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CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

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

Lobbyist/registrant PACFEC C00262295
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Financial snapshot · 2025–2026 cycle

How much has CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE reported?

$418,930.04 received · $451,500.00 spent

Total receipts
$418,930

Money received this cycle

Total spending
$451,500

Reported disbursements

Cash on hand
$105,853

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?

COLE, KELLY MS. 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 September 30, 2026.
MetricReported amountWhat it means
Total receipts$418,930.04All receipts reported by the committee for the cycle.
Individual contributions$373,930.04Contributions reported in the FEC individual-contribution category.
Other committee contributions$43,500.00Contributions received from other political committees.
Total disbursements$451,500.00All disbursements reported by the committee for the cycle.
Contributions to other committees$451,500.00Contributions 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$105,853.45Cash 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 CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

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$323,000.00220 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

Brett Guthrie2 itemized transactions · latest Jun 23, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
Doris O. Matsui2 itemized transactions · latest Feb 4, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
Frank Pallone, Jr.2 itemized transactions · latest Feb 4, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
Richard Hudson2 itemized transactions · latest Feb 10, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
Jennifer L. McClellan3 itemized transactions · latest Jul 29, 2026
Robert Menendez3 itemized transactions · latest Jul 29, 2026
Troy A. Carter5 itemized transactions · latest Jul 29, 2026
Christopher A. Coons3 itemized transactions · latest Jun 23, 2026
Kathy Castor3 itemized transactions · latest Jul 29, 2026
Shelley Moore Capito4 itemized transactions · latest Jun 23, 2026
Robert E. Latta2 itemized transactions · latest Mar 24, 2026
Adam Smith2 itemized transactions · latest Jul 29, 2026

Showing 12 of 117 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 CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

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 · 19 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.

91.8% of published positive state-cell amounts outside District of Columbia
Virginia50 distinct reported contributors · 820 rows$87,338.0035.0%
Tennessee10 distinct reported contributors · 14 rows$56,500.0022.6%
Texas6 distinct reported contributors · 6 rows$30,000.0012.0%
Maryland22 distinct reported contributors · 360 rows$26,929.0010.8%
California5 distinct reported contributors · 5 rows$25,000.0010.0%
District of Columbia27 distinct reported contributors · 432 rows$20,541.008.2%
North Carolina5 distinct reported contributors · 5 rows$3,500.001.4%

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 .

Aggregated individual giving · privacy threshold applied

Reported employers among contributors to CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

FEC SCHEDULE A
This is not company money.

These totals combine itemized contributions from individuals who reported the same employer. They do not show that the employer directed, funded, or endorsed any contribution.

Asurion31 distinct reported contributors · 35 current itemized transactions
$151,000.00
Ctia65 distinct reported contributors · 1,100 current itemized transactions
$77,119.00
Ctia The Wireless Association37 distinct reported contributors · 536 current itemized transactions
$62,989.00
Carolina West Wirless6 distinct reported contributors · 6 current itemized transactions
$4,000.00

Only employer/recipient groups with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published, with at most 50 groups per recipient committee. Individual names and addresses are not included. Totals are net current-file amounts after amendment normalization and may include refunds, reattributions, or memo entries.

Official registration

Committee details

2026 CYCLE
Committee type
PAC — qualified · code Q
Designation
Lobbyist/registrant PAC · code B
Filing frequency
Monthly filer
Connected organization
CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION
Organization type
Trade association
Treasurer
COLE, KELLY MS.
Mailing address
1400 16TH STREET NW, SUITE 600, WASHINGTON DC 20036
FEC committee ID
C00262295
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