Super PAC · WI

Love America Uphold Freedom PAC

Registered with the Federal Election Commission as C00894071.

Which side

Mostly helps Republicans

96% of the $755K it gave candidates or spent on races helped Republicans. Spending against a candidate counts as help for the other party.5

Helps Democrats 4%Helps Republicans 96%

Backs

  1. Catalina LaufRepublican$724K
  2. Burgess OwensRepublican$3,000

Spends against

  1. Jim SchwartzelRepublican$19K
  2. James OberweisRepublican$8,846

Run by Thomas Datwyler (treasurer) More

Biggest funders Defense of Freedom PAC $3,000 More

On the record

Type
Super PAC1
Based in
Hudson, WI1

Who runs it

The FEC makes every committee name a treasurer, who signs its reports, and a custodian of its records. It does not make PACs list their officers or board.

Treasurer
Thomas Datwyler1

Who funds it

It reported raising $2.2M: $2.2M from individuals and $3,000 from other committees.5

Companies, groups and committees6

The biggest givers that aren't individuals, from its itemized receipts. Transfers from affiliated committees count.

Defense of Freedom PACCommittee1 gift$3,000

Individuals

We show individual donors only as totals, never by name: FEC rules bar using their names for soliciting or commercial purposes.

  • $1.2M from 64,659 itemized gifts by individuals7
  • 14% came in gifts of $2,000 or more7
  • Top states: California $138K, Texas $128K, Florida $120K, Illinois $77K, Arizona $38K7

Where its donors work7

Jet Support1 gifts$25,000
Nu Cybertek63 gifts$7,638
Bonneville County1 gifts$6,534
BCS6 gifts$5,940
Indeck Energy Services1 gifts$5,000
Reliable5 gifts$4,604
Famlee Investment Executive10 gifts$3,179
Uaic11 gifts$2,717
Isomag31 gifts$2,220
Moseley Collins30 gifts$1,470

Employers as donors wrote them. These are gifts from people who work there, not from the companies.

Money, 2025–26

As reported to the FEC through September 30, 2026.2

Raised$2.2M
Spent$2.2M
Cash on hand$26K
Outside spending to September 30$752K
  • From individuals $2.2M
  • From other committees $3,000
  • Other $16K

Who it gives to

1 candidates, $3,000 in direct gifts.3

Burgess Owens RepublicanU.S. House, Utah 4th District (2026)$3,000

Outside spending in races

Ads, mail and other spending about candidates, made without the campaigns, from notices it must file within 24 or 48 hours. These run to August 18, 2026, later than the summary above.4

Spent to help: $724K

Catalina Lauf RepublicanU.S. House, Florida 19th District (2026)$724,490

Spent to oppose: $28K

Jim Schwartzel RepublicanU.S. House, Florida 19th District (2026)$18,846
James Oberweis RepublicanU.S. House, Florida 19th District (2026)$8,846

Sources

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

  1. 1
    FEC committee record: Love America Uphold Freedom PAC (C00894071)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00894071/
    Retrieved October 16, 2026
  2. 2
    FEC: Love America Uphold Freedom PAC financial summary, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00894071/?cycle=2026#financial-summary
    Through September 30, 2026 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  3. 3
    FEC: contributions from Love America Uphold Freedom PAC to candidates, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00894071&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Bulk file pas226 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  4. 4
    FEC: independent expenditures by Love America Uphold Freedom PAC, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/independent-expenditures/?committee_id=C00894071&cycle=2026
    24- and 48-hour notices · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  5. 5
    Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2025–26 cyclehttps://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/?tab=bulk-data
    Retrieved October 16, 2026 · Public record
  6. 6
    Itemized receipts, bulk files indiv26 and oth26 · Retrieved October 17, 2026
  7. 7
    FEC: itemized individual contributions to Love America Uphold Freedom PAC, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?committee_id=C00894071&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Gifts over $200 · Retrieved October 17, 2026