2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Bobby Hanig?
The money.
- Raised
- $361K
- Spent
- $361K
- Cash on hand
- $237
- Debts
- $2,500
- Individuals 65% $235K
- PACs & other committees 7% $26K
- Candidate's own money & loans 28% $101K
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.
Outside groups: $923 supporting · $730 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Biggest spenders opposing
- WFW ACTION FUND INC $730
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $235K from individuals
4% in small-dollar gifts
$8,416 of $235K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
93% from North Carolina · 7% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- North Carolina $202K
- Virginia $9,050
- South Carolina $1,750
- Florida $1,000
- Louisiana $1,000
- Maryland $1,000
- Pennsylvania $250
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $77K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $139K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Sep 9, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026, net of refunds (212 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: $923 for / $730 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.
What it bought, per the late reports
- Phones & texts 100% $730
Largest late spenders against
- WFW ACTION FUND INC $730
Latest dissemination on these reports: March 2, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (2 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 $252K in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $252K of the $361K the campaign reported spending through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Mar 27, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 68% $172K
- Fundraising & processing fees 24% $59K
- Travel, meals & events 1% $3,312
- Office, technology & overhead 2% $5,067
- Legal & compliance 5% $12K
Largest payees
- KAP PRINT LLC $85K
- MATCHSTICK MEDIA STRATEGIES, LLC $69K
- BURTON RESEARCH & STRATEGIES LLC $37K
- CASTLEBAR STRATEGIES, LLC $21K
- CM&CO., LLC $10K
Paid to individuals: $5,295, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Sep 30, 2025 to Mar 27, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (96 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.
- Don DavisDemocrat · $5.2M raised · $4.3M outside
- Laurie BuckhoutRepublican · $4.0M raised · $3.6M outside
- Sandy RobersonRepublican · $3.5M raised
- Asa Bryant Buck IIIRepublican · $339K raised
- Ashley Nicole RussellRepublican · $222K raised · $17K outside
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.