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Melanie Stansbury

Democratic candidate · 2022 general election · New Mexico

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Melanie Stansbury

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Campaign finance

FEC data through Dec 31, 2022. Covering the 2022 two-year cycle only.

The 2022 cycle at a glance

Total receipts
$3,570,363
Everything the campaign took in
Individual contributions
$2,834,869
Itemized and unitemized split not reported
PAC and other committees
$705,213
Received from political committees
Campaign spending
$3,610,145
Total disbursements
Cash on hand
$11,341
At the end of the reporting period

Where the money came from

These categories divide total receipts of $3,570,363 exactly once, so they add back up to the reported total.

Receipts by funding category for the 2022 cycle
SourceAmountShare of receipts
Individual contributions$2,834,86979.4%
PAC and other committee contributions$705,21319.8%
Party committee contributions$5,0000.1%
Candidate self-funding$00.0%
Loans$00.0%
Other receipts, including transfers$25,2810.7%
Total receipts$3,570,363100%

Financial position

Cash, debt, refunds, loans, and transfers as reported through Dec 31, 2022 for the 2022 cycle. These are factual reported values, not a judgement about whether a campaign is healthy, viable, or strong. Independent expenditures are never added to or subtracted from any of them: that money was never the campaign's.

Reported financial position for the 2022 cycle
MeasureAmount
Cash on hand at coverage end$11,341
Debts and obligations owed by the committee$0
Debts and obligations owed to the committeeNot reported
Contributions refunded to individuals$47,834
Contributions refunded to committees$2,100
Transfers received from other authorized committeesAlready raised money moving between the candidate's own committees, not new fundraising.$15,911
Transfers made to other authorized committees$0
Repayments of candidate loans$0
Repayments of other loans$0

Calculated from the reported values

Each row below is arithmetic MyRepTracker performed on the values above. Where the FEC published the figure itself, the row says so and no calculation was made.

Values calculated from the reported financial position, with the formula for each
MeasureAmountHow it was produced
Contributions net of refunds$3,495,148Calculated as individual + committee + party + candidate contributions, minus contributions refunded to individuals and committees.
Operating expenditures net of offsetsNot reportedAn input this calculation needs is not published by the source behind this record.
Outstanding candidate loans$0Calculated as loans received from the candidate minus repayments of those loans.
Other outstanding loans$0Calculated as other loans received minus repayments of those loans.
Total contributions refunded$49,934Calculated as refunds to individuals plus refunds to committees.

Change since the previous filing

Both columns come from committee C00765099, so the two periods are comparable. A change is the difference between what 30G 2022 reported and what YE 2022 reported, and the direction is stated in words rather than shown only as a sign. 30G 2022 reported through Nov 28, 2022 and YE 2022 through Dec 31, 2022.

Financial position at the two most recent controlling filings of committee C00765099
Measure30G 2022Reported through Nov 28, 2022YE 2022Reported through Dec 31, 2022Change
Cash on hand at period end$53,202$11,341Down $41,861
Debts owed by the committee$0$0No change
Contribution refunds in the period$1,620$0Down $1,620

Cash compared with one period's spending

Cash on hand of $11,341 set beside the $52,291 this campaign spent during YE 2022, through Dec 31, 2022, which is 0.2 times that period's spending. This is a ratio between two reported numbers over one named period. It is not a forecast of how long the money will last, and campaigns do not spend evenly across a cycle.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures are spending by other organizations that is not coordinated with the campaign. This money was never received or controlled by Melanie Stansbury. Supporting and opposing spending are kept apart rather than combined into one number, and neither is added to campaign receipts.

Spent supporting

$64,580
Independent expenditures in the 2022 cycle

Spent opposing

$94,643
Independent expenditures in the 2022 cycle

What the money was spent on

These categories divide $3,368,966 of itemized spending across 973 transactions, through Dec 31, 2022. That subtotal covers the FEC's published operating-expenditure records, which do not include transfers, loan repayments, refunds, or contributions the campaign made, and is 93.3% of the $3,610,145 in total disbursements reported for the 2022 cycle. Every share below is a share of that subtotal and never of total spending. Purposes were classified under taxonomy spend-1.3.

The difference between that subtotal and total disbursements is spending reported without itemization, which cannot be categorized.

