John Pestana

Individual

Also gave $10K to joint fundraising committees. That isn't in the totals here, because those committees pass the money on to others.

Grouped by the exact name reported to the FEC, which has no ID for individual donors. Other people with this name may be included.

Total Contributed

$47K

Contributions

Recipients

Active Period

2009–2024

Donor Profile

Party Lean

R $37KNNE $5KLIB $3K

Top States

UT$37K

DC$7K

AZ$3K

KY$500

Giving Trend

↑ 2080%

2023–2024 vs 2021–2022

Employer

OBSERVEPOINT

Summary

PESTANA, JOHN is an individual political donor based in UT. They have contributed $47K across 18 contributions to 12 recipients. Their average contribution is $3K. Top recipients include FRIENDS TO ELECT FRUGAL DOUGALL, CARL WIMMER FOR CONGRESS, FRIENDS OF MIKE LEE INC. Their political giving spans from the 2010 to the 2024 election cycle, with peak giving of $15K in 2012.

Giving Pattern by Cycle

Contribution amounts per election cycle, colored by recipient party

All Recipients

Committees and candidates receiving contributions, all cycles

#	Name	Party	State	Total	Contributions
1	FRIENDS TO ELECT FRUGAL DOUGALL	Republican	UT	$9,900	1
2	CARL WIMMER FOR CONGRESS	Republican	UT	$7,500	3
3	FRIENDS OF MIKE LEE INC	Republican	UT	$6,800	3
4	FRIENDS OF CHAFFETZ	NNE	DC	$5,000	2
5	FRIENDS OF MORGAN PHILPOT CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE	Republican	UT	$4,800	2
6	GARY JOHNSON 2016	Libertarian	UT	$2,700	1
7	JOHN CURTIS FOR UTAH	Republican	UT	$2,500	1
8	JEFF FLAKE FOR US SENATE INC.	Republican	AZ	$2,500	1
9	ALTERNATIVEPAC	—	DC	$2,000	1
10	FRIENDS FOR CHRIS STEWART, INC.	Republican	UT	$2,000	1
11	TRENT STAGGS FOR UTAH	Republican	UT	$1,000	1
12	TEAM RAND	—	KY	$500	1

Source: FEC bulk data

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