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Who funds Adriano Espaillat?

New York U.S. House District 13DemocratFiled as incumbentFEC H2NY13096
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What they did in office.

Sitting member of Congress · Adriano Espaillat

In the U.S. House (NY-13) since 2017 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 1 committee: Appropriations · 2 subcommittees
  • 151 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 12 committees reported outside spending for or against them

Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H2NY13096) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

The money.

Adriano EspaillatFEC filing: Adriano Espaillat · H2NY13096 ↗
Raised
$2.8M
Spent
$3.3M
Cash on hand
$9,410
  • Individuals 81% $2.2M
  • PACs & other committees 19% $523K
  • Other receipts 0.5% $13K

Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026. Excludes $130K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $5.6M supporting · $1.0M opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. PROGRESSIVE UNITY FUNDSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $1.9M
  2. BOLD AMERICASuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $1.4M
  3. LATINO VICTORY FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $734K
  4. PROJECT 218Super PACSpent mainly in primaries $600K
  5. UNITED FOR PROGRESSSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $556K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $525K
  2. AMERICAN PRIORITIES (AP)Super PACSpent mainly in primaries $500K
  3. INDIVISIBLE ACTIONHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $14K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEEUnion PAC · Transport Workers Union Of America $10K
  2. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L EUnion PAC · American Federation Of State, County And Municipal Employees, Afl-Cio $10K
  3. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONUnion PAC $10K
  4. NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PACUnion PAC · National Air Traffic Controllers Association $10K
  5. IMPACTLeadership PAC of Charles E. Schumer $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $2.2M from individuals

2% in small-dollar gifts

$33K of $2.2M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

55% from New York · 45% from elsewhere

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

92% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. New York $1.2M
  2. California $191K
  3. Florida $178K
  4. New Jersey $147K
  5. Connecticut $58K
  6. Massachusetts $54K
  7. Puerto Rico $46K
  8. Illinois $44K

Top employers named by donors

  1. NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN $27K
  2. SESSA CAPITAL $16K
  3. MONROE COLLEGE $15K
  4. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY $12K
  5. C-TOWN SUPERMARKET $12K
  6. THEGROUP $11K
  7. NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN $10K
  8. LABOR ON SITE $8,500
  9. MONTEFIORE $8,000
  10. GERSOWITZ LIBO & KOREK PC $6,250

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: $663K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $1.3M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 7, 2025 to Jun 27, 2026, net of refunds (1,716 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: $5.6M for / $1.0M 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.

$1.4M of the $6.1M 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 47% $2.9M
  • Digital ads 13% $771K
  • Ads, medium not stated 31% $1.9M
  • Mail, print & signs 6% $373K
  • Phones & texts 0.9% $52K
  • Canvassing & field 2% $94K
  • Ad production 1% $77K
  • Other or unclassified <0.1% $325

Largest late spenders for

  1. PROGRESSIVE UNITY FUND $1.9M
  2. BOLD AMERICA $1.4M
  3. LATINO VICTORY FUND $739K
  4. PROJECT 218 $600K
  5. CHC BOLD PAC $229K

Largest late spenders against

  1. JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PAC $530K
  2. AMERICAN PRIORITIES (AP) $500K
  3. INDIVISIBLE ACTION $14K

Latest dissemination on these reports: June 23, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (50 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 $3.1M in itemized spending

  • Advertising & outreach 46% $1.4M
  • Consultants & strategy 16% $490K
  • Staff & payroll 1% $32K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 7% $212K
  • Polling, research & data 6% $183K
  • Travel, meals & events 6% $182K
  • Office, technology & overhead 5% $158K
  • Legal & compliance 2% $57K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.3% $9,122
  • Other or unclassified 12% $381K

Largest payees

  1. HAMILTON CAMPAIGN NETWORK $923K
  2. IRONCLAD STRATEGIES $400K
  3. WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY $218K
  4. LINOPRESS NY $144K
  5. THE FROST GROUP $106K

Paid to individuals: $534K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (1,613 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.