Which individual federal candidates received Kroger PAC contributions in the 2023–2024 cycle, according to FEC reports?

1. What the public reporting says about Kroger PAC’s aggregate giving

Public summaries compiled from FEC filings show Kroger Co.’s PAC was an active contributor in the 2023–2024 cycle and that its total contributions to federal candidates amounted to roughly $186,000, per OpenSecrets’ candidate-recipients page for Kroger Co. ^[1], while OpenSecrets’ PAC summary notes Kroger raised about $235,981 during that same cycle ^[5]. These aggregate figures are consistent with the broader picture that PACs remain major conduits of candidate funds — PAC contributions to federal candidates totaled hundreds of millions in the cycle overall ^[6].

2. Where the named, itemized recipient information lives (and why it matters)

Federal Election Commission reporting requires PACs to disclose each contribution to a candidate on itemized schedules (Form 3X Schedule B), and the FEC’s public data files and “itemized committee contributions” dataset contain the per-contribution records that include recipient names and amounts ^{[2] [7]}. ProPublica’s FEC Itemizer surfaces the same committee-level donation records and is explicitly built on FEC data; its Kroger PAC page can be queried to return the list of individual recipient entries ^[3]. The FEC committee overview for The Kroger Co. PAC confirms the committee’s registration and provides the linkage to its itemized reports, which is where individual-candidate names would be shown ^[4].

3. Why the supplied sources here don’t let this article name every candidate

The reporting and snippets provided to this analysis include OpenSecrets’ summary pages and references to the FEC data portals, but they do not include the itemized export or a copied list of individual candidate names and line-item amounts from the FEC’s Schedule B in the materials provided ^{[1] [3] [4] [2]}. Because the question asks specifically “Which individual federal candidates received Kroger PAC contributions… according to FEC reports,” the correct, verifiable answer requires consulting those itemized FEC records or ProPublica’s itemizer output; without those line-item exports in the supplied reporting, this briefing cannot authoritatively enumerate the individual candidates by name from the sources given ^{[2] [3]}.

4. How to get the definitive list quickly and where the public record points

To obtain the named recipients, query the FEC’s itemized committee contributions file for committee C00059238 (The Kroger Co. PAC) for the 2023–2024 two-year period, or use ProPublica’s Itemizer page for Kroger Co. PAC which returns the same FEC-sourced contribution lines and is designed to show recipient candidate names and amounts ^{[4] [3] [2]}. OpenSecrets’ candidate-recipients page already reports the total and typically lists recipients as derived from those filings, so visiting the OpenSecrets Kroger candidate-recipients page is another practical shortcut ^{[1] [8]}. Kroger’s own 2024 Political Contribution Annual Report also directs readers to the FEC for disclosures ^[9].

5. Context and caveats readers should weigh

Aggregate PAC totals allow comparisons across donors but mask distributional details — which offices, parties or incumbents benefited — until the itemized records are inspected ^[6]. OpenSecrets and ProPublica compile and republish FEC data for user convenience, but the legally authoritative line-item records are the FEC filings themselves, and that is the source a researcher should cite when publishing a definitive list of candidate recipients ^{[2] [3] [7]}. The materials provided confirm the existence and magnitude of Kroger PAC spending but do not include the full, named recipient list from the FEC itemized schedules, so any precise list must be drawn directly from those databases ^{[1] [3] [4]}.