Spring has arrived, and so has the Facts About PACs crew — with some new peeps. Sharon Sussin joins Micaela, David, and Adam for a season opener packed with candidate meet-and-greets, member resources, and a timely reality check on what PACs are actually worth.

The Iran conflict is dominating the news cycle, Congress is heading into Easter recess, and PAC professionals are navigating one of the more unusual moments in recent political memory. In this timely conversation, we explore how to keep your PAC moving when war is the only story anyone is reading.

When the news cycle won't quit, staying focused on your issues is key. A candid conversation for employee-funded and business trade association PAC directors.

The first real votes of 2026 are in — and the numbers are turning heads. In this week's Facts About PACs, Micaela Isler, David Schild, and Adam Belmar are joined by political analyst Jim Ellis for the Ellis Insight on primary night in Texas, North Carolina, and Arkansas. Jim breaks down the headline that's raising alarms for Republicans: for the first time in decades, more Democrats voted in the Texas primary than Republicans. From the Cornyn-Paxton Senate showdown to the stunning Dan Crenshaw defeat, the redistricting shake-ups reshaping House races, and breaking news on a Senate seat opening up in Oklahoma — this episode covers it all. Plus, Jim delivers his big-picture read on what these early results signal for the 2026 midterms and what Republicans must do to turn the tide.

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Fifteen years after Citizens United, the conventional wisdom was wrong. Corporations never flooded Super PACs with cash — and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Brody Mullins, co-author of The Wolves of K Street, explains exactly why. On this episode of Facts About PACs, Brody joins Micaela, Adam, and David to unpack why publicly traded companies have stayed on the sidelines, who is spending big in the Super PAC game, and which industries — crypto, big oil, Wall Street, and AI — are starting to rethink that calculus.

In a landmark episode for the Facts About PACs community, hosts Micaela Isler, Adam Belmar, and David Schild sit down with Federal Election Commission Chair Shana Broussard.

Chair Broussard is leading the FEC through its longest quorum crisis in the agency's 50-year history — now past 295 days without the four commissioners needed to issue advisory opinions, move enforcement matters forward, or finalize regulations. She joins the show to explain what that means in practical terms for PAC professionals, what the agency can still do for the regulated community, and why she's operating as if quorum could be restored tomorrow.

The conversation also tackles some of the biggest issues facing the PAC community right now — from Chair Broussard's passionate case for indexing PAC contribution limits to inflation after 50 years stuck at $5,000, to her candid assessment of National Republican Senatorial Committee v. FEC, which she calls the most consequential case before the commission since Citizens United.

Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear directly from the nation's top campaign finance regulator at a pivotal moment for money in politics.

What really gets Hill staff to pay attention to your advocacy messages? In this installment of Solutions in Action, Speak4 founder and CEO Joe Mansour returns with fresh insights from the people who receive advocacy every day—Capitol Hill and state legislative staffers themselves. Whether you're mobilizing grassroots supporters or building PAC member engagement, this episode delivers actionable intelligence on breaking through the noise and creating legislative impact.

PAC directors and government affairs professionals have long struggled to access reliable state legislative data, as free resources have been locked behind paywalls. State Navigate founder Chaz Nuttycombe returns to explain how his nonprofit is filling that gap with comprehensive, free campaign finance data, legislative forecasting, and ideological analysis across eight states. Learn how this transparency tool can inform your 2026 midterm strategy—from identifying competitive races to tracking members and analyzing voting patterns.