← 2026-11-03 edition · Sourced reporting
Outside PAC reports $113,000 in texting for McGuire in VA-05
As of 2026-11-03 · Publication details
Parts of this filer’s stated 2026 cumulative figure, reported November 1 · U.S. dollars
The two nonoverlapping parts sum to $498,771.68. Remainder is subtraction, not an audit of older entries. One committee and election only; not total VA-05 money, candidate income, people reached or votes.
Virginia’s 5th Congressional District voters; one outside committee’s reported message spending, distinct from the three printed candidate choices and from total race money.
A new November 1 filing by Virginians for Conservative Leadership PAC reports $113,000 in texting supporting John McGuire. It is an outside committee’s stated disbursement or obligation, not money received by his campaign or evidence of votes. [1] [5]
Still open: No delivered-text count, reach, persuasion estimate, donor tracing or independent coordination investigation. All open questions ↓
Read the original one-page VA-05 outside-expenditure filing and its marked support, amount and dates. →Archive photograph · 2024-10-26 · Exact event location not established by inspected metadata; Virginia campaign context.
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The reporting question: What does the new $113,000 Virginia House texting filing establish?
What the original line says
Transaction SE.4175 names JLK Political Strategies as payee, marks support for McGuire in Virginia’s 5th House district and dates both dissemination and disbursement/obligation November 1. The FEC currently lists the new filing as most recent and unamended. [1] [2]
Keep the new line inside the cumulative figure
The filing also shows $498,771.68 year to date for the election. Subtracting the new $113,000 item leaves $385,771.68. The graphic separates those parts; it does not verify the earlier component or treat the cumulative field as extra spending. [3]
The ballot has three printed choices
The responsible Virginia office lists Democratic Tom S. P. Perriello, Republican John J. McGuire III and independent Cooke C. Harvey. That current record matters: a filing’s candidate name alone is not ballot qualification. This report does not compare their policies or certify write-ins. [4]
Why the distinction matters
VA-05 chooses a voting member of the federal House. The filing discloses messaging directed at that choice; it does not reveal delivered texts, persuasion, donor motives or a likely winner. Read the original page and keep outside spending separate from campaign receipts. [6] [5] [1]
- 5 source records
- Virginians for Conservative Leadership PAC, C00960658
- Federal Election Commission
- Virginia Department of Elections
- +1 more
How we know6 scoped claims · 5 source recordsView evidence
Each claim keeps its full assertion, date, source passage and limits. Source counts describe records, not independent corroboration.
1.Claim 1Attributed
The November1 new F24 reports $113,000 for texting supporting John McGuire in Virginia’s 5th House district, payable to JLK Political Strategies; both listed transaction dates are November1.
- Scope
- The named original records and dates only; no measured audience or election outcome.
- Evidence passage
- Page1 SE.4175: new, 24-hour, support, House district05, VA and general-election checkboxes visually inspected; amount and both dates.
- As of
- 2026-11-03
- Limit
- A committee-reported disbursement or obligation, not a verified bank transfer, delivered-message count or candidate receipt.
Retrieved 2026-11-03T09:06:16.527Z · Virginians for Conservative Leadership PAC, C00960658, filed with the FEC
Interested committee filing, not an audit or proof of message delivery or electoral effect. Cumulative field is the filer’s own stated figure; underlying earlier filings are not audited here.
2.FEC metadata lists file2045471 as most recent and unamended at the November3 check.Supported
FEC metadata lists file2045471 as most recent and unamended at the November3 check.
- Scope
- The named original records and dates only; no measured audience or election outcome.
- Evidence passage
- FEC query result file_number2045471; amendment_indicatorN, is_amendedfalse, most_recenttrue.
- As of
- 2026-11-03
- Limit
- Later amendments could change the record; current query is not a full finance census.
Retrieved 2026-11-03T09:03:23.677Z · Federal Election Commission
Administrative disclosure metadata, not independent verification of expenditures. Receipt dates are agency calendar labels; no event time zone is inferred from midnight timestamps. This query is not all campaign finance.
3.Claim 3Attributed
The same filing states a $498,771.68 calendar-year-to-date figure for the election; subtracting its $113,000 item leaves a $385,771.68 remainder.
- Scope
- The named original records and dates only; no measured audience or election outcome.
- Evidence passage
- Page1 cumulative field; arithmetic in cents: 49,877,168 − 11,300,000 = 38,577,168.
- As of
- 2026-11-03
- Limit
- A decomposition of the filer’s stated cumulative field, not an independent audit of the earlier component. The parts must not be added to the cumulative figure again.
Retrieved 2026-11-03T09:06:16.527Z · Virginians for Conservative Leadership PAC, C00960658, filed with the FEC
Interested committee filing, not an audit or proof of message delivery or electoral effect. Cumulative field is the filer’s own stated figure; underlying earlier filings are not audited here.
4.Claim 4Supported
Virginia’s official November3 federal table lists Tom S. P. Perriello, John J. McGuire III and Cooke C. Harvey for the 5th House district.
- Scope
- The named original records and dates only; no measured audience or election outcome.
- Evidence passage
- 2026 federal-offices table, all three 5th District rows: Democratic, Republican, Independent.
- As of
- 2026-11-03
- Limit
- Printed choices only; no write-in completeness or candidate-policy positions inferred.
Retrieved 2026-11-03T09:07:21.842Z · Virginia Department of Elections
Official current federal candidate table; verifies named printed choices, not proposed policies or a separate qualified-write-in inventory.
5.Claim 5Supported
The committee’s outside-expenditure report is distinct from receipts by a candidate’s campaign.
- Scope
- The named original records and dates only; no measured audience or election outcome.
- Evidence passage
- FEC independent-expenditure definition; filing’s committee identity and payee fields.
- As of
- 2026-11-03
- Limit
- Filer’s certification is attributed, not an investigation of coordination or donor influence.
Retrieved 2026-11-03T09:06:16.527Z · Virginians for Conservative Leadership PAC, C00960658, filed with the FEC
Interested committee filing, not an audit or proof of message delivery or electoral effect. Cumulative field is the filer’s own stated figure; underlying earlier filings are not audited here.
Retrieved 2026-11-03T09:10:05.599Z · Federal Election Commission
Regulator’s explanation. A filed certification alone does not independently establish compliance or rule out coordination.
6.The district elects a voting member of the House, part of the federal legislative branch.Supported
The district elects a voting member of the House, part of the federal legislative branch.
- Scope
- The named original records and dates only; no measured audience or election outcome.
- Evidence passage
- USAGov Legislative branch; official federal-offices table.
- As of
- 2026-11-03
- Limit
- One seat is not a majority forecast or unilateral power to enact legislation.
Retrieved 2026-11-03T09:07:21.842Z · Virginia Department of Elections
Official current federal candidate table; verifies named printed choices, not proposed policies or a separate qualified-write-in inventory.
Retrieved 2026-11-03T09:10:17.830Z · USAGov
General federal explanation. It establishes no election outcome, bill text, candidate commitment, local voting deadline or independent cost estimate.
What remains open.
- No delivered-text count, reach, persuasion estimate, donor tracing or independent coordination investigation.
- Earlier components of the stated cumulative figure not independently audited.
- Printed roster verified; qualified write-ins and candidate-policy comparison are outside this bounded money report.
A corrected original, amended filing, current contrary candidate answer, changed official roster or operative order would require a new retained version and complete exact-source review.
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