# Restoration of America The umbrella brand for a **constellation of [[Dick Uihlein]]-funded political organizations** run by GOP operative **Doug Truax** out of Downers Grove, Illinois — the suburban-Chicago nerve center of one of the largest individual-donor operations on the American right. "Restoration of America" functions as both a named PAC and the public identity for an interlocking network of committees and nonprofits that move Uihlein's Uline-derived wealth into far-right electoral, election-administration, and judicial causes. ## The Constellation The Truax-run, Uihlein-funded operation spans multiple coordinated entities, each with a different legal form and target: - **[[Restoration PAC]]** — the flagship super PAC (independent expenditures on federal races). - **Restoration of America** — the broader PAC/branded operation, increasingly the headline vehicle going into the 2026 midterms. - **Foundation for the Restoration of America** — the 501(c) nonprofit/messaging arm. - **Voter Reference Foundation** — an "election-integrity" project that has published voter-roll data, a key node in the election-administration/election-denial space. - **[[Fair Courts America]]** — the judicial-race vehicle targeting state supreme court and judicial elections. Reporting (Chicago Sun-Times) put cumulative Uihlein contributions into this Truax-run constellation at **at least $150 million**. ## Funding and Spending The money is overwhelmingly Uihlein's. In the second half of 2025, [[Dick Uihlein]] routed **$15.3 million** into the Restoration of America PAC ahead of the 2026 midterms — the kind of single-donor infusion that defines the operation. Across the broader network, Uihlein has been one of the largest Republican outside-spending donors in the country cycle after cycle (see [[Restoration PAC]] for the detailed 2024 figures: $76.2M from Uihlein, $33.4M in pro-Trump/anti-Harris independent expenditures, plus spending against Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin). ## Why It Matters Restoration of America is the cleanest single illustration of the **Uihlein model**: a privately wealthy couple ([[Uline]] owners) channeling a *growing business cash flow* through a professionally managed, multi-entity political machine that operates across the federal-election, election-administration, and judicial arenas simultaneously. The multi-entity structure — super PAC plus 501(c) plus "election-integrity" foundation plus judicial-race fund — lets a single donor's money reach every layer of the system while distributing disclosure across separate legal vehicles. (For the donor, see [[Dick Uihlein]]; for the dynasty and money flow, see [[Uihlein Family]]; for the wealth source, see [[Uline]].) ## See Also - [[Restoration PAC]] — The flagship super PAC in the same constellation - [[Fair Courts America]] — Judicial-race arm of the network - [[Dick Uihlein]] · [[Elizabeth Uihlein]] — The funders - [[Uihlein Family]] · [[Uline]] — Dynasty and wealth source