Federal Election Commission political committee

WENSTRUP FOR CONGRESS

FEC committee C00497818. Which candidates it gave to and spent on, with direct contributions and independent expenditures kept apart.

Registration

A candidate's own committee for a House race. Money here was raised by that campaign.

Federal Election Commission registration for committee C00497818
FEC committee ID C00497818
Reported name WENSTRUP FOR CONGRESSNames change; this page is keyed to the committee ID, so an old name still reaches it.
Committee type House candidate committee H
Designation Principal campaign committee P
Party affiliation REP
Connected organization BRAD WENSTRUP VICTORY FUND This is the relationship the committee itself reported to the FEC. It is not a MyRepTracker judgement about who controls the committee.
Registered to candidate H2OH02085 ↗
Registration read from The FEC's committee master for the 2022 cycle
Registration date Not availableThe FEC's published committee master carries no registration date. The FEC record linked below shows it.
FEC record Committee C00497818 at FEC.gov ↗

Who runs this committee, and what it advances

Sponsor type and interest assignment for committee C00497818 in the 2022 cycle
Kind of committee Other candidates' committees Derived from the registration this committee filed for the 2022 cycle. This is the FEC's own record, not a MyRepTracker judgement.
Interest advanced None, and none is owed. A leadership PAC, a candidate's own committee, and a party committee are not interest groups: their giving is an officeholder's or a party's decision, so no interest label describes it. MyRepTracker never assigns one.

What this committee raised and spent on itself

These are the committee's own figures, from the summary the FEC publishes of the reports it has filed, covering the period ending Dec 31, 2022. The FEC rebuilds that summary as new reports arrive, so these figures move; these are the figures the file the FEC built on Aug 20, 2026 reported.

Nothing here is added to the candidate-by-candidate amounts elsewhere on this page. Those are money this committee moved to or against specific campaigns; these are its own accounts.

What it raised

Receipts reported by committee C00497818 for the 2022 cycle
Measure Amount
Total receipts $2,088,194
Contributions received Before refunds $1,979,782
From individuals $774,832
From individuals, itemized Contributions the FEC requires be reported one by one $606,237
From individuals, unitemized Reported only as a total, so no detail exists for them here or at the FEC $168,595
From other political committees $1,204,950
From party committees $0
From the candidate Self-funding, not counting loans $0
Loans from the candidate $0
Other loans $0
Transfers in from affiliated committees Already raised money moving, not new money $105,758
Other receipts $900

What it spent

Disbursements reported by committee C00497818 for the 2022 cycle
Measure Amount
Total disbursements $1,670,776
Operating expenditures $1,423,056
Other disbursements $229,770
Operating expenditures, net of offsets As the FEC reports it, not derived here $1,421,301
Transfers out to affiliated committees $0
Loan repayments to the candidate $0
Other loan repayments $0
Total loan repayments $0

What it holds, owes, and gave back

Cash, debts, and refunds reported by committee C00497818 for the 2022 cycle
Measure Amount
Cash on hand at the end of the period $878,665
Cash on hand at the start of the period $461,246
Debts the committee owes $0
Debts owed to the committee $0
Contributions refunded $17,950
Refunded to individuals $10,450
Refunded to other political committees $7,500
Refunded to party committees $0
Contributions net of refunds As the FEC reports it, not derived here $1,961,831

Left blank on this committee's reports, so unavailable rather than zero: Total loans, Contributions to federal candidates, Independent expenditures, Coordinated party expenditures. Many are columns only one kind of committee files.

This committee's record at the FEC ↗

What this committee did in the 2022 cycle

Each row below is a different kind of money and they are never added together. A contribution is money a campaign received. An independent expenditure was never the campaign's money at all. Adding them would state a relationship the filings do not support. These figures cover candidate filings through Dec 31, 2022.

Activity by kind for committee C00497818 in the 2022 cycle
Kind of activity Amount Candidates Transactions
Contributions to candidates $49,800 32 34
Distinct candidates involved No combined total 32

Every recipient

Every candidate this committee gave to or spent on in the 2022 cycle, sorted by amount with ties broken by FEC candidate ID so the order is the same on every request. Each row links to that candidate's own page, where the same money appears from their side. Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Aug 16, 2026.

