Federal Election Commission political committee

PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

FEC committee C00657866. Which candidates it gave to and spent on, with direct contributions and independent expenditures kept apart.

Registration

A committee registered to make independent expenditures only, commonly called a Super PAC. It may raise unlimited amounts and spend them independently, and it may not contribute to candidate committees.

Federal Election Commission registration for committee C00657866
FEC committee ID C00657866
Reported name PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEENames change; this page is keyed to the committee ID, so an old name still reaches it.
Committee type Super PAC (independent expenditures only) O
Designation Unauthorized U
Party affiliation None reported
Connected organization None reported This is the relationship the committee itself reported to the FEC. It is not a MyRepTracker judgement about who controls the committee.
Registration read from The FEC's committee master for the 2022 cycle
Registration date Not availableThe FEC's published committee master carries no registration date. The FEC record linked below shows it.
FEC record Committee C00657866 at FEC.gov ↗

Who runs this committee, and what it advances

Sponsor type and interest assignment for committee C00657866 in the 2022 cycle
Kind of committee Non-connected committees Derived from the registration this committee filed for the 2022 cycle. This is the FEC's own record, not a MyRepTracker judgement.
Interest advanced Pro-Republican Party Ideological and single-issue Categorized by hand from the committee's filings and its recorded recipients. The filing establishes the committee's identity; the interest is a human judgement. Source: Curated by hand from the committee's filings. Read the source ↗

What this committee raised and spent on itself

These are the committee's own figures, from the summary the FEC publishes of the reports it has filed, covering the period ending Dec 31, 2022. The FEC rebuilds that summary as new reports arrive, so these figures move; these are the figures the file the FEC built on Aug 20, 2026 reported.

Nothing here is added to the candidate-by-candidate amounts elsewhere on this page. Those are money this committee moved to or against specific campaigns; these are its own accounts.

What it raised

Receipts reported by committee C00657866 for the 2022 cycle
Measure Amount
Total receipts $9,223,555
Contributions received Before refunds $9,217,944
From individuals $5,677,944
From individuals, itemized Contributions the FEC requires be reported one by one $5,511,142
From individuals, unitemized Reported only as a total, so no detail exists for them here or at the FEC $166,803
From other political committees $3,540,000
From party committees $0
Total loans $0
Transfers in from affiliated committees Already raised money moving, not new money $0
Other receipts $0

What it spent

Disbursements reported by committee C00657866 for the 2022 cycle
Measure Amount
Total disbursements $9,428,839
Other disbursements $14,741
Operating expenditures, net of offsets As the FEC reports it, not derived here $804,582
Transfers out to affiliated committees $0
Other loan repayments $0

What it holds, owes, and gave back

Cash, debts, and refunds reported by committee C00657866 for the 2022 cycle
Measure Amount
Cash on hand at the end of the period $13,389
Cash on hand at the start of the period $218,673
Debts the committee owes $0
Debts owed to the committee $0
Contributions refunded $0
Refunded to individuals $0
Refunded to other political committees $0
Refunded to party committees $0
Contributions net of refunds As the FEC reports it, not derived here $9,217,944

Its own totals for candidate activity

These will not match the per-candidate rows on this page, and are not meant to. These are the committee's own totals across every federal candidate. They will not match the per-candidate rows on this page, which are read from the contribution and independent-expenditure filings and cover only the candidates MyRepTracker tracks. The two are never added together.

As the committee reported it

Candidate-facing totals reported by committee C00657866 for the 2022 cycle
Measure Amount
Contributions to federal candidates $748,019
Independent expenditures For and against candidates combined; this figure carries no support or oppose split $7,855,886
Coordinated party expenditures Only party committees may make these $0

Left blank on this committee's reports, so unavailable rather than zero: From the candidate, Loans from the candidate, Other loans, Operating expenditures, Loan repayments to the candidate, Total loan repayments. Many are columns only one kind of committee files.

This committee's record at the FEC ↗

What this committee did in the 2022 cycle

Each row below is a different kind of money and they are never added together. A contribution is money a campaign received. An independent expenditure was never the campaign's money at all. Adding them would state a relationship the filings do not support. These figures cover candidate filings through Dec 31, 2022.

