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Candidate vs. Candidate Visuals — WinRed / ActBlue & All Funding Ties (2021-22 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.

Candidate A (NADC)
QUALITY BRANDS DISTRIBUTION ↗
Business · nadc-7966
$0
Direct Raised
🔵 ACTBLUE
$0
—
🔴 WINRED/ANEDOT
$0
—
📣 IE SUPPORT (+)
$0
Supporting IEs
⚔ IE OPPOSE (-)
$0
Opposing IEs
Candidate B (NADC)
JOHN EWING ↗
Candidate committee · nadc-7559
$6.2K
Direct Raised
🔵 ACTBLUE
$0
—
🔴 WINRED/ANEDOT
$0
—
📣 IE SUPPORT (+)
$0
Supporting IEs
⚔ IE OPPOSE (-)
$0
Opposing IEs
Funding side by side

QUALITY BRANDS DISTRIBUTION vs. JOHN EWING

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 · QUALITY BRANDS DISTRIBUTION
Category
B · JOHN EWING
Direct contributions
$0
Total raised
$6.2K
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
$0
In-state (NE)
$6.2K
100% of itemized
$0
Out-of-state
$0
Committee & PAC sources
$0
Labor & unions
$0
$0
Business / trade
$0
$0
Party
$0
$0
Ideological / leadership
$0
Visual 3 · Dual-Candidate Network Graph (Exclusive vs. Shared / Cross-Over Ties)

All Funding Ties Network Map: QUALITY BRANDS DISTRIBUTION vs. JOHN EWING

Left column shows top funders/spenders exclusive to QUALITY BRANDS DISTRIBUTION; Center column highlights 0 Shared / Cross-Over Funders & Opposing Super PACs touching BOTH candidates; Right column shows top funders/spenders exclusive to JOHN EWING. Click any node to inspect.
● ActBlue● WinRed/Anedot● Union / 501(c)(5)● Business / PAC━ IE Support (+)┅ IE Oppose (-)
EXCLUSIVE TO QUALITY BRANDS DISTRIB (0)CANDIDATE HUBS & SHARED / CROSS-OVER TIES (0)EXCLUSIVE TO JOHN EWING (2)0 Shared Institutional FundersCompletely distinct donor & Super PAC coalitionsQUALITY BRANDS DISTRIBRaised $0 JOHN EWINGRaised $6.2K OMAHA AREA BOARD OF REALTORS501(c)(6) trade group$1.0KNEBRASKA REALTORS PACPAC$1.0K
Detailed list: all funding ties (2)
Visual 4 · Complete Side-by-Side Funding Ties Ledger

All Institutional Funders, Conduits, Unions & Super PAC IE Spenders (2 of 2)

Funder / Conduit / Super PACCategory & BasisQUALITY BRANDS DISTRIBUTION TieJOHN EWING TieCombined Volume
501(c)(6) trade group
IRS Business Master File, normalized-name match (EIN 470259650, NE): 501(c)
—
$1,000
$2,000
PAC
NADC filer/source type "PAC-Separate Segregated Political Fund" (name match
—
$1,000
$1,000

Committee-Level Expenditure & Vendor Inspector

Showing 600 committees in cycle
Region: Statewide
Gross Receipts
$0
Net: $0
Disbursements
$22,466
COH: $0
In-State (NE): 100% ($0)Out-of-State: 0.0% ($0)

Top Non-Individual Contributors

No itemized non-individual contributors in this period.

Top Expenditure Payees / Vendors

Payee / VendorPurposeAmount
NEBRASKA REPUBLICAN PARTYNEBRASKA REPUBLICAN PARTY DONATION$10,000
JIM PILLEN FOR GOVERNORFINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO JIM PILLEN FOR GOVERNOR$5,000
SUZANNE GEIST FOR MAYORSUZANNE GEIST FOR MAYOR FUNDRAISING DINNER CONTRIBUTION$5,000
PETE RICKETTS FOR GOVERNORBEVERAGES FOR TAILGATE EVENT$2,466
ENTITY B · Candidate committee

JIM PILLEN FOR GOVERNOR

NADC #7688 ↗
Candidate: JIM PILLEN · Region: Omaha, NE (NE-02 (Omaha / Douglas–Sarpy))
Gross Receipts
$11,384,142
Net: $11,116,367
Disbursements
$10,542,905
COH: $0
In-State (NE): 90.9% ($10.55M)Out-of-State: 9.1% ($1.06M)

Top Non-Individual Contributors

Organization / PACStateAmount
MORRISON ENTERPRISES, LLCNE$350,500
OTB ARIZONA, LLC (NE)NE$300,000
COMMODITY SOLUTIONSNE$200,000
KAAPA ETHANOL HOLDINGS, LLCNE$200,000
JSMM FARMS PARTNERSHIPNE$200,000
SANDHILLS GLOBAL, INC.NE$150,000

Top Expenditure Payees / Vendors

Payee / VendorPurposeAmount
AX MEDIATV ADS$5,836,650
AXIOM STRATEGIESCONSULTING, TEXTING, MAILING$839,652
THE PROSPER GROUPADVERTISING$569,671
SOMETHING ELSE STRATEGIESMEDIA PRODUCTION$549,888
WPA INTELLIGENCEANALYTICS$312,734
SMARTCALL MEDIATEXTING$227,462