MyRepTracker reads these amounts from what the giving and spending committees filed. A candidate's own summary of what they received often differs, which is normal and is explained on the candidate's page; it is not a reason to doubt this committee's own filing, and nothing here is adjusted to make the two agree.

Every candidate below has a recorded party, office, and state, so no filter hides rows for missing data.

All 32 shown $49,800 total
Every candidate receiving activity from committee C00497818 in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Rank Candidate Activity Office Party State Amount Share Transactions Latest activity Coverage
1 Bruce Poliquin H4ME02234 Contribution to the campaign House district 2 Republican ME $4,000 8.0% 3 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
2 Andy Barr H0KY06104 Contribution to the campaign House district 6 Republican KY $2,900 5.8% 1 Jul 1, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
3 Neal P. Dunn H6FL02208 Contribution to the campaign House district 2 Republican FL $2,900 5.8% 1 Aug 8, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
4 Ashley Hinson H0IA01174 Contribution to the campaign House district 1 Republican IA $2,000 4.0% 1 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
5 Esther King H0IL17083 Contribution to the campaign House district 17 Republican IL $2,000 4.0% 1 Dec 7, 2021 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
6 Amanda Adkins H0KS03236 Contribution to the campaign House district 3 Republican KS $2,000 4.0% 1 Dec 7, 2021 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
7 Thomas H. Kean, Jr. H0NJ07261 Contribution to the campaign House district 7 Republican NJ $2,000 4.0% 1 Dec 7, 2021 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
8 Wesley Hunt H0TX07170 Contribution to the campaign House district 7 Republican TX $2,000 4.0% 1 Dec 7, 2021 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
9 Monica De La Cruz H0TX15124 Contribution to the campaign House district 15 Republican TX $2,000 4.0% 1 Dec 7, 2021 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
10 Derrick Van Orden H0WI03175 Contribution to the campaign House district 3 Republican WI $2,000 4.0% 1 Dec 7, 2021 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
11 Jennifer-Ruth Green H2IN01172 Contribution to the campaign House district 1 Republican IN $2,000 4.0% 1 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
12 Madison Gilbert H2OH09163 Contribution to the campaign House district 9 Republican OH $2,000 4.0% 1 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
13 Mariannette Miller-Meeks H8IA02043 Contribution to the campaign House district 2 Republican IA $2,000 4.0% 1 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
14 J.D. Vance S2OH00436 Contribution to the campaign Senate Republican OH $2,000 4.0% 1 Aug 26, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
15 Anna Paulina Luna H0FL13158 Contribution to the campaign House district 13 Republican FL $1,000 2.0% 1 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
16 Steven M. Palazzo H0MS04120 Contribution to the campaign House district 4 Republican MS $1,000 2.0% 1 Jun 16, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
17 George Santos H0NY03083 Contribution to the campaign House district 3 Republican NY $1,000 2.0% 1 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
18 Nancy Mace H0SC01394 Contribution to the campaign House district 1 Republican SC $1,000 2.0% 1 Sep 24, 2021 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
19 John S. Duarte H2CA13131 Contribution to the campaign House district 13 Republican CA $1,000 2.0% 1 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
20 George Logan H2CT05222 Contribution to the campaign House district 5 Republican CT $1,000 2.0% 1 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
21 Chris West H2GA02155 Contribution to the campaign House district 2 Republican GA $1,000 2.0% 1 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
22 Regan Deering H2IL13179 Contribution to the campaign House district 13 Republican IL $1,000 2.0% 1 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
23 Karoline Leavitt H2NH01270 Contribution to the campaign House district 1 Republican NH $1,000 2.0% 1 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
24 Mark Robertson H2NV03153 Contribution to the campaign House district 3 Republican NV $1,000 2.0% 1 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
25 Anthony D’Esposito H2NY04277 Contribution to the campaign House district 4 Republican NY $1,000 2.0% 1 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
26 Marcus J. Molinaro H2NY19127 Contribution to the campaign House district 19 Republican NY $1,000 2.0% 1 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
27 Brandon Williams H2NY22212 Contribution to the campaign House district 22 Republican NY $1,000 2.0% 1 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
28 Mayra Flores H2TX34113 Contribution to the campaign House district 34 Republican TX $1,000 2.0% 1 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
29 Yesli Vega H2VA07261 Contribution to the campaign House district 7 Republican VA $1,000 2.0% 1 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
30 Maria Elvira Salazar H8FL27185 Contribution to the campaign House district 27 Republican FL $1,000 2.0% 1 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
31 Michael Guest H8MS03125 Contribution to the campaign House district 3 Republican MS $1,000 2.0% 1 Jun 16, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
32 Steve Chabot H8OH01043 Contribution to the campaign House district 1 Republican OH $1,000 2.0% 1 Jun 29, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022

