Notices dated after Sep 30, 2026 are added; earlier ones are already in the regular reports.
Its wordsWhat does this committee say it is for?
Why this committee exists In its own words
“Jobs and Democracy PAC fights to elect Democrats who will stand up to Big Tech companies trying to buy their way out of sensible AI regulation. We support candidates committed to AI policies that protect working families, safeguard our democracy, and ensure new technologies benefit everyone.
Jobs and Democracy PAC is led by former Congressman Brad Carson (D-OK).”
Quoted from the committee's site, or its sponsor's or funder's where its own says nothing. Any side it takes is in its own words.
No published list of positions
Its site sums up what it stands for in the statement above, and publishes no list of positions beyond it.
Who it gives toWhich candidates and committees get its money?
Each part reads different filings, so counts and totals can differ.
Party support distribution$17.9M to 5 candidates
Direct PAC contributions and independent expenditures explicitly reported as support, by the party of the candidate they went to.
For candidates $17,875,336
Democratic 100%
Against candidates $599,445
Republican 100%
Spending against candidates is drawn on its own bar and left out of the support totals.
Contributions are reported money, not endorsements; a PAC giving to both parties is common.
Who this PAC gave to
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.
No contributions itemized
No candidate contributions were itemized by this committee in the selected cycle.
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Candidate contribution rows come from candidate committee Schedule A filings, the same rows the party chart above counts.
Committee money network
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 funding this one
Committees that reported giving to this one on their own Schedule A filings, grouped by the giver’s committee ID.
Committees funding this one
Name
Amount
Public FirstSuper PAC (independent expenditure-only) · Connected to DEFENDING OUR VALUES PAC · 8 payments
$4M
$4M from 1 committee, counting every itemized receipt this cycle.
Committees this one funds
Disbursements this committee itemized to another committee: candidate contributions, party transfers and payments alike, not contributions only.
No disbursements to other committees were itemized this cycle.
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.
Money inWho funds the PAC?
Where the money came from $20,735,723 reported receipts
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Other receiptsWhere a super PAC files what corporations, unions and other organizations give it, since they have no line of their own. Hybrid PACs, and some super PACs, file individuals' unlimited gifts here too, along with any interest or dividends.$15,407,98574%
Where it came from
Public First Action Inc7 receipts, latest Jun 30, 2026 · Washington, District of Columbia$12,748,985
Public First Action3 receipts, latest Feb 24, 2026 · Washington, District of Columbia$2,650,000
Jan LeikeOne contribution on Feb 23, 2026 · RESEARCHER · ANTHROPIC · SAN FRANCISCO, CA$100,000
Girish Naglapur SastryOne contribution on Feb 17, 2026 · INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AND ADVISING · SELF EMPLOYED · SANTA FE, NM$75,000
Todor MarkovOne contribution on May 13, 2026 · RESEARCH SCIENTIST · META SUPERINTELLIGENCE LABS · SAN FRANCISCO, CA$50,000
Steven AdlerOne contribution on Apr 22, 2026 · AI RESEARCHER · CLEAR-EYED AI · SAN FRANCISCO, CA$10,000
Public First1 receipt, latest Feb 19, 2026 · WASHINGTON, District of Columbia$9,000
Matthew David FisherOne contribution on Apr 24, 2026 · RESEARCH SCIENTIST · ADOBE · BURLINGAME, CA$1,000
Avi GreenOne contribution on Sep 30, 2026 · STRATEGY CONSULTANT · GREEN MOUNTAIN STRATEGIES INC · CAMBRIDGE, MA$1,000
The 9 largest sources are listed. Each as the committee named it on this line, $15.4M from 3 sources in all, with its largest individual donors, whose gifts it files here too. Individuals' gifts on this line are not itemized in the data the site holds, so the list need not add up to the row.
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees.$4,053,50020%
Not itemized by sourceReported receipts that none of the summary's lines accounts for.$1,037,1285%
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$237,0001.1%
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$110<0.1%
Total reported receipts $20,735,723
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.
Where the money traces to $20.7M followed back through up to 3 committees
17% to named individuals, 78% to organizations, 5% not itemized.
Gave directly$16.4M 79%
Gave directly
Name
Amount
Public First Action IncOrganization · 61%
$12,748,985
Public First ActionOrganization · 13%
$2,650,000
Not itemized by this committee5%
$1,037,238
Through Public First$4M 19%
Through Public First
Name
Amount
Public First Action Inc.Organization · 4%
$824,542
Dario AmodeiPerson · CEO, Anthropic PBC · San Francisco, CA · 4%
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $15,635,985 placed by state
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under $616K
$616K+
$2.5M+
$5.5M+
$9.9M+
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Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
District of Columbia10 contributions · 98%
$15,398,985
California4 contributions · 1%
$161,000
New Mexico1 contribution · 0.5%
$75,000
Massachusetts1 contribution · <0.1%
$1,000
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.
