Super PAC · AZ · C00928390
Defending Our Values PAC
Treasurer: M'Liss Hadley. Connected organization: Jobs and Democracy PAC. View on FEC.gov (opens in a new tab)
Tracked under: AI & data centers
- Raised (2025-26)$8,406,068
- Spent$7,773,197
- Cash on hand$632,871
- Outside spending$7,880,855
Raised, spent and cash on hand through reports covering Sept. 30, 2026. Outside spending from FEC filings through Oct. 30, 2026.
Donors and outside spending
- Raised from its largest donors
- Outside spending for
- Outside spending against
Left: what the group raised, from reports through Sept. 30, 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
- Carlos De La Cruz (R) (opens in a new tab)House · TX-35
- Celeste Maloy (R) (opens in a new tab)House · UT-03
- Rhett Marques (R) (opens in a new tab)House · AL-02
- Alex Mealer (R) (opens in a new tab)House · TX-09
- Scott Singer (R) (opens in a new tab)House · FL-25
- Kevin Hern (R) (opens in a new tab)Senate · OK
- John Cowan (R) (opens in a new tab)House · GA-11
- Daniel John Franzese (R) (opens in a new tab)House · FL-25
- Pete Ricketts (R) (opens in a new tab)Senate · NE
- Briscoe Rowell Cain III (R) (opens in a new tab)House · TX-09
Outside spending includes $815,971 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.
| Donor | Type | Contributions | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public First Action, INC | Organization | 5 | $4,918,584 |
| Public First Action | Organization | 2 | $3,016,484 |
| Public First | PAC | 1 | $300,000 |
| Jan Leike | Person | 1 | $100,000 |
| Todor Mihaylov Markov | Person | 1 | $50,000 |
| WFW Action Fund INC | PAC | 1 | $10,000 |
| Peter Lofgren | Person | 1 | $5,000 |
| Donovan Liam | Person | 1 | $5,000 |
| Matthew Fisher | Person | 1 | $1,000 |
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.
| Contributor | Type | From | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public First Action, INC | Organization | Washington, DC | July 16, 2026 | $3,000,000 |
| Public First Action | Organization | Washington, DC | April 16, 2026 | $3,000,000 |
| Public First Action, INC | Organization | Washington, DC | Feb. 24, 2026 | $1,500,000 |
| Public First Action, INC | Organization | Washington, DC | Feb. 17, 2026 | $350,000 |
| Public First | PAC | Washington, DC | Feb. 11, 2026 | $300,000 |
| Jan LeikeResearcher, Anthropic | Person | San Francisco, CA | Feb. 23, 2026 | $100,000 |
| Todor Mihaylov MarkovResearch Scientist, Meta Superintelligence Labs | Person | San Francisco, CA | May 13, 2026 | $50,000 |
| Public First Action, INC | Organization | Washington, DC | Dec. 24, 2025 | $50,000 |
| Public First Action, INC | Organization | Washington, DC | June 30, 2026 | $18,584 |
| Public First Action | Organization | Washington, DC | April 30, 2026 | $16,484 |
| WFW Action Fund INC | PAC | Washington, DC | Feb. 18, 2026 | $10,000 |
| Peter LofgrenMember of Technical Staff, Anthropic | Person | Burlingame, CA | March 28, 2026 | $5,000 |
| Donovan LiamTrader, Self Employed | Person | Forest Hills, NY | March 19, 2026 | $5,000 |
| Matthew FisherResearch Scientist, Adobe | Person | Burlingame, CA | March 31, 2026 | $1,000 |
See every contribution to Defending Our Values PAC on FEC.gov (opens in a new tab). Contributions of $200 or less aren’t listed by name.