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PACs › PAC (qualified) › 2025–2026
Telecom & cablePhone, internet and cable companies and their associations.Business › Tech & communicationsPlaced by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.
PAC (qualified)Lobbyist/registrant PACCorporationWashington, District of ColumbiaActive
Connected organization: Dish Network Corp.
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026 · FEC bulk filing data · committee C00330647 · files monthly
No published list of positions
Each part reads different filings, so counts and totals can differ.
Direct PAC contributions and independent expenditures explicitly reported as support, by the party of the candidate they went to.
| Party of the candidate | Candidates | Direct | Independent | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 14 | $68,500 | $0 | $68,500 | 54% |
| Republican | 15 | $54,500 | $0 | $54,500 | 43% |
| Other or unresolved | 2 | $3,500 | $0 | $3,500 | 2.8% |
| Shown support | 31 | $126,500 | $0 | $126,500 | 100% |
Contributions are reported money, not endorsements; a PAC giving to both parties is common.
Every contribution on line 23 of the committee’s own Schedule B, which is the filing its summary totals are built from. That line covers federal candidates, party committees and other political committees alike, so a super PAC funding other super PACs appears here rather than under candidate giving.
| Recipient | Count | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic candidates | 14 | $68.5K · 17% |
| Republican candidates | 15 | $54.5K · 14% |
| Other or unresolved candidates | 2 | $3.5K · 0.9% |
| Republican party committees | 1 | $30K · 7.6% |
| Other party committees | 3 | $95K · 24% |
| Other PACs and committees | 29 | $143K · 36% |
| All recipients | 64 | $394.5K |
| State | Candidates | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 4 | $27.5K |
| Colorado | 5 | $17.5K |
| New Jersey | 2 | $12.5K |
| Kentucky | 1 | $10K |
| Massachusetts | 2 | $7.5K |
| New York | 1 | $6K |
| Alaska | 1 | $5K |
| Ohio | 1 | $5K |
The largest 8 of 20 states.
Candidate contribution rows come from candidate committee Schedule A filings, the same rows the party chart above counts.
Money moving between this committee and other committees, matched on FEC committee ID rather than the name each filing was typed under. Both sides exclude memo entries. The figures here count each committee once, from the itemized transfers read for this section, so they will not match the payment counts under Who this PAC gave to.
Committees that reported giving to this one on their own Schedule A filings, grouped by the giver’s committee ID.
No committee-to-committee receipts were itemized this cycle.
Disbursements this committee itemized to another committee: candidate contributions, party transfers and payments alike, not contributions only.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| Party committee (qualified) · Connected to COLORADO SENATE VICTORY 2016 · 3 payments | $35K |
| Party committee (qualified) · 2 payments | $30K |
| Party committee (qualified) · Connected to COLE COMBINED COMMITTEE · 2 payments | $30K |
| Party committee (qualified) · Connected to YOUNG VICTORY COMMITTEE · 2 payments | $30K |
| PAC (qualified) · Connected to ELECT DIVERSE DEMOCRATS PAC · 2 payments |
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A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 3,202 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $342.2K. FEC contributor lists are public records and cannot be used for commercial solicitation.
Each as the committee named it on this line.
Total reported receipts $409,567
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
58% to named individuals, 1.2% to organizations, 41% not itemized.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 41% | $166,570 |
| Person · Senior Advisor, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 2.2% | $9,000 |
| Person · EVP EXT and Legis Affairs, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.7% | $7,104 |
| Person · Executive VP, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.7% | $7,104 |
| Person · Executive VP, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.7% | $7,104 |
| Person · EVP of OPS, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.7% | $7,104 |
| Person · EVP of OPS, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.7% |
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| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 3,180 contributions · 94% | $321,832 |
| 1 contribution · 1.5% | $5,000 |
| 11 contributions · 1% | $3,500 |
| 9 contributions · 1% | $3,276 |
| 1 contribution · 0.9% | $3,000 |
| 1 contribution · 0.9% | $3,000 |
| 1 contribution · 0.7% | $2,500 |
| 1 contribution · 0.1% |
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Total reported disbursements $399,949
Every dollar this committee reported spending this cycle, split by the lines it reports against. Open a line to see who was actually paid on it. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
A conduit collects money that is legally someone else’s: the donor picks the recipient, and the conduit passes it on. The recipient is named in the filing’s memo line with its FEC committee id, so each row below is matched on that id rather than on the committee name the filer typed.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| PAC (qualified) · 1 receipt · latest Jan 15, 2026 | $500 |
$500 across 1 receipt that named a destination, out of the 3,202 largest read. Receipts filed without a committee id in the memo are not counted here.
