What political actions or donations has Mark Kelly received from groups funded by George Soros?
Executive summary
Available reporting in the provided sources shows public campaign‑finance databases (OpenSecrets) track contributions from entities and individuals associated with George Soros’s networks, but does not present a standalone list tying “groups funded by George Soros” directly to specific political actions taken by Senator Mark Kelly [1] [2]. OpenSecrets files show donations and recipients connected to Soros Fund Management and related donor records; they document funds routed through PACs, individuals, and joint fundraising vehicles rather than simple one‑line gifts from an organization [1] [2].
1. What the databases actually record — donations routed, not “the group gave X”
OpenSecrets and its donor pages make clear their methodology: contributions are recorded from PACs and individuals (including employees, owners and immediate family members) and are not presented as direct donations from a nonprofit corporation itself; the organizations “themselves did not donate” in the database language [1]. The Soros Fund Management recipient page compiles contributions (PACs and individual donations $200+) for a cycle and shows which federal committees received money; it is a donor‑tracking record, not an action‑log of how a recipient legislator voted or acted [2].
2. What the sources show about Mark Kelly’s receipts
OpenSecrets maintains multiple pages listing Mark Kelly’s campaign receipts, PAC support and top donors, including his 2024 Victory Fund donors and PACs that gave to him; those pages are where one would find line‑item donor information connected to broader donor networks [3] [4]. The provided snippets indicate those OpenSecrets pages exist and that they include data from FEC reports, but the excerpts do not list specific Soros‑linked entities or amounts given to Kelly in the material you supplied [3] [4].
3. No source here documents political “actions” Kelly took at Soros’s direction
The documents and articles supplied are donor‑tracking or commentary pieces. OpenSecrets compiles who gave money and by what vehicle; it does not assert that recipients act in response to specific donors [1] [2]. The Guardian and New York Times pieces in the set discuss scrutiny and political targeting of George Soros and his foundations, including investigations or accusations from political figures — but they do not claim specific quid pro quo actions by Senator Kelly on behalf of Soros [5] [6]. Available sources do not mention any direct, documented political actions or votes by Mark Kelly that were funded or ordered by groups funded by George Soros.
4. Allegations and partisan narratives in the sample — what to watch for
Several right‑leaning commentary and news sites in the sample advance accusatory narratives linking Soros to organizing or funding protests and to alleged influence operations; e.g., Forbes and Western Journal pieces discuss broader Republican claims that Soros funds protests or political operations and note those claims often lack independent evidence in those reports [7] [8]. WorldNetDaily and PJ Media items repeat inflammatory claims about “seditious” actors and tie Mark Kelly rhetorically to those controversies, but these are opinion/outlet‑driven narratives rather than factual, sourced accounts of campaign receipts or legislative action tied to Soros grants [9] [10]. The New York Times account, by contrast, reports on Justice Department interest in groups funded by Soros and mentions Soros family donations to political causes, but does not assert direct operational control over members of Congress such as Kelly [6].
5. How to verify specific donation ties or influence claims (reporter’s checklist)
- Query OpenSecrets donor lookup and Soros Fund Management recipient pages for line items to see whether Kelly’s committees received contributions traceable to Soros‑affiliated PACs or individuals [2] [11].
- Check Mark Kelly’s OpenSecrets PAC pages and the Mark Kelly Victory Fund donor list for named PACs and donors that OpenSecrets flags as Soros‑linked [4] [12].
- Look for primary reporting that documents a causal link between any specific donation and a concrete policy action by Kelly; the materials supplied here do not contain such a report [1] [2].
6. Bottom line: donations can be traced; causal influence is not established by these sources
The available OpenSecrets material documents donations flowing through PACs and individuals associated with Soros networks and tracks recipients, but the sources you provided do not document specific political actions by Senator Mark Kelly that were taken at the behest of, or in direct exchange for, funding from groups funded by George Soros [1] [2]. Allegatory commentary in some outlets frames Soros as the hand behind various protests or political maneuvers, but those claims are presented as partisan reporting or opinion and are not corroborated in the donor‑tracking pages cited here [8] [7] [9].