MICHAEL BEST POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
Mixed activity · 45% Democratic / 54% Republican · 0% unclassifiedInferred from activityPAC (qualified) · Lobbyist or registrant PAC · Monthly filerC00603076
Overview
- Raised
- $244.9Kvs $87.9K 2023–2024
- Spent
- $142.1Kvs $111.1K 2023–2024
- Cash on hand
- $127Kvs $24.2K 2023–2024
- Debts owed
- $0vs $0 2023–2024
FEC bulk summary totals through Sep 30, 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.
Candidate connections
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
CALVERT, KENRepublicanFEC reportedU.S. House · California · District 40
Receiving campaign: KEN CALVERT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID:
H2CA37023· 2025–2026 reporting cycleCandidate campaign receiving transfers
Money in
Sources
Nothing reported.
Largest itemized receipts
- PRIEBUS, REINCE10% Democratic / 90% RepublicanDerived from contributions$5,000MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH · Apr 30, 2025
- PRIEBUS, REINCE10% Democratic / 90% RepublicanDerived from contributions$5,000MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH · Feb 27, 2026
- AUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER B.45% Democratic / 54% Republican · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$4,500MICHAEL BEST AND FRIEDRICH LLP · Dec 29, 2025
- HARTWIG, GREGORY45% Democratic / 54% Republican · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributions
Money out
Spending by kind
- Contributions to committees$104.5K
Largest disbursements
- ARISTOTLE INTERNATIONAL$15.4KPAYMENT TO PAC COMPLIANCE FIRM · Mar 25, 2026
- ARISTOTLE INTERNATIONAL$7,330PAYMENT TO PAC COMPLIANCE FIRM · Jun 16, 2025
- ARISTOTLE INTERNATIONAL$7,330PAYMENT TO PAC COMPLIANCE FIRM · Jan 22, 2026
- THE BREAKERS HOTEL$1,240HOTEL TO ATTEND PAC FUNDRAISER · Mar 26, 2026
- LA POSADA DE SANTA FE RESORT & SPA$885LODGING FOR PAC EVENT · Aug 11, 2026
- SOUTHWEST AIRLINES$827PLANE TICKET FOR PAC EVENT · Aug 11, 2026
- DELTA AIRLINES$728FLIGHT TO ATTEND PAC FUNDRAISER · Mar 26, 2026
- DELTA AIRLINES$489FLIGHT TO ATTEND PAC FUNDRAISER · Mar 26, 2026
- THE EDGEWATER$446MEAL AT PAC EVENT · Apr 1, 2026
- COMMUNION RESTAURANT & BAR
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
- PHILLIPS, JUSTIN
- Filing cadence
- Monthly filer
- Organization type
- Not reported
- Connected organization
- Not reported
- Registration snapshot cycle
- 2025–2026
- Cycles loaded
- 2026, 2024
- Registered address
- ONE SOUTH PINCKNEY STREET · SUITE 700 · MADISON, WI, 53703
Relationships
FEC-reported relationships
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Political alignment
Registration, linked-candidate, and disclosed money-flow evidence
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.