DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS
Republican-aligned activityInferred from activitySuper PAC · Unauthorized · Monthly filer · Single-issue / policyC00836221
Overview
- Raised
- $107.3Mvs $60.3M 2023–2024
- Spent
- $90.1Mvs $59M 2023–2024
- Cash on hand
- $18.5Mvs $1.3M 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.
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.
Purpose and activities
2025–2026 · Background research
Insufficient evidence to establish this PAC’s stated purpose or focus reliably. Reported financial activity is shown separately.
Reported activity
FEC reported · Summary coverage through Jul 31, 2026 · Snapshot Sep 6, 2026
| Metric | Amount | % of reported disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| Total receipts | $38,269,280 | — |
| Total disbursements | $33,843,670 | — |
| Cash on hand | $5,727,939 | — |
| Contributions to committees | $0 | 0% |
| Independent expenditures | $32,450,134 | 95.9% |
| Transfers to affiliated committees | $0 | 0% |
| Refunds to individuals | $0 | 0% |
| Refunds to committees | $0 | 0% |
| Nonfederal share of expenditures | $0 | 0% |
These measures are not additive spending categories. Committee transfers are not evidence that the same dollars funded a recipient’s later expenditures. Payments to vendors are distinct from candidates supported or opposed.
No committee-recipient relationships were available in this snapshot; that does not establish an absence of disbursements.
- Summary metrics are FEC-reported nominal dollars for the selected cycle through the coverage date. Destination caches have separate refresh dates and may cover different reports.
- Percentages use total reported disbursements, not receipts. Categories are not an exhaustive or additive breakdown.
- Disbursements can include noncash accounting entries; they are not verified cash transfers.
- Destinations show up to 10 locally indexed committee distribution relationships, not all spending or ultimate beneficiaries. Source methods are kept separate; do not sum overlapping evidence.
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$350K
- Other committees$25K
Largest itemized receipts
- FAIRSHAKEMixed activity · 47% Democratic / 53% RepublicanInferred from activity$9MJul 13, 2026
- FAIRSHAKEMixed activity · 47% Democratic / 53% RepublicanInferred from activity$9MMay 4, 2026
- FAIRSHAKEMixed activity · 47% Democratic / 53% RepublicanInferred from activity$8MFeb 9, 2026
- FAIRSHAKEMixed activity · 47% Democratic / 53% RepublicanInferred from activity$7M
Money out
Spending by kind
- Operating expenditures$1.7M
- Independent expenditures$88.3M
Largest disbursements
- MAIN STREET MEDIA GROUP$3.6MMay 8, 2026
- MAIN STREET MEDIA GROUP$3.6MMay 4, 2026
- MAIN STREET MEDIA GROUP$1.5MMay 4, 2026
- MAIN STREET MEDIA GROUP$1.2MMar 20, 2025
- MAIN STREET MEDIA GROUP$1MJun 5, 2026
- MAIN STREET MEDIA GROUP$1MMay 29, 2026
- MAIN STREET MEDIA GROUP$1MMay 21, 2026
- MAIN STREET MEDIA GROUP$1MJun 5, 2026
- MAIN STREET MEDIA GROUP$1MFeb 25, 2026
- 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
- 2025–2026
- 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
- $0
- Opposing
- $12,894,063