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Tina Smith
U.S. Senator (MN) [Democrat]
Next election November 2026 · class 2
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| FEC ID | Committee | Connected organisation |
|---|---|---|
| C00663781 | TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA | DSCC VICE CHAIR SMITH FUND |
"Connected organisation" is the sponsoring body named in the committee's own registration — the only corporate tie the filing states outright.
| Candidate ID | Receipts | From individuals | From committees | Disbursements | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S8MN00578 | $48,764 | $15,204 | $23,000 | $575,583 | $200,915 | 06/30/2026 |
Source: FEC bulk file weball26.
Top 15 of 19 committees, $-40,500 total. Each links to that committee's own FEC page, where its donors are listed in turn.
| Payee | Total | Payments | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRASSROOTS SOLUTIONS | $67,500 | 3 | C00663781 → |
| CAMPAIGN COMPLIANCE LLC | $54,000 | 18 | C00663781 → |
| AUTHENTIC CAMPAIGNS | $51,895 | 6 | C00663781 → |
| PETERSEN GROUP | $50,599 | 6 | C00663781 → |
| AMERICAN EXPRESS | $26,826 | 30 | C00663781 → |
| NGP VAN, INC. | $24,231 | 5 | C00663781 → |
| U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY | $22,650 | 1 | C00663781 → |
| SCHIMANSKI & ASSOCIATES | $22,500 | 7 | C00663781 → |
Vendors and operating costs, not political giving. See the explainer below for what this money can and cannot be used for.
Senate disclosures are not published as files that can be linked directly; the Senate requires each search to be run by hand.
Search this person at the Senate Electronic Financial Disclosure database. It covers annual reports, periodic transaction reports for stock trades, and candidate filings.
| Date | Filed by | Type | Payee | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-13 | BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY | FECA | VELVET HAMMER PAC honoring Tina Smith | $2,500 | filing → |
| 2025-10-09 | CITIGROUP WASHINGTON, INC. | FECA | VELVET HAMMER PAC honoring Tina Smith | $5,000 | filing → |
| 2025-09-16 | AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY | FECA | VELVET HAMMER PAC honoring Tina Smith | $2,500 | filing → |
| 2025-05-15 | DB3, LLC (FKA THE DASCHLE GROUP) | FECA | VELVET HAMMER PAC honoring Tina Smith | $250 | filing → |
| 2025-05-12 | AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC | FECA | VELVET HAMMER PAC honoring Tina Smith | $250 | filing → |
| 2025-05-12 | MINDSET ADVOCACY, LLC | FECA | VELVET HAMMER PAC honoring Tina Smith | $100 | filing → |
| 2025-04-10 | AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS | FECA | TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA honoring The Honorable Tina Smith | $-1,000 | filing → |
| 2025-03-06 | VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES | FECA | VELVET HAMMER PAC honoring Tina Smith | $1,000 | filing → |
| 2025-03-06 | KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC | FECA | VELVET HAMMER PAC honoring Tina Smith | $1,000 | filing → |
| 2025-02-26 | WILLIAMS AND JENSEN, PLLC | FECA | VELVET HAMMER PAC honoring Tina Smith | $1,000 | filing → |
| 2025-02-10 | NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | FECA | TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA honoring Smith, Tina | $2,500 | filing → |
| 2025-02-05 | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS | FECA | TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA honoring Tina Smith | $3,000 | filing → |
| 2025-02-05 | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS | FECA | TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA honoring Tina Smith | $3,000 | filing → |
| 2025-02-03 | WILLIAMS AND JENSEN, PLLC | FECA | VELVET HAMMER PAC honoring Tina Smith | $500 | filing → |
| 2025-01-16 | CENTENE CORPORATION | FECA | VELVET HAMMER PAC honoring Tina Smith | $5,000 | filing → |
| 2024-12-20 | FINSECA | FECA | VELVET HAMMER PAC honoring Tina Smith | $1,000 | filing → |
| 2024-11-01 | GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA | FECA | TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA honoring Sen Tina Smith | $2,000 | filing → |
| 2024-10-30 | COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS | FECA | VELVET HAMMER PAC honoring Tina Smith | $2,500 | filing → |
| 2024-10-29 | OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. | FECA | TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA honoring Tina Smith | $1,500 | filing → |
| 2024-10-28 | AT&T SERVICES, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES | FECA | TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA honoring Smith, Tina | $2,000 | filing → |
113 item(s) totalling $221,100 across 2024–2026 filings, reported by lobbying registrants and lobbyists on form LD-203. By category: FECA $221,100 (113). These are their disclosures, not this person's: twice a year, registrants must report political contributions and certain honorary payments. An entry here means a lobbying organisation reported money to a committee of theirs or to an event honouring them — it is not a payment to them personally, and it is not evidence of any arrangement. The categories are not equivalent: FECA items are ordinary campaign contributions, while inaugural, library and honorary entries are payments to separate funds that carry no contribution limits. Source: Senate Office of Public Records.
Everything in the money tables on this page is campaign money, not personal money. It belongs to a political committee, not to the person. The two are separate by law, and this page never mixes them.
| Term | What it is | Whose pocket |
|---|---|---|
| Money in | Contributions a committee received — from individuals, from other political committees (PACs), from party committees. Capped per donor per election and itemised above $200. | The committee's account. Not personal income, and not taxable to the candidate. |
| Money out | What the committee spent: staff, consultants, advertising, travel, rent, card processing, taxes, and contributions to other candidates. Mostly vendors, not politics. | Paid to outside businesses and people. A payee is a supplier, not a beneficiary of a gift. |
| Outside spending | Money spent for or against someone by groups acting independently, who may not coordinate with the campaign. | Never touches the candidate's committee. They cannot direct it or refuse it. |
| Personal finances | Salary, assets, debts, stock trades, outside income, a spouse's employment. | The person's own accounts — not shown in any FEC table. It appears only in the financial-disclosure filings linked in their own section. |
Can campaign money become private money? Not lawfully. Converting campaign funds to personal use is prohibited by 52 U.S.C. § 30114, and the FEC applies an "irrespective test": if the expense would exist even without the campaign — a mortgage, a country-club membership, household groceries — campaign funds cannot pay for it. Salaries to the candidate are allowed only within narrow limits, and payments to a candidate's own business must be at fair market value.
So where would private enrichment show up? Not in the tables above. It would show in the financial-disclosure filings — assets, outside income, stock transactions — or in payments from a committee to a business the person owns, which appear as ordinary payees in "money out". This page gives you both sets of records and leaves the reading to you.