Donors’ employers as filed
Donors’ employers
Employer as filed
Amount
Anthropic1 contribution · 42% of ranked
$100,000
SpendingWhere does the money go?
How the spending splits $20,065,334 reported
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Independent expendituresSpending to support or oppose a candidate, made without coordinating with them.$17,875,33689%
Spent for or against
Alexander BoresSupport · 115 records · latest Jun 18, 2026$15,034,048
Valerie FousheeSupport · 6 records · latest Feb 23, 2026$1,621,658
Brian PoindexterSupport · 4 records · latest May 4, 2026$570,204
Colin AllredSupport · 3 records · latest May 15, 2026$399,676
Bob BrooksSupport · 1 record · latest May 15, 2026$249,750
Operating expendituresThe committee's own running costs.$2,189,99711%
Adimpact1 payment · latest Jun 4, 2026 · COMPETITIVE TRACKING$6,000
Total reported disbursements $20,065,334
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 Sep 30, 2026.
What the payments were for $20,065,290 itemized
These are the payments the committee itemized, including its independent expenditures, which are filed against the candidate each was for or against rather than as payments to a vendor. Open a category to see which candidates its independent spending went to, and in support or opposition.
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Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$13.5M of it was independent spending for Alexander Bores and for Valerie Foushee and 2 more$13,693,56568%
$20.1M spent from Jan 2026 to Sep 2026. Most in one report: $11.4M, Jun 4 – Jun 30, 2026.
$20.1M1
Jan 2026Sep 2026
1Jun 23, 2026 primary, NY-12$15M of its independent spending was aimed at it
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. Numbered lines mark the elections that drew the most independent spending. Each expenditure counts toward the next election on its seat after the day it was made, and a seat is named when it drew at least a tenth of that spending.
A name search for “JOBS AND DEMOCRACY” in Lobbying Disclosure Act filings found no issues reported. FEC and the Senate share no organization identifier, so lobbying is matched by name; a sponsor that lobbies under another name is not found.
Jobs and Democracy PAC is matched to organization records using the FEC committee identity, structured identifiers, and corroborated organization data.
Structured organization facts
Identity match
Editorially reviewed organization match
Match confidence
low
Source coverage
Official pages captured
4
LittleSis classifications
Organization, PAC
Last captured
Sep 29, 2026
LittleSis data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Person · Member of Technical Staff, Anthropic PBC · Burlingame, CA · 4%
$824,460
Michael CohenPerson · Post Doctoral Researcher, University of California · San Francisco, CA · 2%
$412,271
Shauna KravecPerson · Member of Technical Staff, Anthropic PBC · Bridgeport, CA · 2%
$412,271
Jan LeikePerson · Member of Technical Staff, Anthropic PBC · San Francisco, CA · also behind 1 other group · 1.6%
$329,817
Nicholas JosephPerson · Member of Technical Staff, Anthropic PBC · Sanford, NC · 1%
$206,135
Kate WoolvertonPerson · Software Engineer, Google Deepmind · Alameda, CA · 1%
$206,135
41 smaller sources, $250.4K in all (1.2%), are not listed.
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.
