Direct answer
What did this FEC row report?
AB PAC reported $34,696.99 in independent-expenditure activity opposing Joe Mitchell. The filer supplied purpose text “Mail- Estimated Cost” and named payee Berni Consulting LLC.
Open official FEC filing ↗FEC independent expenditure · Iowa District 2
AB PAC
opposing Joe Mitchell
OPPOSE$34,696.99August 10, 2026
OPPOSE
Filer-supplied fields
Reported communication-spending record
- Spender
- AB PAC
- Spender FEC ID
- C00492140
- Named candidate
- Joe Mitchell
- Candidate FEC ID
- H6IA02237
- Reported position
- OPPOSE
- Amount
- $34,696.99
- Purpose text
- Mail- Estimated Cost
- Payee
- Berni Consulting LLC
- Expenditure date
- Not reported
- Dissemination date
- August 10, 2026
- Receipt date
- August 12, 2026
- Election type
- G
- Office
- H · Iowa District 2
- Candidate party
- REPUBLICAN PARTY
- FEC file number
- 2005869
- Transaction ID
- 501348764
- Amendment indicator
- N
- Election.org ID
- eop-ad-1euqtao
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Same exact FEC candidate ID
Other reported independent expenditures involving Joe Mitchell
OPPOSEYOUR COMMUNITY PAC$381,334.00 · Aug 18, 2026 →OPPOSEYOUR COMMUNITY PAC$100,000.00 · Aug 18, 2026 →OPPOSEYOUR COMMUNITY PAC$74,480.18 · Aug 18, 2026 →OPPOSEYOUR COMMUNITY PAC$15,914.10 · Aug 18, 2026 →OPPOSEAB PAC$5,179.80 · Aug 12, 2026 →OPPOSEAB PAC$56,000.00 · Aug 11, 2026 →OPPOSEAB PAC$16,583.00 · Aug 11, 2026 →OPPOSEAB PAC$1,822.50 · Aug 7, 2026 →
Same exact FEC spender ID
Other rows reported by AB PAC
OPPOSEVirginia Ann Foxx$26,088.24 · Aug 21, 2026 →OPPOSERob Bresnahan$25,419.42 · Aug 21, 2026 →OPPOSERichard L. Jr. Hudson$23,131.80 · Aug 19, 2026 →OPPOSECindy Hyde-Smith$181,412.00 · Aug 18, 2026 →OPPOSECindy Hyde-Smith$90,000.00 · Aug 18, 2026 →OPPOSERob Bresnahan$56,000.00 · Aug 18, 2026 →OPPOSEMax Miller$50,000.00 · Aug 18, 2026 →OPPOSEJeff Crank$43,000.00 · Aug 18, 2026 →