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Has William Lawrence taken corporate PAC money for his campaign?

Matches stated record claim. His filings through July 15, 2026 show $39,843.74 from 16 political committees, and the FEC types none of them as a corporation's PAC.

William Lawrence

Money: corporate PAC money

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What they say

His campaign says he is unbought by corporate money.

“He is independent of DC insiders and unbought by corporate money.”

What the record shows ·

His campaign's filings through July 15, 2026 show 39,843.74 dollars from 16 political committees. The FEC types none of them as a corporation's PAC. Most came from hybrid PACs (18,462.66 dollars), leadership PACs (9,000) and a qualified PAC (5,000). One union's PAC gave 3,000 dollars and one House campaign 2,000. Two givers, 1,500 dollars together, have no FEC committee type.

Limit: This covers committee money in his reports through July 15. Gifts from individuals are not sorted by employer here. Some PACs that gave, such as leadership PACs, may take corporate money themselves.

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  1. William Lawrence for Congress, home pagehttps://wewill2026.com/

    Friends of William Lawrence · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source, the committee's filed website, "Paid for by Friends of William Lawrence". Four priorities and links to X (@wewill2026), Instagram (@wewill2026mi), Facebook, TikTok and Bluesky.

    candidate statement

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  2. FRIENDS OF WILLIAM LAWRENCE, receipts from political committeeshttps://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00916809&two_year_transaction_period=2026&line_number=F3-11C

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on October 1, 2026: lines 11B (none), 11C (30 rows, one ActBlue memo row not counted) and 12 (none), through July 15, 2026. Line 11C reconciles to the filed 39,843.74 dollars. No giver's FEC record types it as a corporation's PAC; National Nurses United's PAC is typed as a labor organization's. Michigan Action Political Fund (1,000 dollars) and Real Safety PAC (500 dollars) were reported with no FEC committee ID.

    fec filing

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  3. FRIENDS OF WILLIAM LAWRENCE, Pre-Primary 2026 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Principal campaign committee only, covering July 1 to July 15, 2026, received July 23, 2026; not amended. Same period as his opponent's.

    fec filing

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