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LAUFER, STEVEN M.

100% Democratic · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributionsZIP cluster 200122025–20263 linked variants · corroborated heuristic

Reported identity cluster · not a verified person-level entity.

Contribution summary

Latest amendment per committee transaction ID · memo rows excluded from net

Reported transaction total$96.9K

Number of transactions37

Recipient committees20

Transaction date rangeApr 17, 2025through Jun 26, 2026

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.

Includes the exact reported name/ZIP pairs grouped on this profile. A grouped profile is not independent confirmation that every record belongs to the same person.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Sep 12, 2026 · Index refreshed: Sep 12, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Sep 12, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Sep 12, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Sep 7, 2026 · indexed scan status completed.
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Sep 7, 2026 · indexed scan status completed.

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.

Reported identity evidence

Raw context retained from FEC Schedule A rows

Reported names linked: LAUFER, STEVEN · LAUFER, STEVEN M.
Reported ZIPs seen: 20009 · 20012
Locations seen: WASHINGTON DC
Occupation and employer: ECONOMIST MYERS-JDC-BROOKDALE INSTITUTEIndustry: Think Tanks & Policy Research · Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute ↗RESEARCHER MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTEIndustry: Think Tanks & Policy Research · Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute ↗RESEARCHER MYERS-JDC-BROOKDALE INSTITUTEIndustry: Think Tanks & Policy Research · Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute ↗
What is linked: Compatible names blocked on ZIP5 or corroborated across addresses by employer, occupation, and state

Industry: Think Tanks & Policy Researchvia Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute

Derived from reported employer mappings, not an FEC-reported industry or company contribution.

Reported occupation interpretations

Employment status, occupation family, and title describe historical reported occupation text, not current employment. Different values can come from different receipts or linked names. Employer industries remain separate.

Reported occupation: ECONOMIST
Employment status: Employed
Occupation family: Science / research
Seniority / title: Unknown
Interpreted label: Science / research

Reported occupation: RESEARCHER
Employment status: Employed
Occupation family: Science / research
Seniority / title: Unknown
Interpreted label: Science / research

GovMoneyGraph occupation model v1 · Accepted interpretations only. These labels do not establish income, wealth, or a compliance finding.

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How these records are matched

A high-confidence grouping of compatible filed-name and address variants corroborated by reported employer, occupation, and location evidence. ZIP+4 extensions are retained as evidence but ignored for matching. This is a reported identity cluster, not yet a verified person-level entity.

Contributions by recipient party and committee type

Recipient party from FEC registration, linked candidates, or affirmative support activity

Recipient party affiliation

Contributions grouped by each recipient’s reported party or inferred alignment

Democratic destinationsDerived from contributions$96,875100% of displayed positive totals37 transactions · 20 recipient committees

Recipient committee type

Type of political committee receiving the contribution

Candidate campaign$59,00021 transactions · 17 recipient committees

Hybrid PAC$35,00014 transactions · 1 recipient committees

Party committee$2,8752 transactions · 2 recipient committees

Party totals describe recipients, not the contributor’s party registration or beliefs. FEC-reported and linked-candidate parties take precedence over inferred activity. Opposition to a candidate does not count as support for another party. Open a recipient to inspect its classification evidence and separate support and opposition disclosures.

Money network

Contributor-to-committee connections sized by absolute reported transaction total

Connected entity party

Connections per side

Showing 0 of 0 loaded matching connections on the left and 10 of 20 on the right, up to 10 per side by absolute amount. This is not the full transaction history. Party filters include mixed-party contributions or activity. Full connection amounts are shown, not just the selected party’s share. Party labels use reported party information or inferred contributions/activity—not an individual’s party registration.

Democratic Republican Mixed-party contributions Other / independent Not classifiedLine width = absolute amountShown totals: $0 in · $74K out

Contributions by recipient committee

20 recipient committees · largest reported totals first · expand an arrow for transactions

Reported totals sum current non-memo transactions, including reported refund entries, and can include both a conduit’s and a recipient’s report of the same contribution. These are not verified net contributions after refunds. Expand a recipient to inspect transaction types, reporting sides and source records.

