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DEFEND THE VOTE LEADERSHIP FUND

100% Democratic-aligned activityInferred from activityPAC (not qualified) · Joint fundraiser · Quarterly filerC00831495

Overview

Raised: $327.1Kvs $605.6K 2023–2024
Spent: $324Kvs $602.4K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $6,355vs $3,237 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 indicators

1 open

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).

0 receipt eligibility · 1 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $14,759
MOTHERSHIP STRATEGIES received 58.2% of positive itemized operating spending in DEFEND THE VOTE LEADERSHIP FUND's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Jun 22, 2026

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

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Candidate connections

Candidate campaign receiving transfers
AGUILAR, PETEDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · California · District 33
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H2CA31125 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
CLARK, KATHERINE

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$41.7K
Unitemized individual contributions$285.4K

Largest itemized receipts

BRAND, ANNELISE100% Democratic · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$2,000NOT EMPLOYED · Mar 25, 2026
WEINRIB, LITA96% Democratic · 4% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$1,115Jun 22, 2025
KELLER, LAURA100% DemocraticDerived from contributions$1,000NOT EMPLOYED · Feb 14, 2026
COLES, DAVID

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$122.4K
Transfers to affiliates$192K
Contribution refunds$9,620

Largest disbursements

MOTHERSHIP STRATEGIES$11.8KDIGITAL FUNDRAISING SERVICES · Apr 5, 2026
THREE MARIE LLC$7,500FUNDRAISING & MANAGEMENT SERVICES · May 16, 2025
THREE MARIE LLC$7,500FUNDRAISING & MANAGEMENT SERVICES · Apr 21, 2026
THREE MARIE LLC$7,500FUNDRAISING & MANAGEMENT SERVICES · Dec 15, 2025
THREE MARIE LLC$7,500FUNDRAISING & MANAGEMENT SERVICES · Oct 15, 2025
MOTHERSHIP STRATEGIES$5,265DIGITAL FUNDRAISING SERVICES · Aug 8, 2025
MOTHERSHIP STRATEGIES$4,955DIGITAL FUNDRAISING SERVICES · Sep 23, 2025
MOTHERSHIP STRATEGIES$4,747DIGITAL FUNDRAISING SERVICES · Jan 20, 2026

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$545	$0
Feb 25	$545	$0
Mar 25	$520	$0
Apr 25	$545	$0
May 25	$485	$0
Jun 25	$435	$0
Jul 25	$3,047	$0
Aug 25	$3,009	$0
Sep 25	$3,163	$50,000
Oct 25	$2,150	$0
Nov 25	$2,859	$0
Dec 25	$2,178	$33,000
Jan 26	$775	$0
Feb 26	$2,822	$0
Mar 26	$6,843	$62,500
Apr 26	$1,815	$0
May 26	$1,156	$0
Jun 26	$1,090	$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 (not qualified)
Designation: Joint fundraiser
Party affiliation: No party affiliation reported
Treasurer: LEMEK, BRIAN
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: Not reported
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 600 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE · STE 15180 · WASHINGTON, DC, 20003

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.

DEFEND THE VOTE LEADERSHIP FUNDC00831495 Joint fundraising participantDEFEND THE VOTEC00764233
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1677091Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
DEFEND THE VOTE LEADERSHIP FUNDC00831495 Joint fundraising participantJEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSC00503052
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1677091Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
DEFEND THE VOTE LEADERSHIP FUNDC00831495 Joint fundraising participantKATHERINE CLARK FOR CONGRESSC00541888
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1677091Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
DEFEND THE VOTE LEADERSHIP FUNDC00831495 Joint fundraising participantPETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSC00510461
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1677091Official 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 classification100% Democratic-aligned activity100% Democratic-aligned activityInferred from activity

FEC registration: PAC (not 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.

$0 supporting · $0 opposing · 0 rows

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

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