2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Brett Lindstrom?
The money.
- Raised
- $138K
- Spent
- $375K
- Cash on hand
- $0
- Individuals 96% $133K
- PACs & other committees 4% $5,000
- Other receipts <0.1% $1
Campaign totals through Jul 15, 2026. Excludes $237K 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 $133K from individuals
7% in small-dollar gifts
$9,765 of $133K 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 $0 of the $123K the campaign reported itemizing through Jul 15, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Apr 30, 2026 for this campaign.
0% from Nebraska · 100% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- Iowa $7,802
- Texas $3,643
- Colorado $1,000
Top employers named by donors
- TENASKA $5,000
Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.
Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $56K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Jul 15, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jul 7, 2025 to Apr 30, 2026, net of refunds (148 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 Brett Lindstrom.
Where it went.
Where the money went $223K in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $223K of the $375K the campaign reported spending through Jul 15, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Feb 28, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 19% $42K
- Consultants & strategy 30% $68K
- Fundraising & processing fees 22% $50K
- Polling, research & data 21% $47K
- Travel, meals & events 1% $2,464
- Legal & compliance 7% $15K
Largest payees
- NATIONAL RESEARCH INC $41K
- MEDIUM BUYING LLC $40K
- TORI MAHONEY STRATEGIES LLC $37K
- C&L COMPLIANCE AND CONSULTING LLC $15K
- FUNDAMENTAL DIGITAL STRATEGY LLC $12K
Paid to individuals: $63K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jul 17, 2025 to Feb 28, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (113 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.
- Denise PowellDemocrat · $4.7M raised · $4.5M outside
- Brinker HardingRepublican · $2.1M raised · $1.4M outside
- John CavanaughDemocrat · $1.4M raised · $2.5M outside
- Donald J BaconRepublican · $970K raised · $11K outside
- Kishla AskinsDemocrat · $870K raised
- James LeuschenDemocrat · $394K raised
- Crystal RhoadesDemocrat · $183K raised
- Mark Edmund JohnstonDemocrat · $10K raised
- Melanie WilliamsDemocrat · $2,419 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.