2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Aftyn Behn?
The money.
No campaign summary is in the FEC bulk file for this filing yet.
Outside groups: $860K supporting · $1.9M opposing ($311K of it designated for the general election)
Biggest spenders supporting
Biggest spenders opposing
Who gave.
No individual contributions from this candidate's principal campaign committee are in the FEC files yet.
Outside money in the final weeks.
Outside spending including late reports: $864K for / $1.9M against · $0 in the final two weeks
That is $4,550 more than the $2.8M 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.
$253K of the $2.8M 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 32% $901K
- Digital ads 26% $709K
- Ads, medium not stated 28% $772K
- Mail, print & signs 2% $46K
- Phones & texts 4% $101K
- Canvassing & field 8% $225K
- Ad production 1% $30K
- Other or unclassified <0.1% $1,158
Largest late spenders for
Largest late spenders against
Latest dissemination on these reports: December 2, 2025. 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.
No itemized operating expenditures from this candidate's principal campaign committee are in the FEC bulk file yet.
Others who filed for this seat.
- Matthew Robert Van EppsRepublican · $2.6M raised · $4.1M outside
- Darden Hunter CopelandDemocrat · $1.3M raised
- Stewart Thomas ParksRepublican · $363K raised
- Vincent DixieDemocrat · $266K raised · $119K outside
- Mark GreenRepublican · $201K raised · $178 outside
- Saletta HollowayDemocrat · $91K raised
- Jason KnightRepublican · $46K raised
- Jonathan ThorpIndependent · $23K raised · $28K outside
- Andrew KoontzIndependent · $5,100 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.