Contributions to candidates

Money this committee gave to candidates' authorized campaign committees out of its own funds. This is a contribution the campaign received and reported; it is not outside spending.

Top 10 of 32 shown $49,800 total · $23,800 shown here
Contributions to candidates by committee C00497818 in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Rank Candidate Office Party State Amount Share Transactions Latest activity Coverage
1 Bruce Poliquin H4ME02234 House district 2 Republican ME $4,000 8.0% 3 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
2 Andy Barr H0KY06104 House district 6 Republican KY $2,900 5.8% 1 Jul 1, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
3 Neal P. Dunn H6FL02208 House district 2 Republican FL $2,900 5.8% 1 Aug 8, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
4 Ashley Hinson H0IA01174 House district 1 Republican IA $2,000 4.0% 1 Nov 4, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
5 Esther King H0IL17083 House district 17 Republican IL $2,000 4.0% 1 Dec 7, 2021 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
6 Amanda Adkins H0KS03236 House district 3 Republican KS $2,000 4.0% 1 Dec 7, 2021 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
7 Thomas H. Kean, Jr. H0NJ07261 House district 7 Republican NJ $2,000 4.0% 1 Dec 7, 2021 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
8 Wesley Hunt H0TX07170 House district 7 Republican TX $2,000 4.0% 1 Dec 7, 2021 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
9 Monica De La Cruz H0TX15124 House district 15 Republican TX $2,000 4.0% 1 Dec 7, 2021 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
10 Derrick Van Orden H0WI03175 House district 3 Republican WI $2,000 4.0% 1 Dec 7, 2021 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
Show all 32 in the complete table →

How the 2022 cycle's activity was distributed

Each kind of activity is distributed on its own. Contributions and independent expenditures are never combined into one distribution, because the two are not the same kind of money. Every bar below repeats its amount, share, and candidate count as text in the same row.

Contributions to candidates

$49,800 across 32 candidates in the 2022 cycle, covering filings through Dec 31, 2022. Every share below is a share of that amount, and no other kind of activity is included in it.

By the recipient's party

Contributions to candidates distributed by the recipient candidate's party
Party Amount Share Candidates
Republican $49,800 100.0% 32
Total $49,800 100%

By office and chamber

Contributions to candidates distributed by the office the recipient candidate sought
Office Amount Share Candidates
House $47,800 96.0% 31
Senate $2,000 4.0% 1
Total $49,800 100%

By the candidate's state

Top 12 of 20 shown. The complete list is in the recipient table above, which can be filtered by the same values.

Contributions to candidates distributed by the recipient candidate's state
State Amount Share Candidates
OH $5,000 10.0% 3
TX $5,000 10.0% 3
FL $4,900 9.8% 3
IA $4,000 8.0% 2
ME $4,000 8.0% 1
NY $4,000 8.0% 4
IL $3,000 6.0% 2
KY $2,900 5.8% 1
IN $2,000 4.0% 1
KS $2,000 4.0% 1
MS $2,000 4.0% 2
NJ $2,000 4.0% 1
Total $49,800 100%

A distribution covering candidates from more than one party is a fact about where the money went. It is not evidence of a motive, a strategy, or an agreement, and this page does not suggest one.

Activity over time

Each kind of activity by the month the FEC records date it to, across the 2022 cycle, covering filings through Dec 31, 2022. Bars are drawn from a zero baseline against one shared scale of $23,000, so the series are directly comparable, and every value is repeated in its own row. Each series adds up to the same total as its section above.

Contributions to candidates

$49,800 placed by month.