Itemized spending by reported purpose for the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
PurposeAmount% ShareTransactions
Advertising and media $1,901,20756.4%79
Administration, salary, and overhead $509,95615.1%487
Fundraising and solicitation $284,2718.4%35
Consulting, type not specified $217,9536.5%51
Polling and research $106,7983.2%9
Campaign materials $87,3112.6%26
Technology and digital services $74,5902.2%70
Legal, accounting, and compliance $59,3311.8%25
Events $47,6821.4%38
Unclassified filing descriptions Spending whose reported purpose could not be placed in the taxonomy. It is counted, not guessed at. $40,3551.2%83
Travel $39,5121.2%70
Classified$3,328,61298.8%
Unclassified filing descriptions$40,3551.2%
Itemized spending categorized here$3,368,966100%973

Political committees that contributed directly

Money received by the authorized campaign committee from PACs and other political committees. This is not outside spending.

This total will usually differ from the PAC figure in the summary above. The summary is what the campaign reported receiving in total; this ranking adds up the individual contributions that were itemized, which is a different record made at a different time. Neither is a correction of the other, and the gap is not an error in either one.

Top 5 of 192 shown $706,883 total · $75,000 shown here

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Sep 6, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Political committees ranked by direct contributions
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS C00001016$15,0002.1%3Aug 15, 2022
2MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS C00002469$15,0002.1%3Aug 29, 2022
3AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E C00011114$15,0002.1%5Sep 27, 2022
4AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) C00024521$15,0002.1%3May 9, 2022
5INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE C00027342$15,0002.1%3Aug 4, 2022
Show the complete list of 192 committees →

Organizations spending independently

Supporting Melanie Stansbury

Top 5 of 8 shown $64,580 total · $55,882 shown here

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Sep 6, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Organizations ranked by independent spending supporting this candidate
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1People For the American Way C90012071$23,96837.1%3May 20, 2021
2WORKING FAMILIES PARTY INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE C00626861$12,52919.4%3May 20, 2021
3Operation 147 C00768929$10,00015.5%1May 26, 2021
4WORKING FAMILIES PARTY NATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE C00606962$5,0267.8%3Nov 4, 2022
5NM Native Vote C90018417$4,3586.7%7Jun 1, 2021
Show the complete list of 8 committees →

Opposing Melanie Stansbury

1 organization shown $94,643 total

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Sep 6, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Organizations ranked by independent spending opposing this candidate
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1THE FREEDOM FORWARD FUND C00779314$94,643100.0%4May 28, 2021

What that outside spending purchased

Each independent expenditure carries a short description the spending committee wrote, and these categories are those descriptions sorted under taxonomy outside-1.0. Spending supporting Melanie Stansbury and spending opposing them are broken down separately and never combined, and every share below is a share of that one direction's total.

The largest category is usually "Advertising, medium not specified". That is not a leftover: it is spending the committee described only as a media buy or as advertising, without saying whether it aired on television, ran online, or arrived in the mail. MyRepTracker reports what was filed rather than assigning it a medium.

Supporting Melanie Stansbury

Independent spending supporting this candidate, by reported purpose for the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
PurposeAmount% ShareTransactions
Digital and online advertising $29,59545.8%7
Phone calls and text messages $15,39123.8%9
Advertising, medium not specified Reported as a media buy or as advertising, with no medium named. $10,35716.0%3
Unclassified filing descriptions Spending whose reported description could not be placed in the taxonomy. It is counted, not guessed at. $5,9119.2%36
Direct mail $3,3265.2%2
Classified$58,67090.8%
Unclassified filing descriptions$5,9119.2%
Total independent spending$64,580100%57

Opposing Melanie Stansbury

Independent spending opposing this candidate, by reported purpose for the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
PurposeAmount% ShareTransactions
Digital and online advertising $94,643100.0%4
Classified$94,643100.0%
Unclassified filing descriptions$00.0%
Total independent spending$94,643100%4

Who the committees behind this money were

Every committee here is placed by the registration it filed with the FEC for the 2022 cycle: its designation, its committee type, and the organizational form it reported. That is the FEC's own record and involves no judgement by MyRepTracker, so this covers every itemized dollar. A committee's registration can change between cycles, and each cycle is judged by its own.

