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DEFENSE NOW PAC

Mixed activity · 49% Democratic / 46% Republican · 5% unclassifiedInferred from activityPAC with non-contribution account · Unauthorized · Quarterly filerC00863050

Overview

Raised: $24.5Kvs $20K 2023–2024
Spent: $33.1Kvs $7,511 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $3,928vs $12.5K 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
BOST, MICHAELRepublicanFEC reported
U.S. House · Illinois · District 12
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: MIKE BOST FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H4IL12060 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
CASE, EDWARD

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$12K
Other committees$12.5K

Largest itemized receipts

GOODFELLOW, STEPHEN29% Democratic / 68% Republican · 3% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$5,000ENTREPRENEURIAL ACCELERATOR PR · Mar 18, 2025
GOODFELLOW, GERALD V.49% Democratic / 46% Republican · 5% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$5,000SOUTHEAST INNOVATION INSTITUTE · Mar 6, 2025
FRIENDS FOR CHRIS STEWART, INC.RepublicanFEC reported$5,000Feb 25, 2026
FREEDOM 21: FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$11.1K
Contributions to committees$22K

Largest disbursements

ROBERT WATKINS & COMPANY, P.A.$1,000ACCOUNTING SERVICES · Apr 11, 2025
ROBERT WATKINS & COMPANY, P.A.$1,000ACCOUNTING SERVICES · Jan 22, 2025
ROBERT WATKINS & COMPANY, P.A.$1,000ACCOUNTING SERVICES · Jan 16, 2026
ROBERT WATKINS & COMPANY, P.A.$552ACCOUNTING SERVICES · Aug 11, 2025
ROBERT WATKINS & COMPANY, P.A.$509ACCOUNTING SERVICES · Jul 8, 2025
ROBERT WATKINS & COMPANY, P.A.$500ACCOUNTING SERVICES · Sep 28, 2026
ROBERT WATKINS & COMPANY, P.A.$500ACCOUNTING SERVICES · Aug 20, 2026
ROBERT WATKINS & COMPANY, P.A.$500ACCOUNTING SERVICES · Jul 16, 2026
ROBERT WATKINS & COMPANY, P.A.$500ACCOUNTING SERVICES · Jun 6, 2025

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Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Committee type: PAC with non-contribution account
Designation: Unauthorized
Party affiliation: No party affiliation reported
Treasurer: WATKINS, NANCY H.
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: Not reported
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 610 S. BOULEVARD · TAMPA, FL, 33606

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.

Registration relationships have not been loaded for this record. No relationship has been assumed.

FEC-reported relationships

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Political alignment

Registration, linked-candidate, and disclosed money-flow evidence

Evidence-based classificationMixed activity · 49% Democratic / 46% Republican · 5% unclassifiedMixed activity · 49% Democratic / 46% Republican · 5% unclassifiedInferred from activity

FEC registration: PAC with non-contribution account; 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.

Month	Raised	Spent
Mar 25	$10,000	$0
Apr 25	$0	$2,500
May 25	$2,500	$0
Jun 25	$0	$5,000
Aug 25	$0	$3,000
Sep 25	$0	$1,000
Oct 25	$5,000	$5,000
Feb 26	$5,000	$0
Jul 26	$0	$2,000
Sep 26	$2,000	$2,000

Overview

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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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