2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Abel Chavez?
The money.
- Raised
- $473K
- Spent
- $463K
- Cash on hand
- $10K
- Individuals 47% $222K
- Candidate's own money & loans 52% $246K
- Other receipts 1% $5,352
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $222K from individuals
72% in small-dollar gifts
$159K of $222K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
Adding itemized gifts from donors whose itemized total is $200 or less, about 73%. Many small gifts sent through ActBlue or WinRed are itemized anyway, so the first figure runs low; this estimate groups donors by name and ZIP code as filed and counts only itemized gifts already in the FEC bulk file.
74% from California · 26% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- California $43K
- Virginia $4,000
- Arizona $2,500
- District of Columbia $2,500
- Indiana $2,100
- New York $1,000
- Pennsylvania $1,000
- Colorado $900
Top employers named by donors
- FIRST CHOICE BUSINESS BROKERS $2,654
Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $35K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $20K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Apr 26, 2025 to Jun 29, 2026, net of refunds (215 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗
From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.
Outside money in the final weeks.
No 24- or 48-hour report in the FEC file read November 4, 2026 names Abel Chavez.
Where it went.
Where the money went $456K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 54% $245K
- Consultants & strategy 12% $55K
- Staff & payroll 0.5% $2,400
- Fundraising & processing fees 16% $71K
- Polling, research & data 5% $22K
- Travel, meals & events 1% $5,572
- Office, technology & overhead 3% $15K
- Legal & compliance 0.5% $2,344
- Other or unclassified 8% $38K
Largest payees
- SUSTAINABLE CHANGE STRATEGIES LLC $101K
- DJA STRATEGIES, INC. $95K
- IHEARTMEDIA $22K
- POLITICAL DATA INTELLIGENCE $21K
- VIRAL COACH LLC $7,500
Paid to individuals: $167K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jan 8, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (281 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗
Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.
Others who filed for this seat.
- Marni Von WilpertDemocrat · $4.7M raised · $2.9M outside
- Jim DesmondRepublican · $2.8M raised · $3.1M outside
- Brandon RikerDemocrat · $2.3M raised · $237K outside
- Darrell IssaRepublican · $1.7M raised · $3,550 outside
- Anuj DixitDemocrat · $466K raised
- Ferguson PorterDemocrat · $62K raised
- Marc IannarinoDemocrat · $45K raised
- Corinna ContrerasDemocrat · $36K raised
- Curtis MorrisonDemocrat · $36K raised
- Suzanne Marie TillDemocrat · $6,854 raised
- Ammar Campa-NajjarDemocrat · $4,772 raised · $3.2M outside
- Whitney ShanahanDemocrat · $4,174 raised
Questions worth asking.
Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.
FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.