Leadership PAC · VA

Common Ground PAC

Registered with the Federal Election Commission as C00538835.

On the record

Type
Leadership PAC1
Treasurer
Mccandlish, Thomas W.1
Based in
Williamsburg, VA1
Connected to
Kaine1

Which side its money helps

100% of the money it gave to candidates or spent on races helped Democrats. Spending to oppose a candidate counts as help for the other party.2

Helps Democrats 100%Helps Republicans 0%

Money, 2025–26

As reported to the FEC through August 31, 2026.3

Raised$2.1M
Spent$1.6M
Cash on hand$501K
Given to candidates and committees$556K
  • From individuals $1.3M
  • From other committees $501K
  • Other $322K

Who it gives to

30 candidates, $263K in direct gifts.4

James R. Walkinshaw DemocratU.S. House, Virginia 11th District (2026)$15,000
Christopher A. Coons DemocratU.S. Senate, Delaware (2026)$10,000
Chris Pappas DemocratU.S. Senate, New Hampshire (2026)$10,000
Cory A. Booker DemocratU.S. Senate, New Jersey (2026)$10,000
John W. Hickenlooper DemocratU.S. Senate, Colorado (2026)$10,000
Jon Ossoff DemocratU.S. Senate, Georgia (2026)$10,000
Ben Ray Luján DemocratU.S. Senate, New Mexico (2026)$10,000
Jack Reed DemocratU.S. Senate, Rhode Island (2026)$10,000
Suhas Subramanyam DemocratU.S. House, Virginia 10th District (2026)$10,000
Edward J. Markey DemocratU.S. Senate, Massachusetts (2026)$10,000
Roy Cooper DemocratU.S. Senate, North Carolina (2026)$10,000
Elaine Luria DemocratU.S. House, Virginia 2nd District (2026)$10,000
Sherrod Brown DemocratU.S. Senate, Ohio (2026)$10,000
Jennifer L. McClellan DemocratU.S. House, Virginia 4th District (2026)$10,000
Shannon Leigh Taylor DemocratU.S. House, Virginia 1st District (2026)$10,000
Beth Macy DemocratU.S. House, Virginia 6th District (2026)$10,000
Thomas Perriello DemocratU.S. House, Virginia 5th District (2026)$10,000
Eugene Simon Vindman DemocratU.S. House, Virginia 7th District (2026)$10,000
Scott Colom DemocratU.S. Senate, Mississippi (2026)$10,000
Alexander Vindman DemocratU.S. Senate, Florida (2026)$10,000
Mary Peltola DemocratU.S. Senate, Alaska (2026)$10,000
Adam Hamilton DemocratU.S. Senate, Kansas (2026)$10,000
Josh Turek DemocratU.S. Senate, Iowa (2026)$10,000
Alexander George Kelloff DemocratU.S. House, Colorado 3rd District (2026)$5,000
Bobby Pulido DemocratU.S. House, Texas 15th District (2026)$5,000
Annie Andrews DemocratU.S. Senate, South Carolina (2026)$5,000
Jeff Merkley DemocratU.S. Senate, Oregon (2026)$5,000
Zach Dembo DemocratU.S. House, Kentucky 6th District (2026)$5,000
Hallie Shoffner DemocratU.S. Senate, Arkansas (2026)$2,000
Darden Hunter Copeland DemocratU.S. House, Tennessee 7th District (2026)$1,000

Sources

Every number on this page points here. Each one links to the public record.

  1. 1
    FEC committee record: Common Ground PAC (C00538835)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00538835/
    Retrieved October 16, 2026
  2. 2
    Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2025–26 cyclehttps://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/?tab=bulk-data
    Retrieved October 16, 2026 · Public record
  3. 3
    FEC: Common Ground PAC financial summary, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00538835/?cycle=2026#financial-summary
    Through August 31, 2026 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  4. 4
    FEC: contributions from Common Ground PAC to candidates, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00538835&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Bulk file pas226 · Retrieved October 16, 2026