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ROGERS, JOE W JR.

92% Republican · 8% unclassifiedDerived from contributionsZIP cluster 303392025–20265 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$30K

Number of transactions17

Recipient committees17

Transaction date rangeJun 17, 2025through Jun 11, 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: ROGERS, JOE · ROGERS, JOE JR. · ROGERS, JOE W JR. · ROGERS, JOE W. JR.
Reported ZIPs seen: 30339 · 31522
Locations seen: ATLANTA GASAINT SIMONS IS GASAINT SIMONS ISLAN GAST. SIMONS ISLAND GA
Occupation and employer: CEO WAFFLE HOUSEIndustry: Retail, Food & Consumer Goods · Waffle House, Inc. ↗CHAIRMAN WAFFLE HOUSE INCIndustry: Retail, Food & Consumer Goods · Waffle House, Inc. ↗CHAIRMAN EMERITUS WAFFLE HOUSEIndustry: Retail, Food & Consumer Goods · Waffle House, Inc. ↗

Industry: Retail, Food & Consumer Goodsvia Waffle House, Inc.
Category: Retired

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: CEO
Employment status: Employed
Occupation family: General management
Seniority / title: C-suite / president
Interpreted label: General management · C-suite / president

Reported occupation: CHAIRMAN
Employment status: Employed
Occupation family: General management
Seniority / title: Unknown
Interpreted label: General management

Reported occupation: CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
Employment status: Blank / unknown
Occupation family: General management
Seniority / title: Unknown
Interpreted label: Unknown · General management

2 more reported occupation values

Reported occupation: EXECUTIVE
Employment status: Employed
Occupation family: General management
Seniority / title: Vice president / director
Interpreted label: Vice President

Reported occupation: RETIRED
Employment status: Retired
Occupation family: Unknown
Seniority / title: Unknown
Interpreted label: Retired

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$27,50091.7% of displayed positive totals16 transactions · 16 recipient committees

Party not yet classifiedUnclassified$2,5008.3% of displayed positive totals1 transactions · 1 recipient committees

Recipient committee type

Type of political committee receiving the contribution

Candidate campaign$24,50015 transactions · 15 recipient committees

Joint fundraising committee$5,5002 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 17 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 · $23K out

Contributions by recipient committee

17 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$30,00017 reported transactions

C00543983 · Candidate campaignBILL CASSIDY FOR US SENATERepublicanFEC reportedFEC registration · 2026 cycleRegistered location: BATON ROUGELAConnected organization: 2026 SENATORS CLASSIC COMMITTEE

Principal candidate campaign
CASSIDY, WILLIAM M.RepublicanFEC reported
U.S. Senate · Louisiana · Statewide
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S4LA00107 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle

Reported total$3,5001 reported transactions

C00571596 · Joint fundraising committeeDAINES SENATE MAJORITY FUNDRepublicanLinked candidateFEC registration · 2026 cycleRegistered location: ALEXANDRIAVAConnected organization: NONE

Associated candidate
DAINES, STEVERepublicanFEC reported
U.S. Senate · Montana · Statewide
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S2MT00096 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle

A registered candidate association does not make this an authorized campaign committee or establish that these contributions went directly to that candidate.

Reported total$3,5001 reported transactions

C00855288 · Candidate campaignTROY DOWNING FOR CONGRESSRepublicanFEC reportedFEC registration · 2026 cycleRegistered location: BILLINGSMTConnected organization: WAR VETERANS FUND 2024

Principal candidate campaign
DOWNING, TROYRepublicanFEC reported
U.S. House · Montana · District 2
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H4MT02098 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle

Reported total$2,5001 reported transactions

C00942060 · Candidate campaignALME FOR SENATEParty not classifiedUnclassifiedFEC registration · 2026 cycleRegistered location: ALEXANDRIAVAConnected organization: TEAM ALME

Principal candidate campaign
ALME, KURTRepublicanFEC reported
U.S. Senate · Montana · Statewide
Election 2026 · Open seat · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S6MT00295 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle

Reported total$2,5001 reported transactions

C00614776 · Candidate campaignTED BUDD FOR SENATERepublicanFEC reportedFEC registration · 2026 cycleRegistered location: RALEIGHNCConnected organization: BUDD FOR NC SENATE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FUND 2022

Principal candidate campaign
BUDD, THEODORE PRepublicanFEC reported
U.S. Senate · North Carolina · Statewide
Election 2028 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S2NC00505 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle