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2026 candidate · follow the money

Who funds Bale Dalton?

Florida U.S. House District 7DemocratFiled as challengerFEC H6FL07215
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The money.

Bale DaltonFEC filing: Bale Dalton · H6FL07215 ↗
Raised
$2.3M
Spent
$2.1M
Cash on hand
$202K
  • Individuals 86% $2.0M
  • PACs & other committees 14% $320K
  • Party committees 0.2% $4,779
  • Other receipts <0.1% $157

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $48K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $701K supporting · $0 opposing ($1,382 of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. BDA PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $700K
  2. FIELD TEAM 6, INC.Super PAC99% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $1,382

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)Membership group PAC · American Association For Justice (aaj) $10K
  2. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEUnion PAC · International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers $10K
  3. AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC of Steny Hoyer $10K
  4. VOTEVETSHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $10K
  5. CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)Leadership PAC of Pete Aguilar $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $2.0M from individuals

13% in small-dollar gifts

$252K 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 $1.1M of the $1.7M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jul 29, 2026 for this campaign.

44% from Florida · 56% from elsewhere

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

73% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Florida $466K
  2. New York $107K
  3. California $93K
  4. Massachusetts $73K
  5. District of Columbia $72K
  6. Virginia $61K
  7. Connecticut $26K
  8. Washington $20K

Top employers named by donors

  1. MORGAN & MORGAN $15K
  2. US NAVY $6,350
  3. NASA $5,800
  4. MORGAN AND MORGAN $5,000
  5. GOOGLE $4,733
  6. MORGAN & MORGAN PA $4,000
  7. S-3 GROUP $4,000
  8. CBRE $2,050
  9. AMERICAN AIRLINES $1,750
  10. C2 STRATEGIES $1,480

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: $460K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $536K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Nov 10, 2025 to Jul 29, 2026, net of refunds (1,355 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: $1.4M for / $390K against · $361K in the final two weeks

That is $1.1M more than the $701K 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.

$673K of the $1.8M 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 9% $150K
  • Digital ads 47% $821K
  • Ads, medium not stated 26% $450K
  • Mail, print & signs 17% $298K
  • Phones & texts 2% $33K
  • Canvassing & field 0.6% $11K

Largest late spenders for

  1. BDA PAC $700K
  2. PROJECT 218 $632K
  3. BUILDING TOGETHER $18K
  4. VOTEVETS $14K
  5. 1199 SEIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS EAST FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION FUND $7,896

Largest late spenders against

  1. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $191K
  2. CIVIC RENEWAL FUND INC. $126K
  3. MAGA INC. $73K

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 1, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (44 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 $899K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $899K of the $2.1M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 29, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 49% $439K
  • Consultants & strategy 1% $9,000
  • Staff & payroll 16% $142K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 19% $167K
  • Polling, research & data 4% $35K
  • Travel, meals & events 1% $10K
  • Office, technology & overhead 5% $41K
  • Legal & compliance 5% $44K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds <0.1% $300
  • Other or unclassified 1% $10K

Largest payees

  1. DELIVER STRATEGIES, LLC $238K
  2. TECHNICOLOR POLITICAL $147K
  3. GUSTO INC $140K
  4. SB DIGITAL, INC. $99K
  5. GW STRATEGIES $61K

Paid to individuals: $6,717, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Nov 16, 2025 to Jul 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (309 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.