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 1 contribution · 32% of ranked
$75,000
Meta Superintelligence Labs1 contribution · 21% of ranked
$50,000
Clear-eyed AI1 contribution · 4.2% of ranked
$10,000
Adobe1 contribution · 0.4% of ranked
$1,000
Green Mountain Strategies INC1 contribution · 0.4% of ranked
$1,000
A further $15,398,985 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 ($110) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
Researcher1 contribution · 42% of ranked
$100,000
Independent Research And Advising1 contribution · 32% of ranked
$75,000
Research Scientist2 contributions · 22% of ranked
$51,000
AI Researcher1 contribution · 4.2% of ranked
$10,000
Strategy Consultant1 contribution · 0.4% of ranked
$1,000
A further $15,398,985 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 ($110) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Newspaper Ad BuyIndependent spending in support of Alexander Bores$1,079,295
Digital- Ad BuyIndependent spending: $275.3K in support of Alexander Bores · $129.4K in support of Colin Allred$404,720
TV Ad BuyIndependent spending in support of Alexander Bores$349,207
Digital - Ad BuyIndependent spending in support of Alexander Bores$141,525
Digital-Ad BuyIndependent spending in support of Alexander Bores$128,760
DIGITAL AD BUY - NO IE$116,600
RADIO AD BUY - NON IE$99,955
Digital Ad ProductionIndependent spending in support of Alexander Bores$66,500
Video Ad ProductionIndependent spending in support of Alexander Bores$54,000
Paid to
Bryson Gillette, LLCIndependent spending: $11.3M in support of Alexander Bores · $1.6M in support of Valerie Foushee and 2 more$13,682,065
Public First$9,000
4C Partners$2,500
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$3.3M of it was independent spending for Alexander Bores and for Bob Brooks and 2 more$4,407,85222%
Filed as
Digital BuyIndependent spending: $2.7M in support of Alexander Bores · $249.8K in support of Bob Brooks and 2 more$3,246,699
DIGITAL BUY - NON IE$879,453
COMMUNICATION SERVICES$120,000
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES$120,000
Link Screens (digital OOH)Independent spending in support of Alexander Bores$22,200
IN-KIND - DIGITAL PRODUCTION$13,500
COMPETITIVE TRACKING$6,000
Paid to
Bryson Gillette, LLCIndependent spending: $2.7M in support of Alexander Bores · $249.8K in support of Bob Brooks and 2 more$4,388,352
Stronger Together PA$13,500
Adimpact$6,000
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$1.1M of it was independent spending for Alexander Bores$1,216,3926.1%
Filed as
MailersIndependent spending in support of Alexander Bores$755,684
Print Newspaper BuyIndependent spending in support of Alexander Bores$307,115
PRE PAYMENT - MAILERS$153,469
REIMBURSEMENT- MAIL BOX / VENDOR(S) UNDER $200 THRESHOLD$124
Paid to
Bryson Gillette, LLCIndependent spending: $1.1M in support of Alexander Bores$1,216,268
Parets, Brendan$124
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$549,0002.7%
Filed as
RESEARCH SERVICES$243,000
POLLING SERVICES$159,100
POLLING$116,500
RESEARCH CONSULTANT$30,000
RESEARCH$400
Paid to
Gbao Strategies$259,100
Tavern Research$175,500
Blue Rose Research$40,000
IMS, Inc.$30,000
Public Policy Polling$24,000
Open Labs DBA Blue Rose Research$20,000
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$139,0000.7%
Filed as
COMMUNICATION CONSULTANT$130,000
IN-KIND - STRATEGIC CONSULTANT$9,000
Paid to
Bryson Gillette, LLC$130,000
Public First Action Inc$9,000
Payroll and staffSalaries, wages, benefits, and payroll services.$39,9850.2%
Filed as
IN-KIND - STAFF TIME$39,985
Paid to
Public First Action Inc$39,985
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$11,433<0.1%
Filed as
LEGAL FEES$8,044
AD COMPETETIVE TRACKING FEE$2,000
BANK ANALYSIS FEES$657
MERCHANT PROCESSING FEES$395
BANK FEES$297
MERCHANT FEE$40
MERCHANT PROCESSING FEE$0
Paid to
Covington & Burling LLP$8,044
Bryson Gillette, LLC$2,000
Amalgamated Bank$954
Act Blue$395
ActBlue Technical Services$40
ActBlue$0
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$7.1K of it was independent spending for Alexander Bores$8,063<0.1%
Filed as
TextingIndependent spending in support of Alexander Bores$7,110
SOFTWARE$876
REIMBURSEMENT- SOFTWARE / VENDOR(S) UNDER $200 THRESHOLD$77
Paid to
Bryson Gillette, LLCIndependent spending in support of Alexander Bores$7,110
Warchest Compliance$583
Squarespace, Inc.$293
Parets, Brendan$77
Total itemized disbursements $20,065,290
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 Sep 30, 2026.
All 192 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
1 payment was reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $293 in all, are counted under the payee and purpose they name rather than under the processor that was paid. The total is the same either way.
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Bryson Gillette, LLC148 payments · 97% of all spending
$19,425,795
Gbao Strategies5 payments · 1.3% of all spending
$259,100
Tavern Research7 payments · 0.9% of all spending
$175,500
Public First Action Inc2 payments · 0.2% of all spending
$48,985
Blue Rose Research4 payments · 0.2% of all spending
$40,000
IMS, Inc.2 payments · 0.1% of all spending
$30,000
Public Policy Polling1 payment · 0.1% of all spending
$24,000
Open Labs DBA Blue Rose Research1 payment · <0.1% of all spending
$20,000
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.