliation: No party affiliation reported
Treasurer: JANELLI, STEVEN
Filing cadence: Monthly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: Not reported
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: PO BOX 14172 · PORTLAND, OR, 97293

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.

PROGRESS FOR OREGONC00470765 Joint fundraising participantBLUE WAVE PROJECTC00460972
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1321941Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
BLUE WAVE PROJECTC00460972 Leadership PAC sponsorMERKLEY, JEFFREY ALANS8OR00207
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1504017Official 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 classificationDemocraticDemocraticLinked candidate

FEC registration: PAC (qualified); no party affiliation reported. Classification basis: Linked candidate. 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.

$0 supporting · $0 opposing · 0 rowsOfficial FEC outside spending ↗

Overview

Candidate connections

Money in

Sources

Largest itemized receipts

Money out

Spending by kind

Largest disbursements

Over time

Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Political alignment

FEC-reported relationships

Cash, assets & liabilities

Money network

Over time