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PACs › Super PAC (independent expenditure-only) › 2025–2026
Super PAC (independent expenditure-only)Alexandria, VirginiaActive
The Defend American Jobs super PAC is a single-issue committee focused on cryptocurrency and blockchain policy, and is aimed at supporting conservative candidates. Defend American Jobs is closely tied to its progressive counterpart, Protect Progress — both of which are closely linked with the Fairshake super PAC. (Linked public record: LittleSis organization profile)
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026 · FEC bulk filing data · committee C00836221 · files monthly
Notices dated after Oct 14, 2026 are added; earlier ones are already in the regular reports.
This committee's own pages do not say what it is for. Its largest funder, Fairshake, gave 97% of its money this cycle ($37M), and describes its purpose:
“Fairshake supports candidates committed to securing the United States as the home to innovators building the next generation of the internet.
Providing blockchain innovators the ability to develop their networks under a clearer regulatory and legal framework is vital if the broader open blockchain economy is to grow to its full potential here in the United States.”
Fairshake, on its own site, fairshakepac.com
Quoted from the committee's site, or its sponsor's or funder's where its own says nothing. The statement is filed under topics from a fixed list, chosen by AI models when two of three agree; which side it takes is in its own words. A funder’s share is of this committee’s total receipts, from its itemized FEC filings.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 44 | $0 | $63,807,124 | $63,807,124 | 90% |
| Other or unresolved | 1 | $0 | $7,170,138 | $7,170,138 | 10% |
| Shown support | 45 | $0 | $70,977,263 | $70,977,263 | 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.
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
Nothing loaded
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.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| Super PAC (independent expenditure-only) · 6 payments | $37M |
| Super PAC (independent expenditure-only) · 1 payment | $25K |
$37M from 2 committees, counting every itemized receipt this cycle.
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.
A donor who gave several times appears once. The largest of the donors is listed. FEC contributor lists are public records and cannot be used for commercial solicitation.
The largest of the committees is listed. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total this committee reports.
Total reported receipts $107,294,280
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. Open a source marked + to see who gave. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
Total reported disbursements $90,060,061
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.
These are the payments the committee itemized to vendors, staff and other committees. Its $88,319,034 in independent expenditures is filed separately, against the candidate each was about, so it is counted in the split above and listed by candidate below, not here.
Total itemized disbursements $1,740,628
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 113 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 10 payments · 0.6% of all spending | $571,500 |
| 16 payments · 0.5% of all spending | $450,000 |
| 4 payments · 0.3% of all spending | $229,000 |
| 4 payments · 0.2% of all spending | $214,009 |
| 9 payments · 0.2% of all spending | $165,538 |
| 5 payments · <0.1% of all spending | $82,500 |
| 2 payments · <0.1% of all spending | $13,935 |
| 5 payments · <0.1% of all spending | $11,068 |
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.
$90.1M spent from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026. Most in one report: $31.5M, Oct 1 – Oct 14, 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. 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. The line stops at the latest report, through Oct 14, 2026, at the dashed rule; elections after it are marked where they fall.
No lobbying disclosures matched
The Defend American Jobs super PAC is a single-issue committee focused on cryptocurrency and blockchain policy, and is aimed at supporting conservative candidates. Defend American Jobs is closely tied to its progressive counterpart, Protect Progress — both of which are closely linked with the Fairshake super PAC. Linked public record: LittleSis organization profile.
Statements are quoted from these pages exactly. Headings, order and wording are the committee’s or its sponsor’s; the record marking is ours.
Defend American Jobs is matched to organization records using the FEC committee identity, structured identifiers, and corroborated organization data.
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