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Candidate vs. Candidate Visuals — WinRed / ActBlue & All Funding Ties (2017-18 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)
DANIEL WATERMEIER ↗
Public Service Commission 06 · nadc-18CAC02362
$69.4K
Direct Raised
🔵 ACTBLUE
$0
—
🔴 WINRED/ANEDOT
$0
—
📣 IE SUPPORT (+)
$0
Supporting IEs
⚔ IE OPPOSE (-)
$0
Opposing IEs
Candidate B (NADC)
NE REPUBLICAN PARTY ↗
Party committee · nadc-99PPC00002
$1.25M
Direct Raised
🔵 ACTBLUE
$0
—
🔴 WINRED/ANEDOT
$0
—
📣 IE SUPPORT (+)
$0
Supporting IEs
⚔ IE OPPOSE (-)
$0
Opposing IEs
Funding side by side

DANIEL WATERMEIER vs. NE REPUBLICAN 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 · DANIEL WATERMEIER
Category
B · NE REPUBLICAN PARTY
Direct contributions
$69.4K
Total raised
$1.25M
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
$62.2K
89.7% of itemized
In-state (NE)
$1.25M
100% of itemized
$7.2K
10.3% of itemized
Out-of-state
$0
Committee & PAC sources
$2.1K
Labor & unions
$15.0K
$0
Business / trade
$0
$27.0K
Party
$111.8K
$6.5K
Ideological / leadership
$15.5K
Visual 3 · Dual-Candidate Network Graph (Exclusive vs. Shared / Cross-Over Ties)

All Funding Ties Network Map: DANIEL WATERMEIER vs. NE REPUBLICAN PARTY

Left column shows top funders/spenders exclusive to DANIEL WATERMEIER; Center column highlights 3 Shared / Cross-Over Funders & Opposing Super PACs touching BOTH candidates; Right column shows top funders/spenders exclusive to NE REPUBLICAN PARTY. Click any node to inspect.
● ActBlue● WinRed/Anedot● Union / 501(c)(5)● Business / PAC━ IE Support (+)┅ IE Oppose (-)
EXCLUSIVE TO DANIEL WATERMEIER (22)CANDIDATE HUBS & SHARED / CROSS-OVER TIES (3)EXCLUSIVE TO NE REPUBLICAN PARTY (29)⚡ JEAN STOTHERT FOR OMAHAA: $759 · B: $5.3K⚡ NEBRASKA FARM BUREAU FEDERATA: $4.3K · B: $2.0K⚡ STINNER FOR LEGISLATUREA: $1.0K · B: $2.1KDANIEL WATERMEIERRaised $69.4K NE REPUBLICAN PARTYRaised $1.25M NEBRASKA REPUBLICAN PARTYPolitical Party Committee$9.0KHERBSTERBusiness (For-Profit and N$5.2KLANDIS FOR PSCCandidate Committee$3.5KMOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC PACPAC$3.0KFRIESEN FOR LEGISLATURECandidate committee$2.5KKISSEL KOHOUT ES ASSOCIATES LBusiness (For-Profit and N$1.7KBRIDGING THE GAP PACPAC$1.5KJERRY VAP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE Candidate Committee$1.1KGOVERNOR HEINEMAN COMMITTEECandidate committee$1.0KPETE RICKETTS FOR GOVERNORCandidate committee$83.3KBOB EVNEN FOR NEBRASKA (SOS)Candidate committee$67.9KDOUGLAS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARParty committee$42.0KHAL DAUB FOR REGENTCandidate committee$20.0KBEN HANSEN FOR LEGISLATURECandidate committee$20.0KMCPHERSON FOR STATE BOARD OF Candidate committee$17.0KFRIENDS OF LINDSTROM (LEGISLACandidate committee$16.0KLANCASTER COUNTY REPUBLICAN PParty committee$7.4KNEBRASKA INSURANCE AND FINANCPAC$6.5K
Detailed list: all funding ties (54)
Visual 4 · Complete Side-by-Side Funding Ties Ledger

All Institutional Funders, Conduits, Unions & Super PAC IE Spenders (54 of 54)

