Overview

• New filings show Leaders We Deserve spent about $2.5 million on consultants, $1.1 million on its own digital ads, and $965,000 on donor lists, compared with $455,000 directed to three candidates.
• The PAC also paid nearly $5,000 for a ClassPass subscription, which its executive director describes as an employee wellness benefit.
• The group’s lone clear success was a $300,000 contribution tied to a PAC backing Zohran Mamdani in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary.
• Two other endorsees—Arizona House candidate Deja Foxx and Virginia’s Irene Shin—lost their primaries by roughly 39 points and 45.4 points.
• Executive director Kevin Lata says the operational spending is an investment expected to return $3 to $5 per dollar by the end of the cycle, with the PAC reporting $15.3 million raised by June and about $1.6 million cash on hand in August.