Contributions to candidates by month in the 2022 cycle
Month Amount Transactions
Sep 2021 $1,000 1
Dec 2021 $14,000 7
Jun 2022 $4,000 4
Jul 2022 $2,900 1
Aug 2022 $4,900 2
Nov 2022 $23,000 19
Date not reported $0
Total for the cycle $49,800

Money moved to and from affiliated committees

A transfer moves money that has already been raised, between committees the FEC treats as affiliated. It is not a contribution and it is not new money, so none of it is counted anywhere else on this page. Both committees file their own record of the same transfer; the rows below are only this committee's own filings, and the counterparty's version is on its page rather than added here.

Transfers in from affiliated committees

$105,754 across 10 transfers this committee reported receiving, largest first.

Transfers in reported by committee C00497818 in the 2022 cycle
Date From To Amount Filing
Sep 30, 2022 BRAD WENSTRUP VICTORY FUND C00617480 PATRIOT FUND C00497818 $39,342 FEC filing ↗
Dec 21, 2021 BRAD WENSTRUP VICTORY FUND C00617480 PATRIOT FUND C00497818 $18,197 FEC filing ↗
Jun 21, 2022 BRAD WENSTRUP VICTORY FUND C00617480 PATRIOT FUND C00497818 $10,848 FEC filing ↗
Jun 22, 2021 BRAD WENSTRUP VICTORY FUND C00617480 PATRIOT FUND C00497818 $7,242 FEC filing ↗
Jun 22, 2021 BRAD WENSTRUP VICTORY FUND C00617480 PATRIOT FUND C00497818 $7,242 FEC filing ↗
Jun 21, 2022 BRAD WENSTRUP VICTORY FUND C00617480 PATRIOT FUND C00497818 $6,769 FEC filing ↗
Dec 21, 2021 BRAD WENSTRUP VICTORY FUND C00617480 PATRIOT FUND C00497818 $5,960 FEC filing ↗
Sep 22, 2021 BRAD WENSTRUP VICTORY FUND C00617480 PATRIOT FUND C00497818 $5,047 FEC filing ↗
Sep 22, 2021 BRAD WENSTRUP VICTORY FUND C00617480 PATRIOT FUND C00497818 $5,047 FEC filing ↗
Jan 26, 2021 BUCKEYE JOINT FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE C00628271 PATRIOT FUND C00497818 $60 FEC filing ↗

Filings behind these figures

Every amount on this page was reported on a filing. These are those filings. 25 of 31 are in force for the 2022 cycle; the other 6 were replaced by a later version and are kept here so the correction history stays readable. A superseded filing contributes to no total, ranking, or comparison anywhere on this site.

