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Candidate vs. Candidate Visuals — WinRed / ActBlue & All Funding Ties (2019-20 cycle)

Head-to-head candidate and committee comparator across WinRed vs. ActBlue conduit volume (with In-State Nebraska vs. Out-of-State splits), Labor & Union networks, Business/Trade & Party PACs, Super PAC Independent Expenditures (Support vs. Oppose), shared cross-over funders, ballot measures, and election cycles.
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Interactive Head-to-Head Matchup & Conduit / Network Comparator

⚔ Candidate vs. Candidate Head-to-Head Visuals — WinRed / ActBlue & All Funding Ties

Side-by-side comparison of WinRed vs. ActBlue conduit volume (with In-State NE vs. Out-of-State splits), all institutional funding streams, shared/opposing Super PACs & unions, and full source-attributed ties.

Box colors:RepublicanDemocraticIndependent (blue) / other party (gray)Nonpartisan office (party not shown)
Candidate A (NADC)
JAMES CAVANAUGH ↗
Douglas County Commissioner Dist. #02 · nadc-14CAC01882
$32.2K
Direct Raised
🔵 ACTBLUE
$0
—
🔴 WINRED/ANEDOT
$0
—
📣 IE SUPPORT (+)
$0
Supporting IEs
⚔ IE OPPOSE (-)
$0
Opposing IEs
Candidate B (NADC)
DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ↗
Party committee · nadc-99PPC00023
$83.9K
Direct Raised
🔵 ACTBLUE
$0
—
🔴 WINRED/ANEDOT
$0
—
📣 IE SUPPORT (+)
$0
Supporting IEs
⚔ IE OPPOSE (-)
$0
Opposing IEs
Funding side by side

JAMES CAVANAUGH vs. DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Mirrored bars: A grows left, B grows right from the category spine. Bars in each group share one scale. Darker segment = in-state (NE), lighter = out-of-state.
A · JAMES CAVANAUGH
Category
B · DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Direct contributions
$32.2K
Total raised
$83.9K
Online conduits
$0
ActBlue
$0
$0
WinRed / Anedot
$0
Outside spending (independent expenditures)
$0
IE support (+)
$0
$0
IE oppose (−)
$0
Itemized receipts by geography
$28.5K
88.4% of itemized
In-state (NE)
$83.9K
100% of itemized
$3.8K
11.6% of itemized
Out-of-state
$0
Committee & PAC sources
$13.5K
Labor & unions
$30.4K
$0
Business / trade
$0
$3.0K
Party
$1.2K
$0
Ideological / leadership
$0
Visual 3 · Dual-Candidate Network Graph (Exclusive vs. Shared / Cross-Over Ties)

All Funding Ties Network Map: JAMES CAVANAUGH vs. DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Left column shows top funders/spenders exclusive to JAMES CAVANAUGH; Center column highlights 2 Shared / Cross-Over Funders & Opposing Super PACs touching BOTH candidates; Right column shows top funders/spenders exclusive to DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY. Click any node to inspect.
● ActBlue● WinRed/Anedot● Union / 501(c)(5)● Business / PAC━ IE Support (+)┅ IE Oppose (-)
EXCLUSIVE TO JAMES CAVANAUGH (15)CANDIDATE HUBS & SHARED / CROSS-OVER TIES (2)EXCLUSIVE TO DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRA (15)⚒ FIREFIGHTERS FOR BETTER GOVEA: $2.0K · B: $1.0K⚡ DAN ESCH FOR COUNTY CLERKA: $1.0K · B: $1.0KJAMES CAVANAUGHRaised $32.2K DOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRARaised $83.9K ⚒ I.B.E.W. PAC VOLUNTARY FUNDPAC$2.5KHOTZBusiness (For-Profit and N$2.1K⚒ FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LODBusiness (For-Profit and N$2.0KSIMONBusiness (For-Profit and N$2.0KDAVISBusiness (For-Profit and N$1.5KCORRIGANBusiness (For-Profit and N$1.2KGOSWAMIBusiness (For-Profit and N$1.0KKELLEY PLUCKER, LLCBusiness$1.0KNEBRASKA REALTORS PACPAC-Separate Segregated Po$1.0K⚒ NEBRASKA STATE EDUCATION ASSOPAC$8.6K⚒ SMART TD PAC NEBRASKAPAC$4.8KFESTERSEN FOR CITY COUNCILCandidate committee$2.5KMIKE BOYLE FOR COUNTY COMMISSCandidate committee$1.9KFRIENDS OF MIKE MCDONNELLCandidate committee$1.8KVARGAS FOR NEBRASKACandidate committee$1.6KFRIENDS FOR VINNY PALERMOCandidate committee$1.5KNEIGHBORS FOR SARA HOWARDCandidate committee$1.3K⚒ NEBRASKA GPLDC PAC FUNDPAC$750
Detailed list: all funding ties (32)
Visual 4 · Complete Side-by-Side Funding Ties Ledger

All Institutional Funders, Conduits, Unions & Super PAC IE Spenders (32 of 32)

