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Who funds Adam Schwarze?

Minnesota U.S. SenateRepublicanFiled for an open seatFEC S6MN00457
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The money.

Adam SchwarzeFEC filing: Adam Schwarze · S6MN00457 ↗
Raised
$1.4M
Spent
$1.5M
Cash on hand
$7,717
Debts
$40K
  • Individuals 92% $1.3M
  • PACs & other committees 4% $59K
  • Party committees 0.2% $2,500
  • Candidate's own money & loans 3% $40K
  • Other receipts 1% $19K

Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026. Excludes $78K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $233K supporting · $0 opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. SHEEPDOG PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $233K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. NEW MAJORITY FEDERAL PACMembership group PAC $5,000
  2. DAKOTA PACLeadership PAC of John Hoeven $5,000
  3. FOREVER YOUTH ORGANIZATION UTILIZING A NEW GENERATION PACLeadership PAC of Young Kim $5,000
  4. SKOL PACLeadership PAC of Tyler Kistner $3,500
  5. OVERHAUL PACPAC with no sponsoring organization $3,500

Who gave.

Who gives $1.3M from individuals

27% in small-dollar gifts

$351K of $1.3M 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 $799K of the $953K the campaign reported itemizing through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Sep 28, 2026 for this campaign.

52% from Minnesota · 48% from elsewhere

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

36% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Minnesota $418K
  2. California $92K
  3. Florida $76K
  4. Virginia $46K
  5. New York $22K
  6. Nevada $21K
  7. Texas $16K
  8. Wisconsin $16K

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $339K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $459K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Feb 22, 2025 to Sep 28, 2026, net of refunds (1,248 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: $233K for / $0 against · $0 in the final two weeks

Source: FEC regular reports. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • TV, radio & streaming TV 3% $5,600
  • Digital ads 16% $31K
  • Ads, medium not stated 56% $113K
  • Mail, print & signs 4% $8,500
  • Phones & texts 22% $43K

Largest late spenders for

  1. SHEEPDOG PAC $202K

Latest dissemination on these reports: August 11, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (12 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 $1.3M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $1.3M of the $1.5M the campaign reported spending through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Sep 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 21% $270K
  • Consultants & strategy 20% $259K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 34% $436K
  • Polling, research & data 2% $19K
  • Travel, meals & events 10% $129K
  • Office, technology & overhead 4% $57K
  • Legal & compliance 5% $60K
  • Other or unclassified 5% $63K

Largest payees

  1. WINRED TECHNICAL SERVICES, LLC $216K
  2. CHADWICK LLC $85K
  3. CAMPAIGN SOLUTIONS $82K
  4. RED CORNER CONSULTING LLC $57K
  5. 327 CONSULTING $52K

Paid to individuals: $263K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Mar 6, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (971 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.