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Mission vs. money

314 Action Fund

Says it stands for: Electing scientists and STEM professionals. Here is the mission in its own words, where its 2026 money went, and the ads it ran.
314 Action Fund aims to elect scientists, doctors, and STEM professionals.
Summary of the mission from 314action.org press release, 2021, checked 2026-11-05

2026 outside spending

$18M

314 Action Fund

Spent attacking

43.1%

$7.7M reported as opposing a candidate

Spent in primaries

50.2%

of money aimed at named candidates

Ads that mention the cause

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Ads not coded yet

Where the money went

The candidates this group spent most on in 2026, from its FEC independent-expenditure reports.
  • Ala StanfordPA-03 primary✓ For$3.4M
  • Kevin KileyCA-06✗ Against$2.6M
  • Matthew KleinMN-02 primary✓ For$2.5M
  • Richard PanCA-06 primary✓ For$1.3M
  • Jasmeet BainsCA-22 primary✓ For$1.2M
  • Mariannette Miller-MeeksIA-01✗ Against$1.0M
  • Bryan SteilWI-01✗ Against$1.0M
  • Jay FeelyAZ-01✗ Against$979K

The ads

We haven't collected this group's Google ads yet. Google's ad library limits how fast it can be read, so groups are added a few at a time.

Method

How we score it

The mission is quoted word for word from the group's own website, or from its founder or a fact-checker quoting it where the group publishes none. Each quote links to its source and the date we checked it.

Attack share (money) is the share of the group's 2026 independent expenditures that it reported to the FEC as opposing a candidate, through 10/14/2026. Every super PAC files each expenditure as support or oppose, so this needs no judgment from us.

The ads are the group's political ads in Google's public ad library (YouTube, Search and display) first shown since 2025-01-01. We code each one on two questions only: does it attack a named candidate, and does it mention the issue in the group's own mission (any of a fixed list of words for that issue, shown on each group's page). Shares are weighted by Google's minimum reported views. A video is coded from its cover frame and title, which can miss words spoken later in the ad, so each tile says what it was read from and links to the full ad.

What we don't do. We don't combine these into a single score, and we don't label any ad hateful or divisive. Attacking a candidate is legal and common; a group can attack a candidate for reasons that serve its mission. The numbers show how far the advertising strays from the stated cause, and the ads are here so you can judge them yourself. Google's library misses TV and radio, where most super PAC money goes.

See the full FEC record on the 314 Action Fund page.