Funder / Conduit / Super PACCategory & BasisJAMES CAVANAUGH TieDOUGLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY TieCombined Volume
PAC
NADC/FEC PAC filer record ("PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund")
—
$8,600
$17,200
⚒ UNION · AFL-CIO/LaborSMART TD PAC NEBRASKA ↗
PAC
NADC filer/source type "PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund" (NADC ID 99
—
$4,850
$9,700
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 08CAC01183)
—
$2,500
$5,000
⚡ BOTH⚒ UNION · Fire/PoliceFIREFIGHTERS FOR BETTER GOVERNMENT ↗
PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund
NADC filer/source type "PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund" (NADC ID 99
$2,000
$1,000
$4,000
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 99CAC00428)
—
$1,850
$3,700
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 15CAC02086)
—
$1,750
$3,500
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 15CAC02109)
—
$1,600
$3,200
Candidate Committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 15CAC02112)
$1,000
$1,000
$3,000
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 17CAC02300)
—
$1,500
$3,000
⚒ UNION · IBEW/TradesI.B.E.W. PAC VOLUNTARY FUND
PAC
NADC supplemental/contributor filer refined by organization type (PAC)
$2,500
—$2,500
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 11CAC01592)
—
$1,250
$2,500
HOTZ
Business (For-Profit and Non-Profit entities)
$2,100
—$2,100
Business (For-Profit and Non-Profit entities)
IRS Business Master File, normalized-name match (EIN 237179048, NM): 501(c)
$2,000
—$2,000
SIMON
Business (For-Profit and Non-Profit entities)
$2,000
—$2,000
DAVIS
Business (For-Profit and Non-Profit entities)
$1,500
—$1,500
⚒ UNION · IBEW/TradesNEBRASKA GPLDC PAC FUND ↗
PAC
NADC filer/source type "PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund" (NADC ID 09
—
$750
$1,500
CORRIGAN
Business (For-Profit and Non-Profit entities)
$1,200
—$1,200
Party committee
NADC filer/source type "Political Party Committee" (NADC ID 10PPC00067)
—
$600
$1,200
GOSWAMI
Business (For-Profit and Non-Profit entities)
$1,001
—$1,001
Business
NADC Form B-7 limited liability company (Type=LLC) (NADC ID 16CUA08810)
$1,000
—$1,000
NEBRASKA REALTORS PAC
PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund
$1,000
—$1,000
Political Party Committee
NADC filer/source type "Political Party Committee" (NADC ID 99PPC00023)
$1,000
—$1,000
AMDOR
Business (For-Profit and Non-Profit entities)
$1,000
—$1,000
O'HARA
Business (For-Profit and Non-Profit entities)
$1,000
—$1,000
GARCIA
Business (For-Profit and Non-Profit entities)
$1,000
—$1,000
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 17CAC02331)
—
$500
$1,000
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 05CAC00728)
—
$300
$600
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 11CAC01603)
—
$300
$600
⚒ UNION · AFL-CIO/LaborTEAMSTERS LOCAL #554 PAC ↗
PAC
NADC filer/source type "PAC-Independent" (NADC ID 15PAC00184)
$500
—$500
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 99CAC00300)
$400
—$400
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 99CAC00439)
—
$300
$300
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 19CAC02642)
—
$250
$250

Committee-Level Expenditure & Vendor Inspector

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ENTITY A · Candidate committee

NEIGHBORS FOR CAVANAUGH

NADC #14CAC01882 ↗
Candidate: JAMES CAVANAUGH · Office: DOUGLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER DIST. #02 · Region: OMAHA, NE (Statewide)
Gross Receipts
$32,201
Net: $26,301
Disbursements
$29,616
COH: $0
In-State (NE): 88.4% ($28K)Out-of-State: 11.6% ($4K)

Top Non-Individual Contributors

Organization / PACStateAmount
I.B.E.W. PAC VOLUNTARY FUNDDC$2,500
HOTZNE$2,100
SIMONNE$2,000
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LODGE #8NE$2,000
FIREFIGHTERS FOR BETTER GOVERNMENTNE$2,000
DAVISNE$1,500

Top Expenditure Payees / Vendors

Payee / VendorPurposeAmount
CONSTANCE MIERENDORFPAYROLL$8,767
ROBERT MIERENDORFVIDEOGRAPHY$5,600
FIELD CLUB OF OMAHAFUND RAISING EVENT$4,854
GRAGERT RESEARCHRESEARCH$3,000
JAMES P CAVANAUGHREIMBURSE OFFICE FUNDRAISING$2,083
CAVANAUGH FOR NEBRASKATICKETED EVENT$1,000
Region: Statewide
Gross Receipts
$83,920
Net: $55,020
Disbursements
$10,550
COH: $0
In-State (NE): 100% ($84K)Out-of-State: 0.0% ($0)

Top Non-Individual Contributors

Organization / PACStateAmount
NE STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PACNE$8,600
SMART TD PAC NEBRASKANE$4,850
FESTERSEN FOR CITY COUNCILNE$2,500
MIKE BOYLE FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1NE$1,850
FRIENDS OF MIKE MCDONNELLNE$1,750
VARGAS FOR NEBRASKANE$1,600

Top Expenditure Payees / Vendors

Payee / VendorPurposeAmount
NEIGHBORS FOR CAVANAUGHCandidate committee$1,000
NEBRASKANS FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANABallot question committee$1,000
JO GILES FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONCandidate committee$1,000
MAUREEN BOYLE FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARDCandidate committee$1,000
MIKE BOYLE FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1Candidate committee$1,000
ROYERS FOR NEBRASKACandidate committee$648