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$399.9K spent from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026. Most in one report: $69K, March 2026.
The running total of what the committee’s FEC reports say it spent, independent expenditures included, with a point at the end of each report. The line is straight between reports because a report gives one total for its whole period.
Transfers, refunds, and everything else the committee itemized outside candidate giving. 2 payments totaling $4.8K.
Published by the Commission against this committee’s own FEC ID. An audit is a periodic examination that reports findings; an administrative fine is a penalty for filing a specific report late or not at all. They are separate instruments and are not combined into a score here.
Late 12G report, 2008$210 assessed
Case 1936 at the FEC ↗Source: the Commission’s audit-case and administrative-fine records, joined on this committee’s FEC ID, imported Nov 8, 2026. Enforcement matters (MURs) are published only against respondent names, with no committee identifier, so they are not shown here rather than being matched by name.
Besides giving through its PAC, Echostar Corporation D/B/A Dish pays lobbyists to press Congress and federal agencies. Each quarter it, or a firm it hires, files a public report under the Lobbying Disclosure Act saying which topics it worked on, what it spent, and whom it contacted. This is what those reports say.
Each report files its work under official topics. The bar shows how often each topic came up across the reports; open one to read what was filed under it. Naming a bill says the organization lobbied on it, not which side it took.
Each firm reports what this client paid it.
Reported twice a year by the lobbying filer. $1.6M is political giving that also appears in FEC filings.
Matched by name: these reports are filed for “ECHOSTAR CORPORATION D/B/A DISH”, found by searching “ECHOSTAR”. Lobbying and FEC records share no ID, so an organization that lobbies under another name is missed. Source: LDA.gov, accessed Nov 9, 2026. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.
Echostar Corp. & Dish Network Corp. PAC is registered with the Federal Election Commission as a PAC (qualified). It is a lobbyist/registrant PAC. Its FEC record names Dish Network Corp. as an affiliate. Official FEC summary: Federal Election Commission committee record.
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No approved organization identity yet
Bars drawn to $35K, the largest gift total here. 2025–2026 filings.
| $10K |
| PAC (qualified) · 2 payments | $10K |
| PAC (qualified) · Connected to WICKER VICTORY COMMITTEE · 2 payments | $10K |
| PAC (qualified) · 2 payments | $10K |
| House campaign committee · Connected to AGUILAR LEADERSHIP FUND · 2 payments | $10K |
| House campaign committee · Connected to LANGWORTHY LEADERSHIP & ACCOUNTABILITY FUND · 2 payments | $10K |
| House campaign committee · Connected to MORE DEMOCRATIC DISTRICTS · 2 payments | $10K |
| House campaign committee · 2 payments | $10K |
$394.5K across 67 recipient committees, or 99% of everything this committee reports spending. The largest 12 are shown.
Built from FEC Schedule A and Schedule B filings for the selected cycle. A committee only appears here if the money was itemized under its FEC committee ID.
