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VELVET HAMMER PAC

DemocraticLinked candidatePAC (qualified) · Leadership PAC · Monthly filerC00692111

Overview

Raised: $184.2Kvs $852.2K 2023–2024
Spent: $211.1Kvs $931.9K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $6,058vs $32.9K 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
BOOKER, CORY A.DemocraticFEC reported
U.S. Senate · New Jersey · Statewide
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: CORY BOOKER FOR SENATE
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S4NJ00185 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
COOPER, ROY

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$55.1K
Unitemized individual contributions$400
Other committees$128.5K

Largest itemized receipts

ROCK HOLDINGS INC. PACMixed activity · 48% Democratic / 51% Republican · 1% unclassifiedInferred from activity$5,000Apr 9, 2025
RACHEL BOHMAN FOR CONGRESSDemocraticFEC reported$5,000Mar 3, 2025
NEXTERA ENERGY PACMixed activity · 48% Democratic / 50% Republican · 1% unclassifiedInferred from activity$5,000Mar 25, 2025
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$171.1K
Contributions to committees$35K
Other disbursements$5,000

Largest disbursements

PETERSEN GROUP$9,500MANAGEMENT SERVICES · Apr 14, 2025
AMERICAN EXPRESS$9,329CREDIT CARD PAYMENT - SEE MEMOS · Apr 11, 2025
PETERSEN GROUP$9,000MANAGEMENT SERVICES · Jan 16, 2025
PETERSEN GROUP$7,500MANAGEMENT SERVICES · Feb 5, 2026
PETERSEN GROUP$7,500MANAGEMENT SERVICES · Oct 22, 2025
PETERSEN GROUP$7,500MANAGEMENT SERVICES · Jul 6, 2025
GRASSROOTS SOLUTIONS$6,750CONSULTING - STRATEGIC · Nov 6, 2025
GRASSROOTS SOLUTIONS$6,750CONSULTING - STRATEGIC · Aug 27, 2025

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: Leadership PAC
Party affiliation: No party affiliation reported
Treasurer: NELSON, KIMBERLY
Filing cadence: Monthly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: Not reported
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: P.O. BOX 14362 · SAINT PAUL, MN, 55114

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.

VELVET HAMMER PACC00692111 Leadership PAC sponsorSMITH, TINAS8MN00578
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1685881Official 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 ↗

Month	Raised	Spent
Feb 25	$25,000	$0
Mar 25	$24,000	$0
Apr 25	$24,075	$0
May 25	$9,050	$0
Jun 25	$30,000	$10,000
Jul 25	$0	$5,000
Aug 25	$5,500	$5,000
Sep 25	$15,000	$5,000
Oct 25	$10,000	$0
Nov 25	$16,500	$0
Dec 25	$5,500	$5,000
Jan 26	$5,000	$0
Feb 26	$2,000	$0
Mar 26	$7,000	$0
Apr 26	$0	$5,000
Jun 26	$5,000	$0

Overview

Candidate connections

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Money out

Spending by kind

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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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