DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS
Republican-aligned activityInferred from activitySuper PAC · Unauthorized · Monthly filer · Single-issue / policyC00836221
Overview
- Raised
- $60.3M
- Spent
- $59M
- Cash on hand
- $1.3M
- Debts owed
- $0
OpenFEC processed totals through Dec 31, 2024; 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 2021–2022.
PAC focus
Curated classification · Reviewed 2026-09-11
Fairshake identifies this affiliated committee as part of its effort concerning cryptocurrency, blockchain innovation and regulation.
Current research description, not an FEC committee-type code or a party affiliation. It does not classify the views of contributors or recipients.
Candidate connections
No candidate connection found in the registration links or sender-reported committee transfers checked for this cycle. Conduit routing and independent spending are not included in this check.
Money in
Sources
- Itemized individual contributions$5.8M
- Other committees$150K
Largest itemized receipts
- FAIRSHAKEMixed activity · 40% Democratic / 60% RepublicanInferred from activity$20MAug 8, 2024
- FAIRSHAKEMixed activity · 40% Democratic / 60% RepublicanInferred from activity$15MSep 5, 2024
- FAIRSHAKEMixed activity · 40% Democratic / 60% RepublicanInferred from activity$5MMay 8, 2024
- FAIRSHAKEMixed activity · 40% Democratic / 60% RepublicanInferred from activity$5M
Money out
Spending by kind
- Operating expenditures$1.2M
- Independent expenditures$57.8M
Largest disbursements
- MAIN STREET MEDIA GROUP$12MAug 13, 2024
- MAIN STREET MEDIA GROUP$7.6MSep 6, 2024
- MAIN STREET MEDIA GROUP$7.6MAug 30, 2024
- MAIN STREET MEDIA GROUP$7.1MSep 12, 2024
- MAIN STREET MEDIA GROUP$5.7MSep 17, 2024
- MAIN STREET MEDIA GROUP$1.5MJun 4, 2024
- MAIN STREET MEDIA GROUP$1.5MMay 22, 2024
- MAIN STREET MEDIA GROUP$1.5MFeb 22, 2024
- MAIN STREET MEDIA GROUP$1.5MFeb 16, 2024
- MAIN STREET MEDIA GROUP
Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph
Records
Registration
- Committee type
- Super PAC
- Designation
- Unauthorized
- Party affiliation
- No party affiliation reported
- Treasurer
- LISKER, LISA
- Filing cadence
- Monthly filer
- Organization type
- Not reported
- Connected organization
- Not reported
- Registration snapshot cycle
- 2023–2024
- Cycles loaded
- 2026, 2024
- Registered address
- 228 S WASHINGTON ST · STE 115 · ALEXANDRIA, VA, 22314
Relationships
FEC-reported relationships
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Political alignment
Registration, linked-candidate, and disclosed money-flow evidence
FEC registration: Super PAC; 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.
- Supporting
- $56,287,898
- Opposing
- $1,531,015