January 15, 2025
Dark money captures state legislatures to control Congress
JD Vance and 
Chris Buskirk co-founded the Rockbridge Network in 2019, naming it after Rockbridge, Ohio
Rockbridge had a $75 million budget for the 2024 election cycle and has channeled over $100 million total since 2019
The network steers eight organizations: four dark-money 501(c)(4) nonprofits, two super PACs, a 501(c)(3) donor-advised fund, and the umbrella LLC
Membership costs $100,000 (limited partner) to $1 million (principal partner) per year, with 150-200 members as of 2024
Chris Buskirk's super PAC, Turnout for America, raised over $25 million in 2024 and deployed roughly 5,000 field workers across seven swing states
Faithful in Action, a Rockbridge affiliate incorporated in 2023 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, recruits churchgoers into political activism and claims over 160,000 members
Rockbridge registered 125,000 new voters in 2023 and aimed to double that number in 2024
The network held its 2024 retreat at the Palm Beach Four Seasons, with roughly 250 attendees and a Trump call-in from his hush money trial in New York
Rockbridge is expanding internationally with chapters launching in South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan in 2025
Republican donors have given more than $100 million to Rockbridge-affiliated projects since 2019
Who co-founded the Rockbridge Network in 2019, before becoming Vice President of the United States?
How much money did the Rockbridge Network budget for the 2024 election cycle, according to internal documents obtained by Reuters?
Which billionaire tech investor bankrolled JD Vance's 2022 Senate race and backed the Rockbridge Network from its founding?
The DISCLOSE Act (S.443) has been introduced in Congress multiple times but never passed. What would it require organizations like Rockbridge's 501(c)(4) groups to do?
Republican donors have given more than $100 million total to Rockbridge Network projects since its founding in 2019, with budgets growing from roughly $30 million in 2022 to $75 million in 2024.
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Co-founder, president of Rockbridge Network; publisher of American Greatness
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Major donor, conservative mega-donor
Crypto investors and Rockbridge donors
Treasury Secretary, Rockbridge member
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