Contributed to Melanie Stansbury

Committees itemized $706,883 in contributions to this campaign.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Labor union PACs $213,50030.2%2761
Leadership PACs $199,80028.3%62105
Non-connected committees $127,26218.0%3051
Other candidates' committees $66,0019.3%3948
Membership organization PACs $58,3708.3%1734
Trade association PACs $32,0004.5%1318
Party committees $5,0000.7%11
Corporate PACs $4,9500.7%33
Itemized total for this direction$706,883

Spent supporting Melanie Stansbury

Committees itemized $64,580 in independent spending supporting Melanie Stansbury.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Non-connected committees $64,580100.0%857
Itemized total for this direction$64,580

Spent opposing Melanie Stansbury

Committees itemized $94,643 in independent spending opposing Melanie Stansbury.

Independent spenders opposing this candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Non-connected committees $94,643100.0%14
Itemized total for this direction$94,643

What interests those committees advance

The FEC publishes no industry or interest field, so unlike the section above this one is a claim MyRepTracker makes. A committee is placed here only when there is a document behind the claim that a reader can open: its own statement of organization, its own published mission statement, or a named third party. Every assignment carries that document on the committee's own page. A committee's name is never evidence of anything.

Categorized is not the same as reviewed. Most of these sectors were assigned by machine from the committee's own filing rather than read by a person. Each committee's own page says which of the two its assignment is, and names the document behind it either way.

Coverage is partial on purpose, and the part that is not covered is shown at full size rather than left out. Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees are excluded outright: their giving is an officeholder's or a party's decision, so no interest label describes it. Categories are taxonomy interest-1.7.

Contributed to Melanie Stansbury

Committees itemized $706,883 in contributions to this campaign. $270,801 of that came from leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees, which are not interest groups. Of the remaining $436,082, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $294,500 and committees not yet categorized account for $141,582.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Industrial unions Labor $53,00012.2%513
Building trades unions Labor $52,00011.9%512
Public sector unions Labor $50,50011.6%515
Transportation unions Labor $30,0006.9%58
Pro-Democratic Party Ideological and single-issue $20,0004.6%27
Lawyers and law firms Professional services $16,0003.7%25
Air transport Transportation $11,0002.5%15
Telecommunications Communications and technology $9,5002.2%23
Credit unions Finance, insurance, and real estate $7,5001.7%12
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate $7,0001.6%24
Physicians and medical specialties Health $6,5001.5%46
Democracy and election reform Ideological and single-issue $6,0001.4%12
Construction Construction $5,0001.1%22
Hospitals and nursing homes Health $4,5001.0%22
Electric utilities Energy and natural resources $3,5000.8%12
Food and beverage Agriculture $3,5000.8%12
Media and entertainment Communications and technology $3,5000.8%12
Gun control Ideological and single-issue $1,0000.2%11
Health care unions Labor $1,0000.2%11
Insurance Finance, insurance, and real estate $1,0000.2%11
Mining Energy and natural resources $1,0000.2%11
Renewable energy Energy and natural resources $1,0000.2%11
Agribusiness Agriculture $5000.1%11
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees Not part of the base the shares beside it are taken over. $270,801Not applicable102154
Committees not yet categorized $141,58232.5%4269
Base the shares are taken over$436,082100%
Itemized total for this direction$706,883

Spent supporting Melanie Stansbury

Committees itemized $64,580 in independent spending supporting Melanie Stansbury. Of that, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $5,026 and committees not yet categorized account for $59,554.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Democracy and election reform Ideological and single-issue $5,0267.8%13
Committees not yet categorized $59,55492.2%754
Base the shares are taken over$64,580100%
Itemized total for this direction$64,580

Spent opposing Melanie Stansbury

Committees itemized $94,643 in independent spending opposing Melanie Stansbury. Of that, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $0 and committees not yet categorized account for $94,643.

Independent spenders opposing this candidate, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Committees not yet categorized $94,643100.0%14
Base the shares are taken over$94,643100%
Itemized total for this direction$94,643

Last-minute contributions reported before an election

In the days just before an election, a campaign must tell the FEC within 48 hours about any contribution or loan of $1,000 or more. These notices arrive faster than the regular reporting schedule, and the same money is reported again in the report covering those days. Nothing here is added to receipts: it is a preview of money the ordinary reports will carry, not money beside them.

