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PALMETER, SAM MR.

100% RepublicanDerived from contributionsZIP cluster 487232025–20262 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$8.5K

Number of transactions3

Recipient committees3

Transaction date rangeSep 19, 2025through Dec 11, 2025

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: PALMETER, SAM · PALMETER, SAM MR.
Reported ZIPs seen: 48723
Locations seen: CARO MI
Occupation and employer: ENGINEER LASER MARKING TECHNOLOGIES LLCOWNER LASER MARKING TECHNOLOGIES LLC
What is linked: Compatible names blocked on ZIP5 or corroborated across addresses by employer, occupation, and state

Industry: Not yet classified

Industry not yet classified for LASER MARKING TECHNOLOGIES LLC.

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: ENGINEER
Employment status: Employed
Occupation family: Engineering
Seniority / title: Unknown
Interpreted label: Engineering

Reported occupation: OWNER
Employment status: Owner / operator
Occupation family: Unknown
Seniority / title: Unknown
Interpreted label: Owner / operator

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

Republican destinationsDerived from contributions$8,500100% of displayed positive totals3 transactions · 3 recipient committees

Recipient committee type

Type of political committee receiving the contribution

Hybrid PAC$7501 transactions · 1 recipient committees

Joint fundraising committee$7,7502 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 3 of 3 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 · $8.5K out

Contributions by recipient committee

3 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$8,5003 reported transactions

C00868091 · Joint fundraising committeeLISA MCCLAIN LEADERSHIP FUNDRepublican-aligned activityInferred from activityFEC registration · 2026 cycleRegistered location: ATHENSGAConnected organization: NONE

Candidate campaign receiving transfers
MCCLAIN, LISARepublicanFEC reported
U.S. House · Michigan · District 9
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: LISA MCCLAIN FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H0MI10287 · 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$7,0001 reported transactions

C00694323 · Hybrid PACWINREDRepublicanCurated classificationFEC registration · 2026 cycleRegistered location: CHEYENNEWYConnected organization: NONE

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.

Reported total$7501 reported transactions

C00884296 · Joint fundraising committeeTEAM ROGERS100% Republican-aligned activityInferred from activityFEC registration · 2026 cycleRegistered location: ST. JOSEPHMIConnected organization: NONE

Candidate campaign receiving transfers
ROGERS, MICHAEL JRepublicanFEC reported
U.S. Senate · Michigan · Statewide
Election 2026 · Open seat · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: ROGERS FOR SENATE
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S4MI00595 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle

Reported total$7501 reported transactions

Source & identity status

Trace every claim back to the public record

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Grouping keyCorroborated name/address variants

Cycle2025–2026

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The FEC publishes names and addresses as reported, but does not assign a persistent ID to each individual contributor. GovMoneyGraph links variants here only when employer and location or occupation evidence corroborates compatible names; conflicting middle initials remain separate. These heuristic clusters stay reviewable until promoted into the persistent entity graph through the labeled gold-set process.