Super PAC · AZ · C00928390
Defending Our Values PAC
Can raise unlimited money from people, companies and unions, and spend it on ads for or against candidates. It can’t give directly to campaigns or coordinate with them.
First filed Nov. 25, 2025. Treasurer: M'Liss Hadley. Connected organization: Jobs and Democracy PAC. View on FEC.gov
Tracked under: AI & data centers
- Raised (2025-26)$8,406,068
- Spent$7,430,649
- Cash on hand$975,419
- Outside spending$7,064,885
Through reports covering July 29, 2026.
Where its money went
- Given: the group’s own contributions to the campaign
- Bundled: donors’ contributions the group collected and forwarded
- For: outside spending supporting
- Against: outside spending opposing
- Carlos De La Cruz (R)House · TX-35
- Celeste Maloy (R)House · UT-03
- Rhett Marques (R)House · AL-02
- Scott Singer (R)House · FL-25
- Kevin Hern (R)Senate · OK
- Daniel John Franzese (R)House · FL-25
- Alex Mealer (R)House · TX-09
- John Cowan (R)House · GA-11
- Pete Ricketts (R)Senate · NE
- Briscoe Rowell Cain III (R)House · TX-09
Outside spending includes $209,583 from 24- and 48-hour reports filed after this group’s last regular report, as filed.
Who funds it
Largest single contributions this cycle. Committees and organizations link to their own pages when they file with the FEC; an organization that doesn’t file won’t show its own donors here.
| Contributor | Type | From | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public First Action, INC | Organization | Washington, DC | July 16, 2026 | $3,000,000 |
| Public First Action | Organization | Washington, DC | April 16, 2026 | $3,000,000 |
| Public First Action, INC | Organization | Washington, DC | Feb. 24, 2026 | $1,500,000 |
| Public First Action, INC | Organization | Washington, DC | Feb. 17, 2026 | $350,000 |
| Public First | PAC | Washington, DC | Feb. 11, 2026 | $300,000 |
| Jan LeikeResearcher, Anthropic | Person | San Francisco, CA | Feb. 23, 2026 | $100,000 |
| Todor Mihaylov MarkovResearch Scientist, Meta Superintelligence Labs | Person | San Francisco, CA | May 13, 2026 | $50,000 |
| Public First Action, INC | Organization | Washington, DC | Dec. 24, 2025 | $50,000 |
| Public First Action, INC | Organization | Washington, DC | June 30, 2026 | $18,584 |
| Public First Action | Organization | Washington, DC | April 30, 2026 | $16,484 |
| WFW Action Fund INC | PAC | Washington, DC | Feb. 18, 2026 | $10,000 |
| Peter LofgrenMember of Technical Staff, Anthropic | Person | Burlingame, CA | March 28, 2026 | $5,000 |
| Donovan LiamTrader, Self Employed | Person | Forest Hills, NY | March 19, 2026 | $5,000 |
| Matthew FisherResearch Scientist, Adobe | Person | Burlingame, CA | March 31, 2026 | $1,000 |