Super PAC · PA

Seniors Empowering an Effective Democracy (Seed-pac)

Registered with the Federal Election Commission as C00934059.

Which side

Mostly helps Democrats

100% of the $56K it gave candidates or spent on races helped Democrats. Spending against a candidate counts as help for the other party.4

Helps Democrats 100%Helps Republicans 0%

Backs

  1. Bob BrooksDemocrat$21K
  2. Robert J HarvieDemocrat$14K
  3. Paige Gebhardt CognettiDemocrat$10K
  4. Janelle StelsonDemocrat$10K

Run by Lawrence N Margel (treasurer) More

On the record

Type
Super PAC1
Based in
Gladwyne, PA1

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
Lawrence N Margel1

Who funds it

It reported raising $113K: $113K from individuals and $0 from other committees.4

Individuals

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

  • $113K from 38 itemized gifts by individuals6
  • 87% came in gifts of $2,000 or more6
  • Top states: Pennsylvania $111K, New York $1,000, Oregon $1,0006

Where its donors work6

Philadelphia Museum of Art1 gifts$1,000

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$113K
Spent$94K
Cash on hand$19K
Outside spending to September 30$89K
  • From individuals $113K

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 October 5, 2026, later than the summary above.3

Spent to help: $56K

Bob Brooks DemocratU.S. House, Pennsylvania 7th District (2026)$21,092
Robert J Harvie DemocratU.S. House, Pennsylvania 1st District (2026)$13,874
Paige Gebhardt Cognetti DemocratU.S. House, Pennsylvania 8th District (2026)$10,359
Janelle Stelson DemocratU.S. House, Pennsylvania 10th District (2026)$10,326

Sources

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

  1. 1
    FEC committee record: Seniors Empowering an Effective Democracy (Seed-pac) (C00934059)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00934059/
    Retrieved October 16, 2026
  2. 2
    FEC: Seniors Empowering an Effective Democracy (Seed-pac) financial summary, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00934059/?cycle=2026#financial-summary
    Through September 30, 2026 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  3. 3
    FEC: independent expenditures by Seniors Empowering an Effective Democracy (Seed-pac), 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/independent-expenditures/?committee_id=C00934059&cycle=2026
    24- and 48-hour notices · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  4. 4
    Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2025–26 cyclehttps://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/?tab=bulk-data
    Retrieved October 16, 2026 · Public record
  5. 5
    FEC: receipts of Seniors Empowering an Effective Democracy (Seed-pac), 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00934059&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Itemized receipts, bulk files indiv26 and oth26 · Retrieved October 17, 2026
  6. 6
    FEC: itemized individual contributions to Seniors Empowering an Effective Democracy (Seed-pac), 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?committee_id=C00934059&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Gifts over $200 · Retrieved October 17, 2026