2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Amanda Edwards?
The money.
- Raised
- $1.9M
- Spent
- $1.9M
- Cash on hand
- $3,327
- Individuals 95% $1.8M
- PACs & other committees 3% $64K
- Candidate's own money & loans 1% $22K
- Other receipts <0.1% $255
Campaign totals through Feb 28, 2026. Excludes $169 moved between the candidate's own committees.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $1.8M from individuals
6% in small-dollar gifts
$100K of $1.8M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
83% from Texas · 17% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- Texas $1.3M
- California $71K
- District of Columbia $47K
- Georgia $28K
- Tennessee $19K
- Florida $16K
- New York $16K
- Louisiana $14K
Top employers named by donors
- VINSON & ELKINS $19K
- SUSMAN GODFREY LLP $15K
- SOUTHWESTERN NATIONAL BANK $15K
- BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE $13K
- HOUSTON METHODIST $13K
- VINSON & ELKINS LLP $8,250
- SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS $8,179
- MICROSOFT $7,500
- LEGAL MEDIA INC $6,250
- BRACEWELL LLP $4,500
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: $614K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $845K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Feb 28, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 13, 2025 to Feb 22, 2026, net of refunds (1,649 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.
No 24- or 48-hour report in the FEC file read November 4, 2026 names Amanda Edwards.
Where it went.
Where the money went $1.8M in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 59% $1.0M
- Consultants & strategy 8% $139K
- Staff & payroll 6% $106K
- Fundraising & processing fees 6% $100K
- Polling, research & data 7% $127K
- Travel, meals & events 4% $64K
- Office, technology & overhead 8% $139K
- Legal & compliance 3% $48K
- Other or unclassified 0.1% $960
Largest payees
- ADMIRE MEDIA, LLC $460K
- DELIVER STRATEGIES LLC $206K
- GUSTO $129K
- SPEAKEASY POLITICAL $108K
- BRILLIANT CORNERS RESEARCH & STRATEGIES $84K
Paid to individuals: $175K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Feb 27, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (983 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.
- Christian MenefeeDemocrat · $3.8M raised · $7.1M outside
- Alexander GreenDemocrat · $1.7M raised · $47K outside
- Isaiah MartinDemocrat · $1.2M raised
- Stephen HueyDemocrat · $38K raised
- Sylvester TurnerDemocrat · $29K raised
- Gretchen BrownDemocrat · $18K raised
- Allen D BerryRepublican · $8,512 raised
- Cyrus SajnaRepublican · $0 raised
- Elizabeth VencesRepublican · $0 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.