Republican Voters Against Trump/Republican Accountability PAC

Political leanings: Anti-Donald Trump 2022 total spending: $12.9 million Republican Voters Against Trump, a project of the Republican Accountability PAC, was originally established in 2020 as a standalone super PAC to oppose the reelection of then-President Donald Trump. The project currently focuses on sharing online testimonials from “former Trump voters [who] don’t believe he should ever hold office again.” Longtime conservative strategist Sarah Longwell founded RVAT with Bill Kristol, who worked in the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations, and Tim Miller, the former communications director for Jeb Bush’s 2016 presidential campaign. Longwell also leads the Republican Accountability PAC, which started as a super PAC in 2022. Super PACs, officially known as independent expenditure-only committees, can accept unlimited contributions that can be spent advocating the election or defeat of federal candidates. The independent expenditures cannot be coordinated with candidates, campaigns or political parties, and the donors to the super PACs must be disclosed in filings to the Federal Election Commission. As a super PAC in 2020, Republican Voters Against Trump spent almost $9 million of the nearly $10.1 million it raised on independent expenditures. Over $6.7 million of its donations came from Defending Democracy Together, a nonprofit organization...