Activity by kind for committee C00657866 in the 2022 cycle
Kind of activity Amount Candidates Transactions
Independent spending supporting candidates $2,639,011 15 38
Independent spending opposing candidates $801,154 4 8
Distinct candidates involved No combined total 19

Every recipient

Every candidate this committee gave to or spent on in the 2022 cycle, sorted by amount with ties broken by FEC candidate ID so the order is the same on every request. Each row links to that candidate's own page, where the same money appears from their side. Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Aug 16, 2026.

MyRepTracker reads these amounts from what the giving and spending committees filed. A candidate's own summary of what they received often differs, which is normal and is explained on the candidate's page; it is not a reason to doubt this committee's own filing, and nothing here is adjusted to make the two agree.

2 of these candidates have no party recorded and are left out of any party filter.

All 19 shown 19 rows across more than one kind of activity
Every candidate receiving activity from committee C00657866 in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Rank Candidate Activity Office Party State Amount Share Transactions Latest activity Coverage
1 Mike Lee S0UT00165 Independent spending supporting Senate Republican UT $676,967 Not available 4 Nov 1, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
2 Ron Johnson S0WI00197 Independent spending supporting Senate Republican WI $621,000 Not available 5 Oct 21, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
3 Sarah Palin H2AK00226 Independent spending supporting House district 0 Republican AK $459,125 Not available 7 Oct 11, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
4 Mark Kelly S0AZ00350 Independent spending opposing Senate Democratic AZ $350,000 Not available 2 Oct 12, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
5 H2FL11117 H2FL11117 Independent spending supporting House district 11 Not reported FL $300,493 Not available 7 Aug 19, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
6 Evan Mcmullin S2UT00369 Independent spending opposing Senate Not reported UT $275,000 Not available 1 Oct 11, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
7 Mandela Barnes S2WI00441 Independent spending opposing Senate Democratic WI $125,000 Not available 1 Oct 11, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
8 Harriet M. Hageman H2WY00166 Independent spending supporting House district 0 Republican WY $100,000 Not available 1 Mar 7, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
9 Yesli Vega H2VA07261 Independent spending supporting House district 7 Republican VA $93,450 Not available 2 Oct 19, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
10 Joe Kent H2WA03100 Independent spending supporting House district 3 Republican WA $90,642 Not available 2 Oct 19, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
11 Jennifer-Ruth Green H2IN01172 Independent spending supporting House district 1 Republican IN $89,184 Not available 2 Oct 19, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
12 Elijah Crane H2AZ01354 Independent spending supporting House district 1 Republican AZ $88,150 Not available 2 Oct 13, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
13 Mike Carey H2OH15228 Independent spending opposing House district 15 Republican OH $51,154 Not available 4 Jul 29, 2021 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
14 Derrick Van Orden H0WI03175 Independent spending supporting House district 3 Republican WI $20,000 Not available 1 Oct 11, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
15 Thomas Massie H2KY04121 Independent spending supporting House district 4 Republican KY $20,000 Not available 1 Oct 11, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
16 Bo Hines H2NC05157 Independent spending supporting House district 5 Republican NC $20,000 Not available 1 Oct 11, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
17 Karoline Leavitt H2NH01270 Independent spending supporting House district 1 Republican NH $20,000 Not available 1 Oct 11, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
18 Madison Gilbert H2OH09163 Independent spending supporting House district 9 Republican OH $20,000 Not available 1 Oct 11, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
19 Chip Roy H8TX21307 Independent spending supporting House district 21 Republican TX $20,000 Not available 1 Oct 11, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022

Independent spending supporting candidates

Independent expenditures advocating for these candidates. This spending was not coordinated with, received by, or controlled by any of the campaigns below, and it is never added to what a candidate raised.

