2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Alexandra Mealer?
The money.
- Raised
- $2.5M
- Spent
- $2.6M
- Cash on hand
- $201K
- Individuals 80% $2.0M
- PACs & other committees 19% $478K
- Candidate's own money & loans 0.2% $4,850
- Other receipts <0.1% $1
Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $326K moved between the candidate's own committees.
Outside groups: $4.8M supporting · $362K opposing ($1,515 of it designated for the general election)
Biggest spenders supporting
- CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION $1.1M
- VETERANS DUTY FUND $750K
- DEFENDING OUR VALUES PAC $646K
- WIN IT BACK PAC $616K
- DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS $462K
Biggest spenders opposing
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $2.0M from individuals
3% in small-dollar gifts
$55K of $2.0M 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 $1.6M of the $1.9M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026 for this campaign.
94% from Texas · 6% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address; $21K had no usable state. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
5% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Texas $1.5M
- Florida $36K
- Virginia $17K
- California $12K
- Massachusetts $11K
- Nevada $7,000
- Illinois $3,500
- Kansas $3,000
Top employers named by donors
- VEGA ENERGY HOLDINGS $28K
- QUANTUM CAPITAL GROUP $22K
- SCF PARTNERS $19K
- BOYER INC $11K
- GRIFFIN PARTNERS INC $8,208
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: $611K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $911K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Aug 25, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (855 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: $6.5M for / $362K against · $766K in the final two weeks
That is $1.6M more than the $5.2M 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.
What it bought, per the late reports
- TV, radio & streaming TV 12% $815K
- Digital ads 23% $1.6M
- Ads, medium not stated 31% $2.1M
- Mail, print & signs 20% $1.3M
- Phones & texts 2% $157K
- Canvassing & field 11% $734K
- Ad production 2% $102K
Largest late spenders for
- CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION $1.1M
- DEFENDING OUR VALUES PAC $905K
- VETERANS DUTY FUND $750K
- WFW ACTION FUND INC $638K
- WIN IT BACK PAC $616K
Largest late spenders against
Latest dissemination on these reports: October 31, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (204 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 $1.7M in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $1.7M of the $2.6M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 41% $688K
- Consultants & strategy 14% $239K
- Staff & payroll 5% $82K
- Fundraising & processing fees 25% $421K
- Polling, research & data 10% $161K
- Travel, meals & events 1% $21K
- Office, technology & overhead 0.8% $13K
- Legal & compliance 2% $37K
- Other or unclassified 0.3% $5,446
Largest payees
- TARGETED CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS $307K
- BLUESTONE CREATIVES, LLC $224K
- GEN2 SOLUTIONS $196K
- FP1 STRATEGIES, LLC $194K
- LOVE ADVERTISING $120K
Paid to individuals: $97K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Aug 28, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (468 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.
- Terry VirtsDemocrat · $667K raised · $10K outside
- Briscoe Rowell Cain IIIRepublican · $555K raised · $663K outside
- Dan MimsRepublican · $425K raised
- Steve StockmanRepublican · $252K raised · $3,449 outside
- Leticia GutierrezDemocrat · $215K raised
- R. Todd IveyDemocrat · $193K raised · $50K outside
- Jaimy BlancoRepublican · $122K raised
- Crystal SarmientoRepublican · $79K raised
- James BufordDemocrat · $73K raised
- Dwayne Bradley StovallRepublican · $28K raised
- Roy MoralesIndependent · $6,108 raised
- Terry Lee ThainRepublican · $5,250 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.