Super PAC · DC · C00884510

Battleground Democrats

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.

Treasurer: Jay Petterson. View on FEC.gov (opens in a new tab)

  • Raised (2025-26)
    $1,050,114
  • Spent
    $1,296,892
  • Cash on hand
    $79,330
  • Outside spending
    $58,000

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

Raymond L Cole$13KJanet Krasnican$1KLinda Holman$1KSally Davidson$500Deette Wirtanen$500Kenneth Appleton$500Everyone else$1.0MFor Bridget Brink (D)$58KBattleground Democrats
  • 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
    • For$58K

Bundled contributions (money donors route through a PAC to specific candidates) are broken out only for groups on our issue 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.

Biggest donors by total given
DonorTypeContributionsTotal
Cole, Raymond LPerson30$13,368
Janet KrasnicanPerson1$1,000
Linda HolmanPerson1$1,000
Sally DavidsonPerson1$500
Deette WirtanenPerson1$500
Kenneth AppletonPerson2$500
Clifford FrancoeurPerson2$490
Panela CulpPerson1$300
Carol MoerkePerson2$300
Whoopi GoldbergPerson1$250
Eric WernerPerson1$250
Elizabeth ReichPerson1$250
Carol Vander MeerPerson1$200
Cheryl KreiterPerson1$200
Neil BirkhimerPerson1$140
Jean TarantinoPerson1$100
Elizabeth G SpomerPerson1$100
Rhonda SooferPerson1$100

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.

Largest contributions received this cycle
ContributorTypeFromDateAmount
Cole, Raymond LNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonHillsborough, NJFeb. 2, 2025$1,500
Oldach, AnneArts Administrator, DiaePersonWilmington, DEJan. 15, 2025$1,000
Egan, JohnNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonNew York, NYFeb. 18, 2025$1,000
Janet KrasnicanNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonBethesda, MDAug. 12, 2025$1,000
Linda HolmanNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonJenks, OKJuly 19, 2025$1,000
Booth, Martha CNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonFrankfort, KYMarch 17, 2025$987
Patterson, MarilynNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonBorger, TXFeb. 27, 2025$900
Sonntag, PaulNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonKaysville, UTFeb. 27, 2025$500
Raizman, DorothyNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonLigonier, PAMarch 21, 2025$500
Raizman, DorothyNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonLigonier, PAFeb. 21, 2025$500
Raizman, DorothyNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonLigonier, PAJan. 21, 2025$500
Polkoski, ThereseNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonSouth Range, WIMarch 10, 2025$500
Penhoet, CamilleNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonCarmel Valley, CAJune 5, 2025$500
Mercuri, MichaelBoard Member, Sram CorpPersonJackson, WYFeb. 5, 2025$500
McMorrow, J BrendanNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonFreeport, MEFeb. 20, 2025$500
Holzman, JoyceNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonHurley, NYMay 14, 2025$500
Davis, GNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonMelbourne, FLJune 28, 2025$500
Davidson, SallyNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonWashington, DCJune 10, 2025$500
Barr, JeromeNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonCorona DL Mar, CAFeb. 17, 2025$500
Sally DavidsonNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonWashington, DCApril 2, 2026$500

See every contribution to Battleground Democrats on FEC.gov (opens in a new tab). Contributions of $200 or less aren’t listed by name.