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affiliated
adjective1 committees formally controlled by the same person, party or organization; treated as a single entity and counted together when applying legal limits on contributions and expenditures
Two or more affiliated committees are treated as a single committee for the purposes of the contribution limits.— FEC
Five of the six FEC commissioners were able to agree that, under these circumstances, CenterPoint and Enable are not considered to be affiliated, and thus neither are their PACs.— Wiley
2 committees informally considered to be politically aligned while maintaining enough separation to avoid fundraising and spending limits; typically used to group candidate commmittees with supportive outside groups, such as super PACs
MAGA Inc. has by far the most money of any super PAC affiliated with Trump’s political orbit as of Oct. 19.— Open Secrets
Any move to use that money in support of his national ambitions — including transferring it to an affiliated super PAC, called Never Back Down — would still be likely to raise red flags among campaign finance watchdogs.— The New York Times