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COMMON GROUND PAC

Receipts, contributions, spending, cash and connected records from Federal Election Commission filings.

Leadership PACDEMFEC C00538835
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Financial snapshot · 2025–2026 cycle

How much has COMMON GROUND PAC reported?

$2,105,351.24 received · $1,643,662.72 spent

Total receipts
$2,105,351

Money received this cycle

Total spending
$1,643,663

Reported disbursements

Cash on hand
$501,205

At the filing period’s end

Independent expenditures
$0

Included summary filings only

These are reported committee totals—not a measure of who benefited from every dollar. Candidate support and opposition appear separately in itemized spending records, which may cover later dates.

Through · Last successful import

Registration · not a corporate staff directory

Who is the committee’s reported treasurer?

MCCANDLISH, THOMAS W. is the treasurer listed for this political committee in the included FEC registration data.

This is the political committee’s treasurer—not necessarily the treasurer or finance director of an organization with a similar name. This record does not establish a current corporate or public-office appointment.

Registration data retrieved October 16, 2026. Check the FEC’s latest registration and filings ↗

Campaign money

Committee finance details

FEC COMMITTEE SUMMARY
2025–2026 federal-cycle totals through August 31, 2026.
MetricReported amountWhat it means
Total receipts$2,105,351.24All receipts reported by the committee for the cycle.
Individual contributions$1,282,368.51Contributions reported in the FEC individual-contribution category.
Other committee contributions$501,449.97Contributions received from other political committees.
Total disbursements$1,643,662.72All disbursements reported by the committee for the cycle.
Contributions to other committees$555,500.00Contributions the committee reported making to federal candidate committees.
Independent expenditures$0.00Spending expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate, made without coordination.
Cash on hand$501,205.16Cash reported at the end of the covered filing period.
Debts owed by committee$0.00Outstanding debts the committee reported owing.

Independent expenditures are distinct from contributions made directly to candidate committees.

Itemized political activity

Candidate giving and outside spending by COMMON GROUND PAC

FEC ITEMIZED DATA

The categories below remain separate: contributions go to a recipient committee; independent expenditures are outside activity reported as supporting or opposing a candidate.

Direct candidate contributions$263,000.0054 transactions
Coordinated party spending$0.000 transactions
Independent spending to support$0.000 transactions
Independent spending to oppose$0.000 transactions
Direct contribution

Money reported as given to a candidate or candidate committee. It enters the recipient committee’s campaign-finance record.

Coordinated party expenditure

Party spending reported in the FEC’s coordinated-expenditure category. It is separate from a direct contribution.

Independent expenditure

Outside spending expressly supporting or opposing a candidate. By definition, it is not made in coordination with the candidate or party.

Direct contributions by candidate

James R. Walkinshaw3 itemized transactions · latest Dec 18, 2025
$15,000.00FEC filing ↗
Adam Hamilton2 itemized transactions · latest Jun 26, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
Alexander Vindman2 itemized transactions · latest Jan 29, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
Ben Ray Luján2 itemized transactions · latest Apr 1, 2025
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
Beth Macy2 itemized transactions · latest Dec 18, 2025
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
Chris Pappas2 itemized transactions · latest Dec 3, 2025
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
Christopher A. Coons2 itemized transactions · latest Jun 9, 2025
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
Cory A. Booker2 itemized transactions · latest Sep 19, 2025
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
Edward J. Markey2 itemized transactions · latest Dec 10, 2025
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
Elaine Luria2 itemized transactions · latest Dec 18, 2025
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
Eugene Simon Vindman2 itemized transactions · latest Dec 18, 2025
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
Jack Reed2 itemized transactions · latest Mar 28, 2025
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗

Showing 12 of 30 groups, ordered by absolute reported amount. Totals include all accepted source rows.

Source: FEC contributions-from-committees-to-candidates and independent-expenditure bulk files, checked Oct 16, 2026. The totals shown here sum the itemized current-file rows displayed by category; they are not substituted for the committee’s official summary totals.

Money graph · dates, geography, and operating expenditures

How money moved through COMMON GROUND PAC

FEC ITEMIZED FILES

These panels show privacy-thresholded itemized individual-receipt activity and amendment-normalized operating expenditures. They are descriptive slices of filings—not a complete substitute for the official financial summary.

