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CONCERNED AMERICANS FOR FREEDOM & OPPORTUNITY PAC (CAFO PAC)

RepublicanLinked candidatePAC (qualified) · Leadership PAC · Monthly filerC00481176

Overview

Raised: $445.6Kvs $392.9K 2023–2024
Spent: $313.2Kvs $224.8K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $318.3Kvs $186K 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
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
BACON, DONALD J

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$217.9K
Other committees$168.5K

Largest itemized receipts

LOMBARDI, STEPHANIERepublicanDerived from contributions$6,000UROLOGY ASSOCIATES OF DE · Aug 13, 2026
CASSLING, MICHAELRepublicanDerived from contributions$5,000CASSLING DIAGNOSTIC · Jun 30, 2025
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMixed activity · 48% Democratic / 50% Republican · 2% unclassifiedInferred from activity$5,000Sep 29, 2025
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$23.2K
Contributions to committees$290K

Largest disbursements

HUCKABY DAVIS LISKER$4,238COMPLIANCE CONSULTING · Dec 31, 2025
RED MAVERICK MEDIA$3,855EVENT EQUIPMENT- SPEAKERS · Jun 18, 2025
GRAND VALLEY CONSULTING LLC$2,183EVENT CATERING/POSTAGE/SHIPPING · Feb 14, 2025
RED MAVERICK MEDIA$2,124DONOR GIFTS- GLOVES · Apr 14, 2025
HUCKABY DAVIS LISKER$1,519COMPLIANCE CONSULTING · Apr 2, 2026

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	$14,250	$0
Feb 25	$13,500	$0
Mar 25	$31,888	$45,000
Apr 25	$6,250	$0
May 25	$10,250	$0
Jun 25	$15,250	$28,500
Jul 25	$1,750	$0
Aug 25	$7,000	$0
Sep 25	$23,333	$0
Oct 25	$1,250	$0
Nov 25	$6,000	$7,500
Dec 25	$55,500	$10,000
Jan 26	$9,750	$15,000
Feb 26	$13,375	$5,000
Mar 26	$25,000	$33,500
Apr 26	$14,149	$0
May 26	$6,500	$30,000
Jun 26	$34,250	$5,000
Jul 26	$6,000	$60,000
Aug 26	$25,000	$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: Leadership PAC
Party affiliation: No party affiliation reported
Treasurer: LISKER, LISA
Filing cadence: Monthly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: SMITH
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 228 S WASHINGTON ST STE 115 · ALEXANDRIA, VA, 22314

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.

ADRIAN SMITH VICTORY FUNDC00813410 Joint fundraising participantCONCERNED AMERICANS FOR FREEDOM & OPPORTUNITY PAC (CAFO PAC)C00481176
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1590029Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
CONCERNED AMERICANS FOR FREEDOM & OPPORTUNITY PAC (CAFO PAC)C00481176 Connected organizationSMITHReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
CONCERNED AMERICANS FOR FREEDOM & OPPORTUNITY PAC (CAFO PAC)C00481176 Leadership PAC sponsorSMITH, ADRIANH6NE03115
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1603317Official 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 classificationRepublicanRepublicanLinked 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