# Mandel 2.5M to MD PAC October 2026 [[MD PAC]] (FEC **C00911321**) disclosed **$2,500,000.00** from two individuals on its pre-general Form 3X — **file 2034133**, coverage 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-14, received 2026-10-21 at 10:50:23. | Payer | Amount | Date | Line | Entity | Occupation | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | [[Stephen Mandel]] | $1,250,000.00 | 2026-10-01 | `SA17` | `IND` | Investor, self-employed | | [[Sue Mandel]] | $1,250,000.00 | 2026-10-01 | `SA17` | `IND` | Investor, self-employed | Both rows give the same Greenwich, Connecticut post-office box and both close at a row aggregate of **$4,925,000.00**, which means the committee had already taken roughly $2.4 million from this pair earlier in the cycle beyond these two rows. ⚠️ **Line 17 is Other Federal Receipts.** The money went into the committee's non-contribution (independent-expenditure) account, not to candidates, and this page does not present it as a candidate contribution. The line number is part of the fact. ## Why it matters Two matched seven-figure cheques on the same day from one household is the giving pattern of a couple funding a vehicle they control or closely back, rather than responding to a solicitation. Each cheque on its own clears the $1 million individual threshold this site uses, which is why the pair gets a page while most October individual giving does not. ## Open questions - **Which Stephen and Sue Mandel.** The filing gives surnames, first names, a PO box and "Investor / Self Employed". No second source has been matched, so neither person page asserts an identification. - **What MD PAC spends on.** No independent expenditure from C00911321 has surfaced in this task's sweeps, so $4.9 million has gone in with no disclosed output yet. The disbursement side of file 2034133 has not been read. ## Verification Read from the raw filed document. Both rows are unflagged originals on an `F3XN` periodic report with contribution dates inside the coverage period; no amendment form code and no memo code at field 42, so Rules 4a, 4g and 4j do not apply. ⚠️ **First read** from the 2026-10-21 tranche.