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All 31 filings shown

Filings for the 2022 cycle, newest coverage period first
Filing Coverage Filed Version Document
House or Senate campaign report (Form 3) YEAR-END 2022 · filing 1688792 Nov 29, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022 Feb 14, 2023 In force, and itself an amendment amendment 1 At the FEC ↗
House or Senate campaign report (Form 3) YEAR-END 2022 · filing 1684126 Nov 29, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022 Jan 31, 2023 Superseded by filing 1688792 Counted toward nothing on this site. At the FEC ↗
House or Senate campaign report (Form 3) POST-GENERAL 2022 · filing 1693049 Oct 20, 2022 to Nov 28, 2022 Mar 14, 2023 In force, and itself an amendment amendment 1 At the FEC ↗
House or Senate campaign report (Form 3) POST-GENERAL 2022 · filing 1669966 Oct 20, 2022 to Nov 28, 2022 Dec 8, 2022 Superseded by filing 1693049 Counted toward nothing on this site. At the FEC ↗
House or Senate campaign report (Form 3) PRE-GENERAL 2022 · filing 1653945 Oct 1, 2022 to Oct 19, 2022 Oct 27, 2022 In force At the FEC ↗
House or Senate campaign report (Form 3) OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2022 · filing 1667785 Jul 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022 Dec 8, 2022 In force, and itself an amendment amendment 1 At the FEC ↗
House or Senate campaign report (Form 3) OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2022 · filing 1640064 Jul 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022 Oct 14, 2022 Superseded by filing 1667785 Counted toward nothing on this site. At the FEC ↗
House or Senate campaign report (Form 3) JULY QUARTERLY 2022 · filing 1621532 Apr 14, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 Aug 4, 2022 In force, and itself an amendment amendment 1 At the FEC ↗
House or Senate campaign report (Form 3) JULY QUARTERLY 2022 · filing 1615432 Apr 14, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 Jul 15, 2022 Superseded by filing 1621532 Counted toward nothing on this site. At the FEC ↗
House or Senate campaign report (Form 3) PRE-PRIMARY 2022 · filing 1589863 Apr 1, 2022 to Apr 13, 2022 Apr 21, 2022 In force At the FEC ↗
House or Senate campaign report (Form 3) APRIL QUARTERLY 2022 · filing 1589305 Jan 1, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022 Apr 20, 2022 In force, and itself an amendment amendment 1 At the FEC ↗
House or Senate campaign report (Form 3) APRIL QUARTERLY 2022 · filing 1585380 Jan 1, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022 Apr 15, 2022 Superseded by filing 1589305 Counted toward nothing on this site. At the FEC ↗
House or Senate campaign report (Form 3) YEAR-END 2021 · filing 1563925 Oct 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021 Jan 31, 2022 In force At the FEC ↗
House or Senate campaign report (Form 3) OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2021 · filing 1543576 Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021 Oct 15, 2021 In force At the FEC ↗
House or Senate campaign report (Form 3) JULY QUARTERLY 2021 · filing 1525804 Apr 1, 2021 to Jun 30, 2021 Jul 14, 2021 In force At the FEC ↗
House or Senate campaign report (Form 3) APRIL QUARTERLY 2021 · filing 1511233 Jan 1, 2021 to Mar 31, 2021 Apr 15, 2021 In force At the FEC ↗
48-hour notice of contributions or loans (Form 6) 48-HOUR NOTICE OF CONTRIBUTIONS OR LOANS RECEIVED 2022 · filing 1667799 No coverage period reported Dec 8, 2022 In force, and itself an amendment amendment 1 At the FEC ↗
48-hour notice of contributions or loans (Form 6) 48-HOUR NOTICE OF CONTRIBUTIONS OR LOANS RECEIVED 2022 · filing 1659797 No coverage period reported Nov 5, 2022 Superseded by filing 1667799 Counted toward nothing on this site. At the FEC ↗
48-hour notice of contributions or loans (Form 6) 48-HOUR NOTICE OF CONTRIBUTIONS OR LOANS RECEIVED 2022 · filing 1657756 No coverage period reported Nov 1, 2022 In force At the FEC ↗
48-hour notice of contributions or loans (Form 6) 48-HOUR NOTICE OF CONTRIBUTIONS OR LOANS RECEIVED 2022 · filing 1656536 No coverage period reported Oct 30, 2022 In force At the FEC ↗
48-hour notice of contributions or loans (Form 6) 48-HOUR NOTICE OF CONTRIBUTIONS OR LOANS RECEIVED 2022 · filing 1655907 No coverage period reported Oct 28, 2022 In force At the FEC ↗
48-hour notice of contributions or loans (Form 6) 48-HOUR NOTICE OF CONTRIBUTIONS OR LOANS RECEIVED 2022 · filing 1650878 No coverage period reported Oct 26, 2022 In force At the FEC ↗
48-hour notice of contributions or loans (Form 6) 48-HOUR NOTICE OF CONTRIBUTIONS OR LOANS RECEIVED 2022 · filing 1648481 No coverage period reported Oct 24, 2022 In force At the FEC ↗
48-hour notice of contributions or loans (Form 6) 48-HOUR NOTICE OF CONTRIBUTIONS OR LOANS RECEIVED 2022 · filing 1647232 No coverage period reported Oct 22, 2022 In force At the FEC ↗
48-hour notice of contributions or loans (Form 6) 48-HOUR NOTICE OF CONTRIBUTIONS OR LOANS RECEIVED 2022 · filing 1591232 No coverage period reported Apr 30, 2022 In force At the FEC ↗
48-hour notice of contributions or loans (Form 6) 48-HOUR NOTICE OF CONTRIBUTIONS OR LOANS RECEIVED 2022 · filing 1591104 No coverage period reported Apr 29, 2022 In force At the FEC ↗
48-hour notice of contributions or loans (Form 6) 48-HOUR NOTICE OF CONTRIBUTIONS OR LOANS RECEIVED 2022 · filing 1590837 No coverage period reported Apr 28, 2022 In force At the FEC ↗
48-hour notice of contributions or loans (Form 6) 48-HOUR NOTICE OF CONTRIBUTIONS OR LOANS RECEIVED 2022 · filing 1590217 No coverage period reported Apr 24, 2022 In force At the FEC ↗
48-hour notice of contributions or loans (Form 6) 48-HOUR NOTICE OF CONTRIBUTIONS OR LOANS RECEIVED 2022 · filing 1590057 No coverage period reported Apr 22, 2022 In force At the FEC ↗
48-hour notice of contributions or loans (Form 6) 48-HOUR NOTICE OF CONTRIBUTIONS OR LOANS RECEIVED 2022 · filing 1587565 No coverage period reported Apr 17, 2022 In force At the FEC ↗
Statement of organization (Form 1) filing 1506184 No coverage period reported Mar 24, 2021 In force, and itself an amendment amendment 4 At the FEC ↗

