NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION GROCERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

Mixed activity · 32% Democratic / 67% Republican · 0% unclassifiedInferred from activityPAC (qualified) · Lobbyist or registrant PAC · Quarterly filerC00508770

Overview

Raised: $224.7Kvs $222.1K 2023–2024
Spent: $191.7Kvs $249.1K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $57.3Kvs $24.2K 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
BALINT, REBECCA 'BECCA'

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$188.9K
Unitemized individual contributions$22.3K
Other committees$12.5K

Largest itemized receipts

JASKOLSKI, ROBERT MR.32% Democratic / 67% Republican · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$5,000T.A SOLBERG CO · Feb 23, 2025
NEEDLER, MICHAEL11% Democratic / 89% Republican · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$5,000FRESH ENCOUNTER · Feb 23, 2025
ESKEW, KIM13% Democratic / 58% Republican · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$5,000RETIRED · Mar 25, 2025

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$5,078
Contributions to committees$185.3K
Contribution refunds$330
Other disbursements$1,000

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

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: FERRARA, GREGORY
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Trade association
Connected organization: NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 601 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW · SUITE 375N · WASHINGTON, DC, 20004

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.

NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION GROCERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEC00508770 Connected organizationNATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATIONReported 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.

FEC-reported relationships

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Political alignment

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

Evidence-based classificationMixed activity · 32% Democratic / 67% Republican · 0% unclassifiedMixed activity · 32% Democratic / 67% 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.

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$6,500	$0
Feb 25	$33,100	$0
Mar 25	$6,000	$30,500
Apr 25	$1,000	$9,000
May 25	$1,000	$1,000
Jun 25	$2,999	$26,000
Jul 25	$1,650	$10,000
Aug 25	$10,000	$0
Sep 25	$18,500	$9,000
Oct 25	$15,500	$9,500
Nov 25	$0	$3,000
Dec 25	$4,999	$11,000
Jan 26	$1,500	$0
Feb 26	$58,900	$0
Mar 26	$3,999	$13,500
Apr 26	$13,400	$14,000
May 26	$6,000	$7,000
Jun 26	$6,749	$16,000

Overview

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Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Political alignment

Cash, assets & liabilities

Money network

FEC-reported relationships

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