DEFENSE OF FREEDOM

Republican-aligned activityInferred from activityPAC (not qualified) · Lobbyist or registrant PAC · Quarterly filerC00927871

Overview

Raised: $64.2K
Spent: $35.2K
Cash on hand: $29K
Debts owed: $0

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
CALVERT, KENRepublicanFEC reported
U.S. House · California · District 40
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: KEN CALVERT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H2CA37023 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
JACOBSEN, CHRISTIRepublicanFEC reported
U.S. House · Montana · District 1
Election 2026 · Open seat · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: CHRISTI JACOBSEN FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H6MT01160 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
LAUF, CATALINARepublicanFEC reported
U.S. House · Florida · District 19
Election 2026 · Open seat · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: CATALINA LAUF FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H6FL19186 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
PAULINA LUNA, ANNARepublicanFEC reported
U.S. House · Florida · District 13
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: ANNA PAULINA LUNA FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H0FL13158 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
POWER, EVAN MRRepublicanFEC reported
U.S. House · Florida · District 2
Election 2026 · Open seat · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: EVAN POWER FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H6FL02315 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle

Show 2 more candidate connections (7 total)

Candidate campaign receiving transfers
SCHWARZE, ADAMRepublicanFEC reported
U.S. Senate · Minnesota · Statewide
Election 2026 · Open seat · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: SCHWARZE FOR SENATE
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S6MN00457 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
STEUBE, GREG

These campaigns received reported contributions or transfers from this committee during the selected cycle. This is not a complete participant list or an allocation of any individual donor's gift; other recipients may include parties and PACs.

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$9,690
Other committees$8,055

Largest itemized receipts

CATALINA LAUF VICTORY FUNDRepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$19.3KJun 29, 2026
CATALINA LAUF VICTORY FUNDRepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$12.4KAug 21, 2026
CATALINA LAUF VICTORY FUNDRepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$8,055Aug 17, 2026
CATALINA LAUF VICTORY FUND

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$4,741
Contributions to committees$27K
Other disbursements$3,500

Largest disbursements

SAME DAY PROCESSING$500ACCOUNTING CONSULTING · Sep 14, 2026
SAME DAY PROCESSING$455ACCOUNTING CONSULTING · Sep 3, 2026
SAME DAY PROCESSING$455ACCOUNTING CONSULTING · Aug 5, 2026
SAME DAY PROCESSING$355ACCOUNTING CONSULTING · Sep 30, 2026
SAME DAY PROCESSING$355ACCOUNTING CONSULTING · Jul 1, 2026
SAME DAY PROCESSING$305ACCOUNTING CONSULTING · Jun 3, 2026
SAME DAY PROCESSING$305ACCOUNTING CONSULTING · Jun 3, 2026
SAME DAY PROCESSING$305ACCOUNTING CONSULTING · May 7, 2026
SAME DAY PROCESSING

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Feb 26	$6,442	$0
Mar 26	$5,000	$3,500
Apr 26	$40	$0
May 26	$140	$0
Jun 26	$19,483	$5,000
Jul 26	$4,979	$11,500
Aug 26	$20,615	$3,500
Sep 26	$288	$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: Lobbyist or registrant PAC
Party affiliation: No party affiliation reported
Treasurer: DATWYLER, THOMAS
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: LAUF
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026
Registered address: 502 6TH STREET · HUDSON, WI, 54016

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.

CATALINA LAUF VICTORY FUNDC00927889 Joint fundraising participantDEFENSE OF FREEDOMC00927871
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1926708Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
LIGHT THE WAY FUNDC00938274 Joint fundraising participantDEFENSE OF FREEDOMC00927871
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1945429Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
DEFENSE OF FREEDOMC00927871 Connected organizationLAUFReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.

FEC-reported relationships

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Political alignment

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

Evidence-based classificationRepublican-aligned activityRepublican-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 rowsOfficial FEC outside spending ↗

Overview

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FEC-reported relationships

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Cash, assets & liabilities

Money network