PaidForPolitics

Super PAC · DC · C00879965

Driving Force Action

Can raise unlimited money from people, companies and unions, and spend it on ads for or against candidates. It can’t give directly to campaigns or coordinate with them. Lobbyist/registrant PAC.

Treasurer: David Goch. Connected organization: Specialty Equipment Market Association & Performance Racing, INC.. View on FEC.gov

  • Raised (2025-26)
    $313,399
  • Spent
    $284,137
  • Cash on hand
    $46,361
  • Outside spending
    $284,284

Raised, spent and cash on hand through reports covering Oct. 14, 2026. Outside spending from FEC filings through Oct. 30, 2026.

Donors and outside spending

Specialty Equipment Market Asso…$29KPendergast Partners LLC$15KJohn Johnson$10KSteve Stolipher$1KDiane Shelton$500David Steger$254Everyone else$258KFor Mike Rogers (R)$130KFor Tom Barrett (R)$57KFor Derrick Van Orden (R)$45KFor Ryan Mackenzie (R)$32KFor Pete Ricketts (R)$20KDriving Force Action
  • Raised from its largest donors
  • Outside spending for
  • Outside spending against

Left: what the group raised, from reports through Oct. 14, 2026. Donors are ranked by what they gave among the group’s 100 largest contributions. “Everyone else” is the rest of what it raised; select it to see more donors. Right: its outside spending through Oct. 30, 2026, including 24- and 48-hour reports. The two sides come from different reports, so they don’t add up to each other.

Where its money went

  • Given: the group’s own contributions to the campaign
  • Bundled: donors’ contributions the group collected and forwarded
  • For: outside spending supporting
  • Against: outside spending opposing
  1. Mike Rogers (R)Senate · MI
    • For$130K
  2. Tom Barrett (R)House · MI-07
    • For$57K
  3. Derrick Van Orden (R)House · WI-03
    • For$45K
  4. Ryan Mackenzie (R)House · PA-07
    • For$32K
  5. Pete Ricketts (R)Senate · NE
    • For$20K

Bundled contributions (money donors route through a PAC to specific candidates) are broken out only for groups on our issue pages. Outside spending includes $284,284 from 24- and 48-hour reports, as filed, and matches our race pages.

Who funds it

Biggest donors by total given

Each donor’s contributions combined, among the group’s 100 largest this cycle, as of Oct. 31, 2026. A donor who gave many smaller amounts may be missing.

DonorTypeContributionsTotal
Specialty Equipment Market Association & Performance Racing INC.Organization6$28,778
Pendergast Partners LLCOrganization2$15,000
John JohnsonPerson1$10,000
Steve StolipherPerson1$1,250
Diane SheltonPerson1$500
David StegerPerson2$254
Bonnie TrzaskosPerson1$250
Catherine McCulloughPerson1$250
Andrew ColePerson1$250
Gabriel AlfredoPerson1$250

Largest single contributions

Largest single contributions this cycle, as of Oct. 31, 2026. Committees and organizations link to their own pages when they file with the FEC; an organization that doesn’t file won’t show its own donors here.

ContributorTypeFromDateAmount
Specialty Equipment Market Association & Performance Racing INC.OrganizationDiamond Bar, CAFeb. 28, 2025$12,000
Specialty Equipment Market Association & Performance Racing INC.OrganizationDiamond Bar, CAOct. 1, 2025$11,300
Pendergast Partners LLCOrganizationRowayton, CTOct. 21, 2025$10,000
John JohnsonManaging Partner, The Spartan GroupPersonPasadena, CADec. 3, 2025$10,000
Pendergast Partners LLCOrganizationRowayton, CTJan. 20, 2025$5,000
Specialty Equipment Market Association & Performance Racing INC.OrganizationDiamond Bar, CAFeb. 23, 2026$2,625
Specialty Equipment Market Association & Performance Racing INC.OrganizationDiamond Bar, CAJan. 20, 2026$1,575
Steve StolipherSenior Advisor, Oakcrest Commercial Real EstatPersonCharles Town, WVJan. 17, 2025$1,250
Specialty Equipment Market Association & Performance Racing INC.OrganizationDiamond Bar, CAAug. 2, 2025$900
Diane SheltonRetired, RetiredPersonLa Plata, MDJan. 20, 2025$500
Specialty Equipment Market Association & Performance Racing INC.OrganizationDiamond Bar, CAMay 26, 2025$378
Bonnie TrzaskosRetired, RetiredPersonPhoenix, AZJan. 17, 2025$250
David StegerConstruction Manager, Turner ConstructionPersonLa Plata, MDJan. 17, 2025$250
Catherine McCulloughConsultant, Meadowbrook SGRPersonNorth Potomac, MDJan. 13, 2025$250
Andrew ColeGovernment Relations, DC Advocacy, LLCPersonWashington, DCJan. 13, 2025$250
Gabriel AlfredoCEO, Gabriel Health InstitutePersonOrlando, FLJan. 20, 2025$250
David StegerConstruction Manager, Turner ConstructionPersonLa Plata, MDJan. 17, 2025$4

See every contribution to Driving Force Action on FEC.gov. Contributions of $200 or less aren’t listed by name.