PAC Tracker 9/7
These tallies will cover all independent expenditures filed with the FEC to date in races I’m watching by the end of the day yesterday, September 6, and report new expenses filed with the FEC since the last PAC Tracker’s cutoff, August 31. Future editions will update the tallies and report new expenses only. As a reminder, this will be included in all subscription tiers.
CA-07 (only counting expenditures since the June 2 primary)
81-year-old Rep. Doris Matsui faces a stiff challenge from fellow Democrat Mai Vang, a Sacramento City Councilor running to Matsui’s left with the backing of Justice Democrats and an added message of generational change.
Total IEs: $200,000
Pro-Matsui: $200,000
CA-11 (only counting expenditures since the June 2 primary)
Left-NIMBY San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan and pro-tech right-YIMBY state Sen. Scott Wiener have produced the most cursed Democrat-on-Democrat election of the cycle; never change, San Francisco.
Total IEs: $655,362.74 | +$356,150.15
Pro-Wiener: $555,362.74 | +$256,150.15
Pro-Chan: $100,000 | +$100,000
- $127,387.15 in mailers and $34,650 in newspaper ads supporting Scott Wiener from Abundant Future
- $92,113 in digital ads and $2,000 in staff time supporting Scott Wiener from GrowUSA
- $50,000 in phone banking and $50,000 in canvassing supporting Connie Chan from SF For All/Working Families for San Francisco PAC
NH-Sen
Rep. Chris Pappas faces an under-resourced challenge from the left from Karishma Manzur, who has garnered little media attention and few endorsements.
Total IEs: $175,000 | +$175,000
Pro-Pappas: $175,000 | +$175,000
- $100,000 in phone banking supporting Chris Pappas from Defend the Vote
- $75,000 in text and phone banking supporting Chris Pappas from Equality PAC
NH-01
The top two candidates for outgoing Rep. Chris Pappas’s seat, Stefany Shaheen and Maura Sullivan, are as uninspiring as he is. Shaheen is the daughter of retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, and Sullivan is a repeat NH-01 candidate who was a centrist back when she first ran in 2018 and remains a centrist now. There are other progressives running campaigns with varying degrees of resources; we’ll see if any break through.
Total IEs: $10,320,276.77 | +$5,532,370.06
Anti-Shaheen: $902,133.69 | +$902,133.69
Pro-Shaheen: $2,656,688.82 | +$1,051,531.71
Anti-Sullivan: $2,830,497.19 | +$2,602,570.97
Pro-Sullivan: $3,861,957.07 | +$956,133.69
Pro-Beriont: $69,000 | +$20,000
- $490,025 in TV ads, $90,000 in digital ads, and $18,000 in production costs opposing Stefany Shaheen from Future Progress
- $300,000 in TV ads and $4,108.69 in production costs opposing Stefany Shaheen from VoteVets
- $47,250.94 in mailers supporting Stefany Shaheen from The No Kings PAC
- $752,400.89 in TV ads supporting Stefany Shaheen from American Democracy Committee
- $92,604.36 in phone banking supporting Stefany Shaheen from New Leadership PAC
- $132,800 in digital ads, $16,850.52 in mailers, and $9,625 in print ads supporting Stefany Shaheen from Article One PAC
- $2,050,000 in TV ads, $44,598.41 in mailers, and $239,128.90 in digital ads opposing Maura Sullivan from New Leadership PAC
- $268,843.66 in mailers opposing Maura Sullivan from VPP
- $300,000 in TV ads and $4,108.69 in production costs supporting Maura Sullivan from VoteVets
- $490,025 in TV ads, $90,000 in digital ads, and $22,000 in production costs supporting Maura Sullivan from Future Progress
- $50,000 in digital ads supporting Maura Sullivan from the Servant-Leader Fund
- $20,000 in digital ads supporting Carleigh Beriont from Live Free PAC