Itemized individual receipt activity over time

Monthly transaction activity from the FEC individual-contributions file. Current-cycle files can contain earlier-dated transactions; signed amendments, refunds, reattributions, and memo entries remain in the source-defined analysis.

20 calendar months · 20 published cells

Only committee/month cells with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published. A missing cell can reflect source absence or the privacy threshold; it does not mean zero activity. Published amounts are unchanged.

Source: FEC individual-contributions bulk file ↗, imported . This panel does not include PAC receipts.

Where itemized contributor addresses were reported

State is taken from the contributor address on the FEC row. It does not prove residence, citizenship, employer location, or the ultimate economic source of funds.

61.0% of published positive state-cell amounts outside Virginia
Virginia297 distinct reported contributors · 1,337 rows$239,468.0039.0%
New York39 distinct reported contributors · 99 rows$67,047.0010.9%
California53 distinct reported contributors · 119 rows$65,217.0010.6%
Massachusetts37 distinct reported contributors · 94 rows$61,000.009.9%
District of Columbia29 distinct reported contributors · 39 rows$37,164.006.1%
Maryland31 distinct reported contributors · 154 rows$33,526.005.5%
Florida16 distinct reported contributors · 25 rows$25,175.004.1%
Rhode Island8 distinct reported contributors · 42 rows$17,479.002.8%
Alabama5 distinct reported contributors · 43 rows$11,952.001.9%
Texas12 distinct reported contributors · 30 rows$8,245.001.3%
Colorado11 distinct reported contributors · 34 rows$7,775.001.3%
Connecticut5 distinct reported contributors · 26 rows$7,757.001.3%

Only committee/state groups with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published. Percentages divide by the sum of all positive published, privacy-thresholded committee/state cells, including cells beyond the top 12 shown. Zero and negative state cells are excluded from this denominator; these shares do not describe all contributions or all campaign receipts.

Source: FEC individual-contributions bulk file ↗, imported .

Reported operating-expenditure categories

FEC filer-selected categories from Schedule B operating expenditures. Memo-code X rows are excluded because the FEC says they are not included in the itemization total.

1 published categories
Category not reported338 current organization-payment rows$883,625.41

Top organization payees in operating expenditures

Organization payees only. Election.org excludes individual payees and conservatively normalizes names; similar names are not asserted to be one legal entity.

Browse vendor graph →
American Express20 current itemized payments · latest 2026-07-22
$197,525.01
Funding Solutions LLC21 current itemized payments · latest 2026-08-03
$172,500.00
Th Fundraising Consulting LLC23 current itemized payments · latest 2026-08-03
$121,043.57
Wheels Up Consulting LLC16 current itemized payments · latest 2026-08-03
$98,500.00
Salamander Resort2 current itemized payments · latest 2025-10-09
$79,291.02
Capitol Compliance Associates20 current itemized payments · latest 2026-07-21
$53,231.80
Actblue Technical Services102 current itemized payments · latest 2026-08-31
$47,990.60
Elias Law Group13 current itemized payments · latest 2026-07-21
$43,191.05
Dominion Payroll Service64 current itemized payments · latest 2026-08-28
$29,115.26
Mlt Strategic Fundraising LLC7 current itemized payments · latest 2026-08-24
$22,235.83
Open Fire Catering1 current itemized payment · latest 2025-12-30
$7,123.76
Susan Gage Caterers1 current itemized payment · latest 2025-08-08
$3,624.70
Amalgamated Bank19 current itemized payments · latest 2026-08-31
$2,574.00
Modern Artistic Koncepts2 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-15
$2,570.00
Intuit20 current itemized payments · latest 2026-08-27
$2,122.97

Source: FEC operating expenditures bulk file, checked 2026-10-16. These totals cover published current organization-payment rows after amendment normalization and are not equivalent to the committee’s total disbursements.

Official registration

Committee details

2026 CYCLE
Committee type
PAC — qualified · code Q
Designation
Leadership PAC · code D
Filing frequency
Monthly filer
Party affiliation
Democratic Party
Connected organization
KAINE
Treasurer
MCCANDLISH, THOMAS W.
Mailing address
1490-5A QUARTERPATH ROAD #272, WILLIAMSBURG VA 23185
FEC committee ID
C00538835
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