# VoteVets backs Democratic veterans nationwide

> The Democratic-aligned group plans to spend sixty million dollars supporting three hundred thirty-one candidates in two thousand twenty-six, focusing on veterans and military families.
- Title: VoteVets backs Democratic veterans nationwide · FactCheck.org
- Summary: The Democratic-aligned group plans to spend sixty million dollars supporting three hundred thirty-one candidates in two thousand twenty-six, focusing on…
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- Published: 2026-10-06T20:40:55+00:00
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## Who VoteVets is and what it does
VoteVets is a Democratic political group supporting veterans and promoting Democratic policies and candidates. It operates two committees: the VoteVets PAC and the VoteVets Action Fund, a nonprofit social welfare organization.
## How VoteVets raises and spends money
The VoteVets PAC is a Carey committee, a hybrid organization that functions as both a PAC and a super PAC.
## VoteVets leadership and major donors
Jon Soltz, an Iraq War veteran, co-founded VoteVets.Rick Hegdahl is its treasurer and national veteran organizer.
## Sixty million dollars for three hundred thirty-one candidates
VoteVets plans to spend sixty million dollars in twenty twenty-six on three hundred thirty-one Democratic candidates: twenty House and Senate candidates and three hundred eleven down-ballot races.

> one of the most substantial single-issue advocacy groups operating in the midterm cycle
## Major spending on Iowa and Connecticut races
Through August, VoteVets PAC spent more than eighteen point three million dollars on independent expenditures.
## Key takeaway

VoteVets, a Democratic political group co-founded by Iraq War veteran Jon Soltz, plans to spend sixty million dollars in twenty twenty-six supporting three hundred thirty-one Democratic candidates, making it one of the largest single-issue advocacy groups in the cycle.