What the FEC asked about these filings

1 request for additional information was sent about the 2022 cycle's filings. These are routine correspondence between the FEC and committees, they say nothing about whether anything was wrong, and no amount, ranking, or comparison on this site is affected by them.

Request for additional information

The FEC asked this committee for more information about the POST-GENERAL 2022 report (filing 1669966), covering Oct 20, 2022 to Nov 28, 2022, on Feb 7, 2023. A request for additional information asks a committee to clarify or correct something in a report. It is not a violation, an enforcement action, or a finding that anything was wrong, and nothing on this page is ranked, scored, or adjusted because of it.

An amendment to the same report was filed afterwards, on Mar 14, 2023 (filing 1693049). The FEC does not publish whether the two are connected, so this is the order the dates fall in and nothing more.

FEC request type 2, published as the FEC's own code and not translated here. Read the request at the FEC ↗

What these numbers mean

A contribution is not an independent expenditure
A contribution is money a committee gave to a candidate's own campaign committee, which the campaign received and reported. An independent expenditure is money spent about a candidate without coordinating with them; the campaign never received or controlled it. The Federal Election Commission treats these as different activities, and so does this page.
Money forwarded through a conduit was given by individuals
Some committees exist to transmit contributions that individual donors earmarked for a campaign. The FEC records name the conduit as the filer, but the donors are people, and the conduit did not give the money.
This page reads the giving side
Every amount here comes from what the giving or spending committee filed. A candidate's own summary of what they received is a separate record, made at a different time, and the two routinely differ. Neither is a correction of the other, and MyRepTracker does not adjust either one.
Coverage is the candidates MyRepTracker follows
These pages are built from the FEC records of the federal candidates in MyRepTracker's coverage. A committee may have given to candidates outside that coverage, so the recipients here are the complete list within it, not necessarily everything the committee did.
A committee ID is the identity
Committees are renamed and their registrations change between cycles. This page is keyed to the FEC committee ID, so an old name reaches the same page, and the registration shown is the one filed for the cycle you are viewing.
A transfer is not a contribution
Money moved between affiliated committees was raised once and is being moved. It is never counted as money raised or as money given to a candidate, and the sending and receiving committees each file their own record of it, so a total that added both sides would report the same money twice.
A superseded filing is kept, and counted toward nothing
An amendment replaces a report rather than adjusting it, so exactly one filing is in force for each committee and coverage period. The filing ledger lists the replaced versions too, because the correction history is worth being able to read, and none of them contributes to any amount, ranking, or comparison here.
A request for additional information is not a finding
The FEC routinely asks committees to clarify or correct something in a report. A request is correspondence, not a violation, an enforcement action, or a judgement about the committee, and nothing on this page is ranked, scored, or adjusted because one was sent.
A leadership PAC is not a campaign committee
A leadership PAC is established or controlled by a candidate or officeholder to support other candidates, and is separate from their own campaign. Its receipts are not their campaign's receipts and its contributions are not their campaign's contributions. Where a sponsor is named here, the FEC published that sponsor's own candidate ID on the committee's record; no sponsor is ever matched by name.

Source: Federal Election Commission ↗. MyRepTracker ingests FEC records directly and does not add its own influence, risk, or corruption score.