THE DEMOCRATIC BENCH FUND

DemocraticInferred from FEC-reported participantsPAC (not qualified) · Joint fundraiser · Quarterly filerC00942623

Overview

Raised: $23.5K
Spent: $23.5K
Cash on hand: $43
Debts owed: $0

FEC bulk summary totals through Sep 30, 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
BROOKS, BOBDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · Pennsylvania · District 7
Election 2026 · Challenger · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: BOB BROOKS FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H6PA07188 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
CONLEY, CAIT

Money in

Sources

Nothing reported.

Largest itemized receipts

PARKER, GEOFFREYDemocraticDerived from contributions$14KNOT EMPLOYED · Apr 1, 2026
SANDBERG, MICHELLEDemocraticDerived from contributions$4,000SANTA CLARA VALLEY MED CTR · Apr 1, 2026
TOBEN, STEVE80% DemocraticDerived from contributions$2,000TOBEN CONSULTING · Apr 1, 2026
EDWARDS, KARENDemocraticDerived from contributions$1,000SELF EMPLOYED · Apr 1, 2026
CARLSON, MARGARET

Money out

Spending by kind

Transfers to affiliates$19.4K

Largest disbursements

MBA CONSULTING GROUP$2,000COMPLIANCE SERVICES · Apr 15, 2026
ACTBLUE TECHNICAL SERVICES$790CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEE · Apr 1, 2026
ELIAS LAW GROUP$378LEGAL SERVICES · May 1, 2026
ELIAS LAW GROUP$258LEGAL SERVICES · Apr 6, 2026
ELIAS LAW GROUP$227LEGAL SERVICES · Jun 5, 2026
ELIAS LAW GROUP$151LEGAL SERVICES · Aug 28, 2026
ACTBLUE TECHNICAL SERVICES$79CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEE · Apr 3, 2026
ACTBLUE TECHNICAL SERVICES$20CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEE · Apr 8, 2026

All spending →

Payments are reported transactions, largest first; noncash accounting entries are listed under Reconciliation, not as payments.

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month: $23.5K raised and $19.4K spent over 3 months.

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: MELE, STEVEN
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: Not reported
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026
Registered address: PO BOX 15845 · 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.

THE DEMOCRATIC BENCH FUNDC00942623 Joint fundraising participantBOB BROOKS FOR CONGRESSC00917096
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1952253Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
THE DEMOCRATIC BENCH FUNDC00942623 Joint fundraising participantCAIT FOR NEW YORKC00900431
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1952253Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
THE DEMOCRATIC BENCH FUNDC00942623 Joint fundraising participantNANCY LACORE FOR CONGRESSC00935379
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1952253Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
THE DEMOCRATIC BENCH FUNDC00942623 Joint fundraising participantSAM FOR MONTANAC00932822
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1952253Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
THE DEMOCRATIC BENCH FUNDC00942623 Joint fundraising participantTHE BENCHC00845271
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1952253Official 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 classificationDemocraticDemocraticInferred from FEC-reported participants

FEC registration: PAC (not qualified); no party affiliation reported. Classification basis: Inferred from FEC-reported participants. 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.

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

Over time