Chain of custody receipt

Source #77355

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TitleFEC committee C00538835: Common Ground PAC
Original URLhttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00538835/
PublicationFederal Election Commission
Source typefec_record
Date2026-10-01
EntityCommon Ground PAC
Captured2026-10-01T07:31:07.027Z UTC
Hash computed at2026-10-01T07:31:07.027Z UTC
SHA-2568750c81822e1ccd931a43b76a1bc0efd18d34e8d6765da59ad515edfe0db5031
Content length4,457 bytes
Content preview (first 800 chars)
Federal Election Commission records for committee C00538835 (COMMON GROUND PAC).
Profile: committee_type=Q designation=D organization_type= connected_organization=KAINE party=DEM
Contributions to members' principal campaign committees (FEC Schedule A, as received by the recipient):
2026	2025-12-19	$5,000	to Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA) [C00856955]	line 11C
2026	2025-03-31	$5,000	to John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO) [C00716720]	line 11C
2026	2025-03-31	$5,000	to John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO) [C00716720]	line 11C
2026	2025-10-16	$5,000	to Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA) [C00829812]	line 11C
2026	2025-10-16	$5,000	to Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA) [C00829812]	line 11C
2026	2025-04-01	$5,000	to Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) [C00443689]	line 11C
2026	2025-04-01	$5,000	to Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) [C00443689]	line…

Verifying this receipt

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Companion machine-readable receipt: /source/77355/receipt.json