Funder / Conduit / Super PACCategory & BasisDANIEL WATERMEIER TieNE REPUBLICAN PARTY TieCombined Volume
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 13CAC01828)
—
$83,300
$166,600
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 18CAC02448)
—
$67,900
$135,800
Party committee
NADC filer/source type "Political Party Committee" (NADC ID 99PPC00024)
—
$42,000
$84,000
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 11CAC01589)
—
$20,000
$40,000
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 18CAC02377)
—
$20,000
$40,000
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 14CAC01889)
—
$17,000
$34,000
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 13CAC01826)
—
$16,000
$32,000
Party committee
NADC filer/source type "Political Party Committee" (NADC ID 99PPC00031)
—
$7,395
$14,790
PAC
NADC filer/source type "PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund" (NADC ID 99
—
$6,500
$13,000
Party committee
NADC filer/source type "Political Party Committee" (NADC ID 99PPC00043)
—
$6,500
$13,000
PAC
NADC/FEC PAC filer record ("PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund")
—
$6,125
$12,250
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 12CAC01691)
$759
$5,250
$11,259
Business (For-Profit and Non-Profit entities)
NADC Form B-7 corporation (Type=C) (NADC ID 99CUA00553)
—
$10,000
$10,000
PAC
NADC filer/source type "PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund" (NADC ID 99
—
$5,000
$10,000
Political Party Committee
FEC CMTE_TP=X (party, nonqualified)
$9,000
—$9,000
⚡ BOTHNEBRASKA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION PAC
PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund
$4,300
$2,050
$6,350
HERBSTER
Business (For-Profit and Non-Profit entities)
$5,245
—$5,245
PAC
NADC filer/source type "PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund" (NADC ID 99
—
$5,000
$5,000
Candidate Committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 99CAC00277)
$3,500
—$3,500
PAC
NADC filer/source type "PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund" (NADC ID 99
—
$3,400
$3,400
Candidate Committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 14CAC01858)
$1,000
$2,100
$3,100
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC PAC
PAC
NADC supplemental/contributor filer refined by organization type (PAC)
$3,000
—$3,000
PAC
NADC filer/source type "PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund" (NADC ID 99
—
$3,000
$3,000
PAC
NADC filer/source type "PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund" (NADC ID 99
—
$2,750
$2,750
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 13CAC01843)
$2,500
—$2,500
PAC
NADC filer/source type "PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund" (NADC ID 99
—
$2,500
$2,500
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 13CAC01855)
—
$2,000
$2,000
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 16CAC02288)
—
$2,000
$2,000
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 17CAC02321)
—
$2,000
$2,000
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 13CAC01764)
—
$1,750
$1,750
Business (For-Profit and Non-Profit entities)
NADC Form B-7 limited liability company (Type=LLC) (NADC ID 99CON06830)
$1,745
—$1,745
BRIDGING THE GAP PAC
PAC
NADC supplemental/contributor filer refined by organization type (PAC)
$1,500
—$1,500
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 14CAC01866)
—
$1,500
$1,500
PAC
NADC filer/source type "PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund" (NADC ID 99
—
$1,500
$1,500
PAC
NADC filer/source type "PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund" (NADC ID 99
—
$1,300
$1,300
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 07CAC01033)
—
$1,250
$1,250
PAC
NADC filer/source type "PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund" (NADC ID 99
—
$1,250
$1,250
Candidate Committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 99CAC00590)
$1,100
—$1,100
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 05CAC00722)
$1,000
—$1,000
PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund
NADC filer/source type "PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund" (NADC ID 99
$1,000
—$1,000
SMITH FOR CONGRESS (ADRIAN)
Candidate committee
FEC committee master CMTE_TP=H (House candidate) (name match)
$1,000
—$1,000
CLEMENTS
Business (For-Profit and Non-Profit entities)
$1,000
—$1,000
WILLIAMS
Business (For-Profit and Non-Profit entities)
$1,000
—$1,000
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 12CAC01641)
—
$1,000
$1,000
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 13CAC01784)
—
$1,000
$1,000
PAC
NADC filer/source type "PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund" (NADC ID 99
$995
—$995
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 10CAC01392)
$500
—$500
PAC
NADC filer/source type "PAC-Independent" (NADC ID 14PAC00175)
$500
—$500
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (NADC ID 15CAC02091)
$500
—$500
PAC
NADC filer/source type "PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund" (name match
$500
—$500
Candidate committee
NADC filer/source type "Candidate Committee" (name match)
$500
—$500
⚒ UNION · AFL-CIO/LaborSMART TD PAC NEBRASKA ↗
PAC
NADC filer/source type "PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund" (name match
$500
—$500
⚒ 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 15CAC02086)
$500
—$500

Committee-Level Expenditure & Vendor Inspector

Showing 697 committees in cycle
ENTITY A · Candidate committee

FRIENDS OF DAN WATERMEIER

NADC #18CAC02362 ↗
Candidate: DANIEL WATERMEIER · Office: PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION 06 · Region: SYRACUSE, NE (Statewide)
Gross Receipts
$69,404
Net: $39,649
Disbursements
$156,542
COH: $0
In-State (NE): 89.7% ($62K)Out-of-State: 10.3% ($7K)

Top Non-Individual Contributors

Organization / PACStateAmount
NE REPUBLICAN PARTYNE$9,000
FRIESEN FOR LEGISLATURENE$7,500
HERBSTERNE$5,245
NE FARM BUREAU FEDERATION PACNE$4,300
LANDIS FOR PSCNE$3,500
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC PACNE$3,000

Top Expenditure Payees / Vendors

Payee / VendorPurposeAmount
MERIDIAN CENTRAL LLCARTWORK$44,206
ROBNIK, LLCCONSULTING$35,365
REDSTONEADVERTISING$31,089
MAJORITY STRATEGIES, LLCFACEBOOK VIDEO BOOST$7,443
US POSTMASTERPOSTAGE$7,250
NEBRASKA PRESS ADVERTISING SERVICEADVERTISING$5,507
ENTITY B · Party committee

NE REPUBLICAN PARTY

NADC #99PPC00002 ↗
Region: Statewide
Gross Receipts
$1,249,454
Net: $902,514
Disbursements
$662,445
COH: $0
In-State (NE): 100% ($1.25M)Out-of-State: 0.0% ($0)

Top Non-Individual Contributors

Organization / PACStateAmount
PETE RICKETTS FOR GOVERNORNE$83,300
BOB EVNEN FOR NEBRASKA (SOS)NE$67,900
DOUGLAS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTYNE$42,000
HAL DAUB FOR REGENTNE$20,000
BEN HANSEN FOR LEGISLATURENE$20,000
MCPHERSON FOR STATE BOARD OF EDUCATIONNE$17,000

Top Expenditure Payees / Vendors

Payee / VendorPurposeAmount
BOB EVNEN FOR NEBRASKA (SOS)Candidate committee$53,541
JEAN STOTHERT FOR OMAHACandidate committee$17,213
DON'T GO BACKPAC$10,000
HAL DAUB FOR REGENTCandidate committee$9,361
FRIENDS OF DAN WATERMEIERCandidate committee$9,000
MCPHERSON FOR STATE BOARD OF EDUCATIONCandidate committee$8,282