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Who funds Adam Hamilton?

Kansas U.S. SenateDemocratFiled as challengerFEC S6KS00312
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The money.

Adam HamiltonFEC filing: Adam Hamilton · S6KS00312 ↗
Raised
$17M
Spent
$16M
Cash on hand
$2.9M
Debts
$50K
  • Individuals 98% $17M
  • PACs & other committees 1% $246K
  • Party committees <0.1% $600
  • Candidate's own money & loans 0.3% $50K
  • Other receipts 0.2% $40K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $2.3M moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $3,240 supporting · $0 opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. FIELD TEAM 6, INC.Super PAC99% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $3,240

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. BLUE HEN FEDERAL PACLeadership PAC of Christopher A. Coons $10K
  2. LOBO PACLeadership PAC of Martin Heinrich $10K
  3. COMMON GROUND PACLeadership PAC of Timothy Michael Kaine $10K
  4. MITTEN PACLeadership PAC of Elissa Slotkin $10K
  5. MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSUnion PAC · International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers $5,000

Who gave.

Who gives $17M from individuals

28% in small-dollar gifts

$4.7M of $17M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

The itemized gifts below add up to $3.3M of the $12M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jul 15, 2026 for this campaign.

70% from Kansas · 30% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

30% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Kansas $2.3M
  2. Missouri $331K
  3. Texas $91K
  4. District of Columbia $64K
  5. California $43K
  6. Florida $43K
  7. Arkansas $43K
  8. Arizona $41K

Top employers named by donors

  1. HALLMARK CARDS INCORPORATED $25K
  2. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH $11K
  3. POLSINELLI PC $10K
  4. FOULSTON SIEFKIN LLP $9,088
  5. ADVENT HEALTH $8,297
  6. EDWARD JONES $5,631
  7. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS $4,143
  8. JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE $4,138
  9. KU $3,332
  10. BURNS & MCDONNELL $3,268

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: $2.1M. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $1.1M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Feb 26, 2026 to Jul 15, 2026, net of refunds (4,528 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.

Outside spending including late reports: $12M for / $32M against · $27M in the final two weeks

That is $44M more than the $3,240 in regular reports alone. Source: FEC regular reports plus 24- and 48-hour reports they do not yet cover. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

$12M of the $44M on late reports was filed as an estimate. A 24- or 48-hour report is due within a day or two of the spending; the spender's later regular report carries the final cost.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • TV, radio & streaming TV 24% $10M
  • Digital ads 10% $4.2M
  • Ads, medium not stated 59% $26M
  • Mail, print & signs 4% $1.9M
  • Phones & texts 0.5% $233K
  • Canvassing & field 2% $648K
  • Ad production 2% $673K
  • Other or unclassified <0.1% $21K

Largest late spenders for

  1. LOWER COSTS NOW $5.1M
  2. GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS PAC $4.0M
  3. UNITED FUTURES PAC $831K
  4. READY FOR THE FIGHT $509K
  5. THE EDGE ACTION FUND $495K

Largest late spenders against

  1. SLF PAC $16M
  2. MAIN STREET FUND $3.8M
  3. CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION $2.5M
  4. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $2.5M
  5. AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION $1.7M

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 2, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (197 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗

Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Where it went.

Where the money went $2.4M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $2.4M of the $16M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 15, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 74% $1.8M
  • Consultants & strategy 4% $101K
  • Staff & payroll 9% $220K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 5% $123K
  • Polling, research & data 5% $130K
  • Travel, meals & events 0.4% $9,935
  • Office, technology & overhead 2% $48K
  • Legal & compliance 0.3% $7,960
  • Other or unclassified 0.1% $1,669

Largest payees

  1. AL MEDIA LLC $1.0M
  2. MISSION WIRED LLC $722K
  3. INSPERITY $220K
  4. GBAO $130K
  5. FDM CONNECTS LLC $126K

Paid to individuals: $14K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Mar 2, 2026 to Jul 15, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (206 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.

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.