Top 10 of 15 shown $2,639,011 total · $2,539,011 shown here
Independent spending supporting candidates by committee C00657866 in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Rank Candidate Office Party State Amount Share Transactions Latest activity Coverage
1 Mike Lee S0UT00165 Senate Republican UT $676,967 25.7% 4 Nov 1, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
2 Ron Johnson S0WI00197 Senate Republican WI $621,000 23.5% 5 Oct 21, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
3 Sarah Palin H2AK00226 House district 0 Republican AK $459,125 17.4% 7 Oct 11, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
4 H2FL11117 H2FL11117 House district 11 Not reported FL $300,493 11.4% 7 Aug 19, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
5 Harriet M. Hageman H2WY00166 House district 0 Republican WY $100,000 3.8% 1 Mar 7, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
6 Yesli Vega H2VA07261 House district 7 Republican VA $93,450 3.5% 2 Oct 19, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
7 Joe Kent H2WA03100 House district 3 Republican WA $90,642 3.4% 2 Oct 19, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
8 Jennifer-Ruth Green H2IN01172 House district 1 Republican IN $89,184 3.4% 2 Oct 19, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
9 Elijah Crane H2AZ01354 House district 1 Republican AZ $88,150 3.3% 2 Oct 13, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
10 Derrick Van Orden H0WI03175 House district 3 Republican WI $20,000 0.8% 1 Oct 11, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
Show all 15 in the complete table →

Independent spending opposing candidates

Independent expenditures advocating against these candidates. This spending was not coordinated with, received by, or controlled by any of the campaigns below. Money spent against a candidate is not money that candidate raised, and the two are never combined.

All 4 shown $801,154 total
Independent spending opposing candidates by committee C00657866 in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Rank Candidate Office Party State Amount Share Transactions Latest activity Coverage
1 Mark Kelly S0AZ00350 Senate Democratic AZ $350,000 43.7% 2 Oct 12, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
2 Evan Mcmullin S2UT00369 Senate Not reported UT $275,000 34.3% 1 Oct 11, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
3 Mandela Barnes S2WI00441 Senate Democratic WI $125,000 15.6% 1 Oct 11, 2022 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022
4 Mike Carey H2OH15228 House district 15 Republican OH $51,154 6.4% 4 Jul 29, 2021 2022 cycle, through Dec 31, 2022

How the 2022 cycle's activity was distributed

Each kind of activity is distributed on its own. Contributions and independent expenditures are never combined into one distribution, because the two are not the same kind of money. Every bar below repeats its amount, share, and candidate count as text in the same row.

Independent spending supporting candidates

$2,639,011 across 15 candidates in the 2022 cycle, covering filings through Dec 31, 2022. Every share below is a share of that amount, and no other kind of activity is included in it.

By the recipient's party

Independent spending supporting candidates distributed by the recipient candidate's party
Party Amount Share Candidates
Republican $2,338,517 88.6% 14
Party not reported $300,493 11.4% 1
Total $2,639,011 100%

By office and chamber

Independent spending supporting candidates distributed by the office the recipient candidate sought
Office Amount Share Candidates
House $1,341,044 50.8% 13
Senate $1,297,967 49.2% 2
Total $2,639,011 100%

By the candidate's state

Top 12 of 14 shown. The complete list is in the recipient table above, which can be filtered by the same values.

Independent spending supporting candidates distributed by the recipient candidate's state
State Amount Share Candidates
UT $676,967 25.7% 1
WI $641,000 24.3% 2
AK $459,125 17.4% 1
FL $300,493 11.4% 1
WY $100,000 3.8% 1
VA $93,450 3.5% 1
WA $90,642 3.4% 1
IN $89,184 3.4% 1
AZ $88,150 3.3% 1
KY $20,000 0.8% 1
NC $20,000 0.8% 1
NH $20,000 0.8% 1
Total $2,639,011 100%

Independent spending opposing candidates

$801,154 across 4 candidates in the 2022 cycle, covering filings through Dec 31, 2022. Every share below is a share of that amount, and no other kind of activity is included in it.

By the recipient's party

Independent spending opposing candidates distributed by the recipient candidate's party
Party Amount Share Candidates
Democratic $475,000 59.3% 2
Party not reported $275,000 34.3% 1
Republican $51,154 6.4% 1
Total $801,154 100%

By office and chamber

Independent spending opposing candidates distributed by the office the recipient candidate sought
Office Amount Share Candidates
Senate $750,000 93.6% 3
House $51,154 6.4% 1
Total $801,154 100%

By the candidate's state

Independent spending opposing candidates distributed by the recipient candidate's state
State Amount Share Candidates
AZ $350,000 43.7% 1
UT $275,000 34.3% 1
WI $125,000 15.6% 1
OH $51,154 6.4% 1
Total $801,154 100%

A distribution covering candidates from more than one party is a fact about where the money went. It is not evidence of a motive, a strategy, or an agreement, and this page does not suggest one.

