# The 218 Fund A federal political committee that **registered with the FEC on 2026-10-09**, twenty-five days before the 2026 general election. 218 is the number of seats that constitutes a majority in the U.S. House. ## What the Form 1 says | Field | Value | |---|---| | FEC committee ID | **C00963363** | | Address of record | Austin TX | | Treasurer and custodian of records | **Cabell Hobbs** (same address) | | Compliance contact | `[email protected]` | | Depository | **Chain Bridge Bank**, 1445-A Lughlin Ave, McLean VA | | Signed and filed | **2026-10-09** | | Affiliated committee (Form 1S) | **Alaskans for Nick Begich**, FEC **C00792341**, designation `H` | 🔴 **The committee type is OPEN.** Form 1 field 21 on this document reads `I`, and the vault's **FEC Back-Sweep Standard** records that field 21 is **not** the FEC committee-type code — it was disproved on 2026-10-09 against a committee whose processed-index type contradicts it. The processed committee index returns nothing for a committee registered the same day. **So this page states what the document says and does not classify the committee.** What the documents do establish: - The Form 1S affiliation **names [[Nick Begich III]]'s authorized campaign committee**, which is the filing shape a **[[Leadership PAC]]** takes. It is not proof of one. - **Alaskans for Nick Begich (C00792341) filed its own Form 1 amendment on the same receipt date** (file 2019053), which is consistent with establishing an affiliated committee. - **No money is disclosed.** There is no Schedule A, no Schedule B and no Schedule E on this filing. ## Why it is tracked §7 of the Deals design doc puts **every new PAC and super-PAC formation in scope** during the midterm window. This one is of interest for three reasons beyond the registration itself: 1. **The timing.** A new committee affiliated with a sitting member's campaign, registered 25 days out, in a cycle where that member is himself the target of a [[House Majority PAC]] buy ($259,239.00, [[House Majority PAC 21.9M House IE October 2026]]). 2. **The infrastructure is Republican and professional.** Chain Bridge Bank is the depository used across a large share of Republican federal committees; **Right Side Compliance** and treasurer **Cabell Hobbs** are a Republican compliance shop, both new to this vault. 3. **The name.** A committee named for the House majority threshold, affiliated with an Alaska member whose own seat is rated Likely R, points at activity beyond that seat. ## Watch - **The committee's first Schedule A or Schedule B** — which would say whether this raises for Begich's own re-election, transfers to other candidates, or spends independently. - **A second committee at 415 SW Pkwy Bldg 6 Ste 500, Austin**, or on `rightsidecompliance.com`. A new address and a new compliance shop appearing together is how every cluster catalogued in this vault started. ## Sources - FEC Form 1 + Form 1S, file 2018743 — `https://docquery.fec.gov/dcdev/posted/2018743.fec` - FEC Form 1 amendment, Alaskans for Nick Begich, file 2019053 — `https://docquery.fec.gov/dcdev/posted/2019053.fec`