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DEFENSE DEM PAC

DemocraticLinked candidatePAC (qualified) · Leadership PAC · Monthly filerC00721225

Overview

Raised: $143.4Kvs $44.6K 2023–2024
Spent: $102.5Kvs $45.8K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $46.4Kvs $5,469 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
KAPTUR, MARCY HON. M.C.DemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · Ohio · District 9
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: KAPTUR FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H2OH09031 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
LACORE, NANCY

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$138.9K
Unitemized individual contributions$1,525
Other committees$3,000

Largest itemized receipts

BRANDT, JANICE100% DemocraticDerived from contributions$5,000AMERICA ONLINE · Aug 13, 2026
ABRAMSON, ANNE94% DemocraticDerived from contributions$5,000NOT EMPLOYED · Jul 8, 2026
BLUHM, NEIL100% Democratic · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$5,000RUSH STREET GAMING · Jun 18, 2026
BLUHM, MEREDITH

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$28.6K
Contributions to committees$42.5K
Other disbursements$31.4K

Largest disbursements

BLINDSIDE STRATEGIES LLC$3,000GENERAL STRATEGY CONSULTING · Aug 26, 2026
BLINDSIDE STRATEGIES LLC$3,000GENERAL STRATEGY CONSULTING · Jul 30, 2026
BLINDSIDE STRATEGIES LLC$3,000GENERAL STRATEGY CONSULTING · Jul 1, 2026
BLINDSIDE STRATEGIES LLC$3,000GENERAL STRATEGY CONSULTING · Jun 4, 2026
BADASS STRATEGIES LLC$2,500EVENT CONSULTING · Aug 6, 2026
BLINDSIDE STRATEGIES LLC$2,200GENERAL STRATEGY CONSULTING · May 7, 2026
LURIA, ELAINE$597CATERING · Jul 27, 2026
GENCO, JAYCE$503REIMBURSEMENT - SEE BELOW IF ITEMIZED · Sep 28, 2026

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$100	$0
Feb 25	$100	$0
Mar 25	$100	$0
Apr 25	$100	$0
May 25	$100	$0
Jun 25	$100	$0
Jul 25	$150	$0
Aug 25	$150	$0
Sep 25	$150	$0
Oct 25	$150	$0
Nov 25	$15,025	$0
Dec 25	$10,025	$5,000
Jan 26	$4,000	$10,000
Mar 26	$37,500	$5,000
Apr 26	$5,000	$0
May 26	$15,000	$0
Jun 26	$33,500	$12,500
Jul 26	$5,597	$0
Aug 26	$7,000	$10,000
Sep 26	$5,025	$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: PETTERSON, JAY
Filing cadence: Monthly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: Not reported
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: PO BOX 66191 · VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, 23466

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.

ELAINE LURIA VICTORY FUNDC00952754 Joint fundraising participantDEFENSE DEM PACC00721225
FEC reportedObserved: Oct 8, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion. Observed in the FEC API; the public FEC registration page is linked for inspection.
DEFENSE DEM PACC00721225 Leadership PAC sponsorLURIA, ELAINEH8VA02111
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1354359Official 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 ↗

Reported counterparty	Date	Reported value	Asset / units	Reported purpose	Source
LURIA, ELAINE	Jul 27, 2026	$597	Other in-kind	CATERING * IN-KIND RECEIVED Derived classification: in-kind-offset	FEC filing ↗ Provenance FEC reported description · source row 64fe739470a1db3fcd156cdaffc98496b72157f5ea669d4afc102982c57495c4 Raw artifact: data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2026/dataset=operating_expenditures/d6108c0a87ca0a02a72d333e1c0fad879a14af446f39504772d0d9369940ee7a.zip

Reported counterparty

Date

Reported value

Asset / units

Reported purpose

Source

LURIA, ELAINE

Jul 27, 2026

$597

Other in-kind

CATERING

* IN-KIND RECEIVED

Derived classification: in-kind-offset

FEC filing ↗

Provenance

FEC reported description · source row 64fe739470a1db3fcd156cdaffc98496b72157f5ea669d4afc102982c57495c4

Raw artifact: data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2026/dataset=operating_expenditures/d6108c0a87ca0a02a72d333e1c0fad879a14af446f39504772d0d9369940ee7a.zip

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