Activity over time

Each kind of activity by the month the FEC records date it to, across the 2022 cycle, covering filings through Dec 31, 2022. Bars are drawn from a zero baseline against one shared scale of $1,817,425, so the series are directly comparable, and every value is repeated in its own row. Each series adds up to the same total as its section above.

Independent spending supporting candidates

$2,639,011 placed by month.

Independent spending supporting candidates by month in the 2022 cycle
Month Amount Transactions
Jul 2021 $0 0
Mar 2022 $100,000 1
Jul 2022 $68,830 2
Aug 2022 $650,788 11
Oct 2022 $1,817,425 23
Nov 2022 $1,967 1
Date not reported $0
Total for the cycle $2,639,011

Independent spending opposing candidates

$801,154 placed by month.

Independent spending opposing candidates by month in the 2022 cycle
Month Amount Transactions
Jul 2021 $51,154 4
Mar 2022 $0 0
Jul 2022 $0 0
Aug 2022 $0 0
Oct 2022 $750,000 4
Nov 2022 $0 0
Date not reported $0
Total for the cycle $801,154

Money moved to and from affiliated committees

A transfer moves money that has already been raised, between committees the FEC treats as affiliated. It is not a contribution and it is not new money, so none of it is counted anywhere else on this page. Both committees file their own record of the same transfer; the rows below are only this committee's own filings, and the counterparty's version is on its page rather than added here.

This committee reported no transfer to or from an affiliated committee in the 2022 cycle.

Filings behind these figures

The filing ledger is unavailable for the 2022 cycle. The filing ledger collects the reports of the committees a federal candidate files through, and this committee is not one of them, so no filing has been collected for it.

What these numbers mean

A contribution is not an independent expenditure
A contribution is money a committee gave to a candidate's own campaign committee, which the campaign received and reported. An independent expenditure is money spent about a candidate without coordinating with them; the campaign never received or controlled it. The Federal Election Commission treats these as different activities, and so does this page.
Money forwarded through a conduit was given by individuals
Some committees exist to transmit contributions that individual donors earmarked for a campaign. The FEC records name the conduit as the filer, but the donors are people, and the conduit did not give the money.
This page reads the giving side
Every amount here comes from what the giving or spending committee filed. A candidate's own summary of what they received is a separate record, made at a different time, and the two routinely differ. Neither is a correction of the other, and MyRepTracker does not adjust either one.
Coverage is the candidates MyRepTracker follows
These pages are built from the FEC records of the federal candidates in MyRepTracker's coverage. A committee may have given to candidates outside that coverage, so the recipients here are the complete list within it, not necessarily everything the committee did.
A committee ID is the identity
Committees are renamed and their registrations change between cycles. This page is keyed to the FEC committee ID, so an old name reaches the same page, and the registration shown is the one filed for the cycle you are viewing.
A transfer is not a contribution
Money moved between affiliated committees was raised once and is being moved. It is never counted as money raised or as money given to a candidate, and the sending and receiving committees each file their own record of it, so a total that added both sides would report the same money twice.
A superseded filing is kept, and counted toward nothing
An amendment replaces a report rather than adjusting it, so exactly one filing is in force for each committee and coverage period. The filing ledger lists the replaced versions too, because the correction history is worth being able to read, and none of them contributes to any amount, ranking, or comparison here.
A request for additional information is not a finding
The FEC routinely asks committees to clarify or correct something in a report. A request is correspondence, not a violation, an enforcement action, or a judgement about the committee, and nothing on this page is ranked, scored, or adjusted because one was sent.
A leadership PAC is not a campaign committee
A leadership PAC is established or controlled by a candidate or officeholder to support other candidates, and is separate from their own campaign. Its receipts are not their campaign's receipts and its contributions are not their campaign's contributions. Where a sponsor is named here, the FEC published that sponsor's own candidate ID on the committee's record; no sponsor is ever matched by name.

Source: Federal Election Commission ↗. MyRepTracker ingests FEC records directly and does not add its own influence, risk, or corruption score.