Reported on notices

$310,500
Across 36 notices, received May 13, 2021 to Nov 5, 2022

Still only provisional

$0
Every notice is now covered by a regular report

The most recent notice was filed on Nov 7, 2022. A notice stops being the only record of its money once a regular report covers the same days; those are marked reconciled below and the amounts appear in Melanie Stansbury's reported totals through the ordinary schedule.

48-hour notices filed for the 2022 cycle, newest first
FiledAmountEntriesCoversStateFiling
Nov 7, 2022$2,0001Nov 5 to Nov 5, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Nov 6, 2022$6,5003Nov 4 to Nov 4, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Nov 4, 2022$18,40011Nov 2 to Nov 2, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Nov 3, 2022$5,0003Nov 1 to Nov 1, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Nov 2, 2022$15,9007Oct 31 to Oct 31, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Nov 1, 2022$5,0004Oct 30 to Oct 30, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 31, 2022$7,5002Oct 29 to Oct 29, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 30, 2022$6,0003Oct 28 to Oct 28, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 29, 2022$1,0001Oct 27 to Oct 27, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 28, 2022$1,0001Oct 26 to Oct 26, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗

The 10 most recent notices of 36 are listed. The amount and count above cover all of them.

Where the individual money was reported from

Contributions from individuals that the campaign itemized, grouped by the state each contributor gave as their address. Contributions of $200 or less in aggregate are not itemized and carry no address, so they are not here at all. These places account for $1,909,272 of the $2,850,780 this campaign reported from individuals and from transfers by its other authorized committees, across 5,468 itemized contributions.

From New Mexico

$1,159,847
60.8% of the itemized money that has a place

From everywhere else

$749,175
39.2% of the itemized money that has a place

Money from outside New Mexico is not money from outside the country, and neither figure is evidence that anything unlawful happened. People may contribute to campaigns in states they do not live in, and United States citizens living abroad may contribute at all.

What kind of place it came from

Itemized individual contributions by kind of place, 2022 cycle
Kind of placeAmountContributionsShare
States and the District of ColumbiaContributors who gave an address in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia.$1,908,8225,466>99.9%
Armed Forces addressesMilitary mailing addresses used by service members stationed away from home. They are real addresses; they are simply not states.$2001<0.1%
Not placedContributions the FEC could not attribute to a place. They are reported here and are never assigned to a state or counted in the in-state and out-of-state split.$2501Not counted

Places, largest first

Top 10 of 48 places shown as bars. Every place is in the table below.

  • New Mexico this campaign's state $1,159,847
  • California $210,102
  • District of Columbia $77,924
  • New York $63,266
  • Massachusetts $58,387
  • Washington $47,536
  • Maryland $41,345
  • Texas $32,212
  • Virginia $30,492
  • Colorado $23,560
Every place with itemized individual contributions reported for the 2022 cycle
PlaceAmountContributionsShare
New Mexico this campaign's state$1,159,8473,57060.8%
California$210,10245311.0%
District of Columbia$77,9242004.1%
New York$63,2661243.3%
Massachusetts$58,387883.1%
Washington$47,536822.5%
Maryland$41,3451382.2%
Texas$32,212801.7%
Virginia$30,492991.6%
Colorado$23,560541.2%
Oklahoma$22,455221.2%
Arizona$20,001541.0%
North Carolina$10,275180.5%
Florida$9,842520.5%
Illinois$9,350250.5%
Minnesota$9,30080.5%
Oregon$8,025330.4%
Kentucky$7,15060.4%
Connecticut$5,888520.3%
Montana$5,743180.3%
Georgia$5,104240.3%
Ohio$4,971430.3%
Wisconsin$4,37580.2%
Wyoming$4,15040.2%
Indiana$4,07570.2%
Louisiana$3,90030.2%
Utah$3,80020.2%
Pennsylvania$3,499350.2%
Michigan$3,360260.2%
New Jersey$3,137210.2%
Alabama$2,00020.1%
New Hampshire$1,72580.1%
Hawaii$1,607170.1%
Idaho$1,35040.1%
Mississippi$1,30030.1%
South Carolina$1,233170.1%
Delaware$1,00010.1%
Missouri$93017<0.1%
Tennessee$8506<0.1%
Alaska$7502<0.1%
Vermont$7502<0.1%
Iowa$6004<0.1%
Nevada$5504<0.1%
Nebraska$50627<0.1%
Rhode Island$3502<0.1%
Maine$2501<0.1%
Not reported not placed$2501Not counted
Armed Forces Americas$2001<0.1%
Reported with a place$1,909,0225,467100%

Contributions are transactions, not people: one contributor giving every month is counted once for each contribution. No contributor's name, address, employer, or occupation is stored or shown anywhere on this site.

