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The Race · Donors · PAC (nonqualified)

DEFENSE OF FREEDOM

Connected organization: LAUF. Registered in HUDSON, WI. Credits below are committee→candidate totals from FEC pas2 files for campaigns archived on The Race (2 recipients).

Type
PAC (nonqualified)
To archive
$8.5K
Recipients
2
Location
HUDSON, WI

Committee

FEC id
C00927871
Treasurer
DATWYLER, THOMAS
Connected org
LAUF

Recipients

Showing top 2 by amount. Exact total: $8,500.

  • CATALINA LAUF

    House · FL · Dist. 19 · Republican · 2026

    $5.0K

  • CHRISTI JACOBSEN

    House · MT · Dist. 01 · Republican · 2026

    $3.5K

Donor pages are Ledger indexes of FEC committee (pas2) credits that appear in candidate top-donor lists. Recipient amounts are summed across archived cycles and shown per cycle in the table; the headline total blends those cycles on purpose. This is not a full Schedule A browser. Metrics and caveats: methodology.

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