2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Ada Cuellar?
The money.
- Raised
- $1.3M
- Spent
- $1.3M
- Cash on hand
- $2,986
- Debts
- $1.1M
- Individuals 12% $153K
- PACs & other committees 0.8% $10K
- Candidate's own money & loans 87% $1.1M
- Other receipts 0.4% $4,438
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 $153K from individuals
62% in small-dollar gifts
$95K of $153K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
56% from Texas · 44% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
99.1% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Texas $32K
- Virginia $6,500
- California $4,200
- Arizona $3,500
- Pennsylvania $3,050
- New York $1,775
- Massachusetts $1,550
- Florida $1,342
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $30K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $28K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jul 12, 2025 to Feb 28, 2026, net of refunds (175 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 Ada Cuellar.
Where it went.
Where the money went $1.3M in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 66% $834K
- Consultants & strategy 14% $179K
- Staff & payroll 0.2% $2,200
- Fundraising & processing fees 9% $119K
- Polling, research & data 4% $47K
- Travel, meals & events 0.8% $9,913
- Office, technology & overhead 4% $45K
- Legal & compliance 2% $21K
Largest payees
- BUYING TIME $352K
- MSL STRATEGIES LLC $184K
- ORLATTLE LLC $160K
- MOMENTUM CAMPAIGNS $109K
- CAMPAIGN SERVICES LLC $56K
Paid to individuals: $122K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jul 20, 2025 to Sep 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (422 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.
- Bobby PulidoDemocrat · $5.5M raised · $1.3M outside
- Monica De La CruzRepublican · $5.3M raised · $2.1M outside
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.