Full contribution ledger · 10 rows per pageAll contributions

Reported total$96,87537 reported transactions

C00786830 · Hybrid PACWELCOMEPAC99% Democratic-aligned activity · 1% unclassifiedInferred from activityFEC registration · 2026 cycleRegistered location: WASHINGTONDC

Candidate campaign receiving transfers
AGER, JAMIEDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · North Carolina · District 11
Election 2026 · Challenger · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: AGER FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H6NC11248 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
BAINS, JASMEETDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · California · District 22
Election 2026 · Challenger · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: DR. JASMEET BAINS FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H6CA22208 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
BIRD, SHANNON KATHLEENDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · Colorado · District 8
Election 2026 · Challenger · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: SHANNON BIRD FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H6CO08047 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
BOHANNAN, CHRISTINADemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · Iowa · District 1
Election 2026 · Challenger · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: CHRISTINA BOHANNAN FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H2IA02111 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
COGNETTI, PAIGEDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · Pennsylvania · District 8
Election 2026 · Challenger · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: PAIGE FOR PA
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H6PA08293 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle

Show 12 more candidate connections (17 total)

Candidate campaign receiving transfers
COOKE, REBECCADemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · Wisconsin · District 3
Election 2024 · Challenger · Prior-cycle candidate
Receiving campaign: COOKE FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H2WI03130 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
COOKE, REBECCADemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · Wisconsin · District 3
Election 2026 · Challenger · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: COOKE FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H4WI03169 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
GARCIA, JOHNNYDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · Texas · District 35
Election 2026 · Challenger · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: JOHNNY GARCIA FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H6TX35095 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
GLUESENKAMP PEREZ, MARIEDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · Washington · District 3
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: MARIE FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H2WA03217 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
GOLDEN, JAREDDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · Maine · District 2
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: COMMITTEE TO ELECT JARED GOLDEN
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H8ME02185 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
GONZALEZ, VICENTEDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · Texas · District 34
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: VICENTE GONZALEZ FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H6TX15162 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
GRAY, ADAM C.DemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · California · District 13
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: ADAM GRAY FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H2CA13115 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
MCDONALD RIVET, KRISTENDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · Michigan · District 8
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: KRISTEN FOR MICHIGAN
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H4MI08218 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
PULIDO, BOBBYDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · Texas · District 15
Election 2026 · Challenger · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: BOBBY PULIDO FOR TEXAS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H6TX15246 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
STELSON, JANELLEDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · Pennsylvania · District 10
Election 2026 · Challenger · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: FRIENDS OF JANELLE STELSON
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H4PA10104 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
SUOZZI, THOMASDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · New York · District 3
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: SUOZZI FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H6NY03247 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
TRONE GARRIOTT, SARAHDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · Iowa · District 3
Election 2026 · Challenger · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: SARAH FOR IOWA
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H6IA03268 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle

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.

Reported total$35,00014 reported transactions

C00911842 · Candidate campaignKINNEY FOR DCDemocraticFEC reportedFEC registration · 2026 cycleRegistered location: WASHINGTONDCConnected organization: NONE

Principal candidate campaign
ZALESNE, KINNEYDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · District of Columbia · At-large
Election 2026 · Open seat · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H6DC00170 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle

Reported total$10,0003 reported transactions

C00718866 · Candidate campaignJON OSSOFF FOR SENATEDemocraticFEC reportedFEC registration · 2026 cycleRegistered location: ATLANTAGA

Principal candidate campaign
OSSOFF, T. JONATHANDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. Senate · Georgia · Statewide
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S8GA00180 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle

Reported total$7,0002 reported transactions

C00918359 · Candidate campaignSCOTT COLOM FOR SENATEDemocraticFEC reportedFEC registration · 2026 cycleRegistered location: COLUMBUSMSConnected organization: COLOM VICTORY FUND

Principal candidate campaign
COLOM, SCOTTDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. Senate · Mississippi · Statewide
Election 2026 · Challenger · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S6MS00133 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle

Reported total$7,0002 reported transactions

C00592659 · Candidate campaignVICENTE GONZALEZ FOR CONGRESSDemocraticFEC reportedFEC registration · 2026 cycleRegistered location: BROWNSVILLETXConnected organization: VICENTE GONZALEZ VICTORY FUND

Principal candidate campaign
GONZALEZ, VICENTEDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · Texas · District 34
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H6TX15162 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle