WISCONSIN TRUTH PAC — $30.1 million in FEC Super PAC receipts

Almost all of $30.1 million reported spent

Disbursements of $29,897,625.26 sit $161,574.74 below receipts of $30,059,200.00 — about 99.5% spend-through. WISCONSIN TRUTH PAC is a near-empty-the-register Super PAC in this aggregate, unlike committees that hold a large gap between inflows and outflows.

Near-equal totals still do not split ads from overhead. The $29.9 million disbursement line is a Form 3X bucket. Independent-expenditure targets, if any, are on FEC schedules, not in this packet.

Cite the packet facts in this order: $30,059,200.00 received, $29,897,625.26 disbursed, $29,899,200.00 individual, treasurer Sara Diehr, Houston, Texas, committee C00804104. About 99.5% spend-through sits next to a 99.5% individual share. Wisconsin is the name. Houston is the form. The individual line and the disbursement line sit within a few thousand dollars.

Truth is branding. LobbyVault does not certify it. Independent-expenditure-only status means federal Super PAC filings, not Wisconsin state campaign-finance totals. Houston as the address of record does not confine independent expenditures to Texas. Keep $30,059,200.00 off of candidate Form 3 ledgers. Near-equal totals are not proof the committee is terminated.

Individual contributions of $29.9 million

Individual contributions of $29,899,200.00 are about 99.5% of receipts. The individual line ($29,899,200.00) and the disbursement line ($29,897,625.26) also sit within a few thousand dollars of each other. That coincidence is a filing observation. It does not prove that individual gifts were spent dollar-for-dollar on a single project.

Donor names are not in this packet. Super PAC rules allow large individual contributions. A 99.5% individual share is category mix, not average check size.

Form 3X is the report family behind WISCONSIN TRUTH PAC's $30,059,200.00 receipt total and $29,897,625.26 disbursement total. Those two lines produce about 99.5% spend-through on committee C00804104. Individual contributions of $29,899,200.00 are about 99.5% of receipts. Treasurer Sara Diehr and the Houston, TX, address of record identify the Super PAC on FEC.gov. Independent-expenditure-only status means these figures are not a candidate's Form 3 campaign report. They are not cash on hand. They are not an endorsement. Open the committee overlay for the tables, the Super PAC tracker for other type-O committees, and the PAC directory when the name collides. Stay inside those three links.

Wisconsin branding, Houston filing address

The FEC name of record is WISCONSIN TRUTH PAC. City and state of record are Houston, Texas. Treasurer of record is Sara Diehr. Committee ID is C00804104. Name geography and filing geography disagree. Neither field lists the races where independent expenditures ran.

Houston as the address of record does not confine activity to Texas. Wisconsin in the name does not confine activity to Wisconsin. Super PAC IE filings are federal and can name contests in any state the committee reports.

Truth is a name word, not a LobbyVault finding

The word truth is part of the committee name. LobbyVault does not certify truth. Independent-expenditure-only status is the Super PAC flag. Citeable facts are $30,059,200.00 received, $29,897,625.26 disbursed, $29,899,200.00 individual, plus treasurer Sara Diehr and Houston, Texas.

No voting advice follows. Public records describe what C00804104 reported.

Using the tracker without mixing form types

Keep these totals on the Form 3X Super PAC side. Do not add them to a Senate or House candidate's Form 3 receipts. The WISCONSIN TRUTH PAC committee page holds the overlay tables. The Super PAC tracker and PAC directory are the other packet links. The distinctive pattern here is 99.5% spend-through plus a Houston address on a Wisconsin-named committee.

Houston filings on a Wisconsin-named committee

WISCONSIN TRUTH PAC files as C00804104 with Sara Diehr as treasurer in Houston, Texas. Wisconsin is in the name. Texas is on the form. Super PAC independent expenditures are federal and can name contests in either state or neither. This packet does not list those contests.

About 99.5% spend-through ($29,897,625.26 of $30,059,200.00) sits next to individual contributions of $29,899,200.00. The individual line and the disbursement line are within a few thousand dollars. That coincidence is a filing observation, not proof that each individual gift was spent dollar-for-dollar on one project.

Truth is a name word. LobbyVault does not certify truth. Independent-expenditure-only status means Form 3X, not a candidate campaign and not Wisconsin state campaign-finance totals. Keep $30,059,200.00 off of authorized-committee ledgers.

Use the WISCONSIN TRUTH PAC committee page, the Super PAC tracker, and the PAC directory. Public records describe what C00804104 reported. They do not describe what any voter should do.

Questions

How much has WISCONSIN TRUTH PAC raised and spent?

Receipts are $30,059,200.00 and disbursements are $29,897,625.26 for committee C00804104, about 99.5% spend-through. Individual contributions are $29,899,200.00. Treasurer of record is Sara Diehr.

Is WISCONSIN TRUTH PAC based in Wisconsin?

The committee name includes Wisconsin. The city and state of record are Houston, Texas. A name is not an address, and an address of record is not a spending map.

Is WISCONSIN TRUTH PAC a Super PAC?

Yes. It is flagged as independent-expenditure-only. Totals are federal Form 3X figures, not a candidate campaign report and not an endorsement.

Are receipts mostly from individuals?

Individual contributions are $29,899,200.00 of $30,059,200.00, about 99.5%. That is an FEC category share. Donor names are not in this packet.