FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY

DemocraticFEC reportedSenate campaign committee · Principal campaign committee · Quarterly filerC00492645

Overview

Raised: $12.8Mvs $861.3K 2021–2022
Spent: $11.2Mvs $1.7M 2021–2022
Cash on hand: $5.5Mvs $3.9M 2021–2022
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2021–2022

OpenFEC processed totals through Dec 31, 2024; 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 2021–2022.

Candidate connections

Principal candidate campaign
MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER SDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. Senate · Connecticut · Statewide
Election 2024 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S2CT00132 · 2023–2024 reporting cycle

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$8.6M
Unitemized individual contributions$3.5M
Other committees$54K
Other receipts$395.1K

Largest itemized receipts

CONNECTICUT SENATE VICTORY 2024Democratic-aligned activityInferred from activity$117.5KOct 16, 2023
PA-CT SENATE VICTORYDemocratic-aligned activityInferred from activity$44.4KJun 25, 2024
CHRIS MURPHY VICTORY FUND94% Democratic-aligned activity · 6% unclassifiedInferred from activity$34.1KMar 29, 2024
BLUE SENATE 2024

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$9.1M
Contribution refunds$194.4K
Other disbursements$1.9M

Largest disbursements

AISLE 518 STRATEGIES LLC$500KDIGITAL AQUISITION · Oct 3, 2024
AISLE 518 STRATEGIES LLC$250KDIGITAL AQUISITION · Oct 16, 2024
AISLE 518 STRATEGIES LLC$250KDIGITAL AQUISITION · Oct 4, 2024
AISLE 518 STRATEGIES LLC$250KDIGITAL AQUISITION · Sep 19, 2024
POLARIS STRATEGIES, INC.$191KMEDIA BUY · Oct 10, 2024
POLARIS STRATEGIES, INC.$191KMEDIA BUY · Oct 2, 2024
POLARIS STRATEGIES, INC.$191KMEDIA BUY · Sep 26, 2024
POLARIS STRATEGIES, INC.$191KMEDIA BUY · Sep 19, 2024

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Committee type: Senate campaign committee
Designation: Principal campaign committee
Party affiliation: Democratic
Treasurer: ALTOBELLO, KATHY
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: CHRIS MURPHY VICTORY FUND
Registration snapshot cycle: 2023–2024
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: PO BOX 230987 · HARTFORD, CT, 06123

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2023–2024

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.

FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHYC00492645 Authorized candidateMURPHY, CHRISTOPHER SS2CT00132
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHYC00492645 Connected organizationCHRIS MURPHY VICTORY FUNDReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 4, 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.

FEC-reported relationships

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Political alignment

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

Evidence-based classificationDemocratic affiliation reportedDemocraticFEC reported

FEC registration: Senate campaign committee; Democratic affiliation reported. Classification basis: FEC reported. 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 ↗

Reported counterparty	Date	Reported value	Asset / units	Reported purpose	Source
BEROFF, BRENDAN	Mar 28, 2024	$3,300	Other in-kind	IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION - EVENT CATERING * IN-KIND RECEIVED Derived classification: in-kind-offset	FEC filing ↗ Provenance FEC reported description · source row a7c705464f7130136ad4421428e3e7b84bee29b1699e96a8452cca3ebe19cac3 Raw artifact: /Users/kevinoconnor/Projects/govmoneyball/data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2024/dataset=operating_expenditures/9cbd9bac84ac71250f9dbde7603e21e9bc162da0275a2ff28fd99310375c2b19.zip
BAILEY, ROBERT D.	May 19, 2024	$2,562	Other in-kind	FUNDRAISING EVENT FOOD & BEVERAGES * IN-KIND RECEIVED Derived classification: in-kind-offset	FEC filing ↗ Provenance FEC reported description · source row 9dfeeefe9de9cef19de7481c875ae274b90662f5fa8891e70efb6bd35b992970 Raw artifact: /Users/kevinoconnor/Projects/govmoneyball/data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2024/dataset=operating_expenditures/9cbd9bac84ac71250f9dbde7603e21e9bc162da0275a2ff28fd99310375c2b19.zip
SIMMONS, CAROLINE B	Jun 30, 2024	$2,357	Other in-kind	IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION - EVENT CATERING * IN-KIND RECEIVED Derived classification: in-kind-offset	FEC filing ↗ Provenance FEC reported description · source row 4a9f3481a8176731b592c6fa1742920470c6aa060797e61b4430222616a92d8b Raw artifact: /Users/kevinoconnor/Projects/govmoneyball/data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2024/dataset=operating_expenditures/9cbd9bac84ac71250f9dbde7603e21e9bc162da0275a2ff28fd99310375c2b19.zip

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 23	$360,457	$0
Feb 23	$561,628	$0
Mar 23	$927,345	$0
Apr 23	$291,068	$0
May 23	$422,605	$0
Jun 23	$675,471	$0
Jul 23	$287,362	$0
Aug 23	$329,170	$0
Sep 23	$516,558	$0
Oct 23	$420,315	$2,360
Nov 23	$265,707	$0
Dec 23	$407,638	$0
Jan 24	$171,210	$0
Feb 24	$261,833	$2,000
Mar 24	$556,065	$8,000
Apr 24	$254,639	$0
May 24	$351,606	$43,376
Jun 24	$420,813	$4,000
Jul 24	$246,270	$12,200
Aug 24	$263,976	$400,000
Sep 24	$353,845	$6,000
Oct 24	$305,682	$1,278,500
Nov 24	$49,398	$101,000
Dec 24	$13,482	$0

Overview

Candidate connections

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Sources

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Money out

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Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Political alignment

FEC-reported relationships

Cash, assets & liabilities

Money network

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