  • $250 could not be attributed to a place and is left out of the in-state and out-of-state figures rather than assigned to a state.

How this compares

Compared with U.S. House campaigns in New Mexico, 2022 cycle: 10 campaigns with a complete Federal Election Commission record for the cycle. This is a position in that group, not a score, a grade, or a judgement about the campaign.

Total receipts

Everything the authorized campaign committee took in for this cycle, including contributions, loans, and transfers.

  • This campaign $3,570,363
  • Cohort median $1,552,127
Total receipts for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in New Mexico, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$3,570,363
Lowest in the cohort$1,974
25th percentile$303,536
Median$1,552,127
75th percentile$3,570,363
Highest in the cohort$4,431,275
Campaigns counted10

7 of the 10 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 70th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Share of receipts from political committees

Direct contributions from PACs and other political committees as a share of total receipts. Campaigns reporting no receipts at all have no share and are left out of this measure.

  • This campaign 19.8%
  • Cohort median 14.0%
Share of receipts from political committees for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in New Mexico, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign19.8%
Lowest in the cohort0.0%
25th percentile8.3%
Median14.0%
75th percentile19.1%
Highest in the cohort31.7%
Campaigns counted10

8 of the 10 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 80th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Cash on hand

The balance reported at the end of the coverage period. Campaigns report at different times, so this compares balances as of each campaign's own coverage end.

  • This campaign $11,341
  • Cohort median $28,450
Cash on hand for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in New Mexico, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$11,341
Lowest in the cohort$1,699
25th percentile$5,289
Median$28,450
75th percentile$240,998
Highest in the cohort$1,138,136
Campaigns counted10

3 of the 10 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 30th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending supporting

Independent expenditures by other organizations supporting the candidate. This money was never received or controlled by the campaign.

  • This campaign $64,580
  • Cohort median $0
Outside spending supporting for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in New Mexico, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$64,580
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$0
75th percentile$215,225
Highest in the cohort$1,802,388
Campaigns counted10

6 of the 10 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 60th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending opposing

Independent expenditures by other organizations opposing the candidate, not coordinated with any campaign.

  • This campaign $94,643
  • Cohort median $4,550
Outside spending opposing for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in New Mexico, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$94,643
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$4,550
75th percentile$302,900
Highest in the cohort$4,914,792
Campaigns counted10

6 of the 10 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 60th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Every comparison is drawn from one two-year cycle and one office. Only campaigns whose FEC record for that cycle is complete are counted; the rest are reported beside the cohort and are never counted as zero. One authorized committee is counted once however many candidacies report it, so where a candidate's committees are all reported by another FEC record, that record supplies the figures for both. A campaign is never compared with another cycle, with a career total, or with a candidate for a different office.

What these numbers mean

Receipts are not the same as contributions
Total receipts include everything the campaign took in, such as contributions, loans, and transfers. Contributions are only the money given by people and committees.
Direct contributions are not outside spending
A direct contribution is money received by the campaign's own authorized committee. An independent expenditure is money another organization spent on its own, without coordinating with the campaign. The Federal Election Commission treats these as different activities, and so does this page.
The organizations named here are political committees
Direct rankings count what one political committee gave to a campaign; outside-spending rankings count what a committee spent independently. A separate conduit section groups individual contributions only when the campaign's memo record supplies a registered conduit committee's FEC ID. It never attributes donors to employers or interest groups, and it never exposes contributor names. Sites using broader attribution rules may therefore report different organization totals.
A cycle may be only partly reported
Filings arrive throughout a two-year cycle. A current cycle shows only what has been filed and processed through the coverage date shown above, so it is not comparable with a finished cycle.
This view is cycle specific
It covers the 2022 two-year cycle only.

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