| $7,104 |
| Person · Executive VP, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.7% | $6,950 |
| Person · President and COO, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.6% | $6,691 |
| Person · EVP Chief Financial OFC, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.5% | $6,200 |
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| Person · SR VP, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.4% | $5,805 |
| Person · Chief Information Officer, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.4% | $5,805 |
| Person · SVP in Home Services, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.4% | $5,805 |
| Person · SR VP, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.4% | $5,535 |
| Person · SVP of OPS, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.4% | $5,535 |
| Person · SR VP, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.2% | $5,100 |
| Person · Executive Vice President, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.2% | $5,000 |
| Person · Board Member, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.2% | $5,000 |
| Person · Attorney, Draftkings · Castle Rock, CO · 1.2% | $5,000 |
| Person · SR Advisor, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.2% | $5,000 |
| Person · Chairman, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.2% | $5,000 |
| Person · EVP, Chief Legal Officer, Echostar Corp. · Germantown, MD · 1.2% | $5,000 |
| Person · SR VP, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.2% | $4,995 |
| Person · SR VP, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.2% | $4,995 |
| Person · SR VP, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.2% | $4,995 |
| Person · SR VP, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.2% | $4,958 |
| Person · Vice President - Wireless, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.2% | $4,789 |
| Organization · 1.2% | $4,767 |
| Person · SR VP, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1.1% | $4,373 |
| Person · SR VP of Programming, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 1% | $4,185 |
| Person · VP IHS OPS, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 0.9% | $3,880 |
| Person · VP ENG, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 0.9% | $3,880 |
| Person · VP, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 0.9% | $3,874 |
| Person · VP - Wireless, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 0.9% | $3,770 |
| Person · VP, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 0.9% | $3,763 |
| Person · SR VP, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 0.9% | $3,686 |
| Person · SR VP, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 0.9% | $3,620 |
| Person · VP Accting - Wireless, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 0.9% | $3,580 |
| Person · SVP, Chief Accounting Officer, Dish Network · Lakewood, CO · 0.9% | $3,500 |
| Person · SVP, Wireless Shared Services, Dish Network · Highlands Ranch, CO · 0.9% | $3,500 |
| Person · VP, Dish Network · Summit, NJ · 0.9% | $3,500 |
| Person · Senior Vice President, Dish Network · Centennial, CO · 0.9% | $3,500 |
| Person · Senior Vice President, Dish Network · Aurora, CO · 0.9% | $3,500 |
| Person · VP, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 0.9% | $3,492 |
| Person · VP Sales, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 0.8% | $3,395 |
| Person · VP IHS OPS, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 0.8% | $3,395 |
| Person · VP, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 0.8% | $3,360 |
| Person · VP, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 0.8% | $3,300 |
| Person · VP, Dish Network · Frisco, TX · 0.8% | $3,276 |
| Person · SR VP, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 0.8% | $3,220 |
| Person · VP Cust Service OPS, Dish Network · Englewood, CO · 0.7% | $3,002 |
| Person · Board Member, Dish Network · Naples, FL · 0.7% | $3,000 |
Each committee that gave is followed to where its own money came from, in proportion to what it received: a committee that got half its money from one person is counted as passing half of what it gave on to that person. Each channel shows the committee the money came through and its place in the money tree. It shows who stood behind the money, not what that money was for, and an organization that need not name its donors ends the trail. It stops at a person, an organization, a committee with nothing on file here, or 3committees deep. A person who gave by more than one route appears under each, a name filed two ways may appear twice, and a person's job and city are as they filed them. "Also behind" counts the other groups, among those that moved $100,000 or more into races, in which $100,000 or more traces to the same person, other than those this money came through or went on to.
| $500 |
By the state each contributor wrote on the filing. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line together, so one committee or organization transfer can account for a whole state. Contributors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized and cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
| Employer as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| 3,190 contributions · 95% of ranked | $326,567 |
| 9 contributions · 1.5% of ranked | $5,110 |
| 1 contribution · 1.5% of ranked | $5,000 |
| 1 contribution · 0.9% of ranked | $3,000 |
| 1 contribution · 0.7% of ranked | $2,500 |
A further $431 came from donors whose answer names no employer (blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized receipts grouped by the words contributors filed. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line here, so committee and organization money sits alongside individuals; this is not an industry classification. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($62,523) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| 464 contributions · 17% of ranked | $56,758 |
| 448 contributions · 11% of ranked | $37,978 |
| 122 contributions · 6.7% of ranked | $22,779 |
| 82 contributions · 4.6% of ranked | $15,745 |
| 83 contributions · 3.3% of ranked | $11,262 |
| 38 contributions · 3% of ranked | $10,161 |
| 38 contributions · 2.6% of ranked | $8,750 |
| 212 contributions · 2.3% of ranked | $8,002 |
A further $431 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized receipts grouped by the words contributors filed. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line here, so committee and organization money sits alongside individuals; this is not an industry classification. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($62,523) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Total itemized disbursements $399,517
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
All 106 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 3 payments · 8.8% of all spending | $35,000 |
| 2 payments · 7.5% of all spending | $30,000 |
| 2 payments · 7.5% of all spending | $30,000 |
| 2 payments · 7.5% of all spending | $30,000 |
| 2 payments · 2.5% of all spending | $10,000 |
| 2 payments · 2.5% of all spending | $10,000 |
| 2 payments · 2.5% of all spending | $10,000 |
| 2 payments · 2.5% of all spending | $10,000 |
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.