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Who funds Brian Poindexter?

Ohio U.S. House District 7DemocratFiled as challengerFEC H6OH07168
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The money.

Brian PoindexterFEC filing: Brian Poindexter · H6OH07168 ↗
Raised
$3.7M
Spent
$2.9M
Cash on hand
$794K
  • Individuals 89% $3.3M
  • PACs & other committees 11% $401K
  • Party committees <0.1% $322
  • Candidate's own money & loans <0.1% $1,421
  • Other receipts 0.2% $8,461

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.

Outside groups: $875K supporting · $1.1M opposing ($1.2M of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. JOBS AND DEMOCRACY PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $570K
  2. BDA PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $198K
  3. PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC (super PAC account)98% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $98K
  4. OHIO CITIZEN ACTIONFiler that is not a political committeeAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $6,137
  5. FIELD TEAM 6, INC.Super PAC99% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $1,559

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. CLFHybrid PAC (super PAC account)99% of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $1.1M

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. SWING LEFTHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $16K
  2. COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEEUnion PAC · Communications Workers Of America $10K
  3. MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSUnion PAC · International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers $10K
  4. UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAWUnion PAC · Int'L Union United Automobile Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers Of America Uaw $10K
  5. INT'L UNION OF BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERSUnion PAC · Int'L Union Of Bricklayers And Allied Craftworkers $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $3.3M from individuals

28% in small-dollar gifts

$917K of $3.3M 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 $288K of the $2.4M 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.

29% from Ohio · 71% from elsewhere

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

58% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. New York $102K
  2. Ohio $83K
  3. California $34K
  4. Maryland $11K
  5. Massachusetts $11K
  6. Illinois $9,400
  7. Kentucky $7,000
  8. Washington $6,000

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $160K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $128K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Apr 9, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (314 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 / $2.2M against · $454K in the final two weeks

That is $1.6M more than the $2.0M 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.

$150K of the $2.4M 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 19% $462K
  • Digital ads 15% $352K
  • Mail, print & signs 43% $1.0M
  • Phones & texts 7% $169K
  • Canvassing & field 16% $387K
  • Ad production 0.8% $18K

Largest late spenders for

  1. JOBS AND DEMOCRACY PAC $512K
  2. PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT $380K
  3. BDA PAC $198K
  4. SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) $42K
  5. AB PAC $39K

Largest late spenders against

  1. JOBS & PROSPERITY PAC $810K
  2. AMERICA PAC $115K
  3. CIVIC RENEWAL FUND INC. $94K
  4. AMERICA FIRST AGRICULTURE ACTION INC. $55K
  5. MAGA INC. $37K

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 2, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (127 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 $287K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $287K of the $2.9M 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 39% $111K
  • Consultants & strategy 14% $41K
  • Staff & payroll 2% $6,200
  • Fundraising & processing fees 31% $88K
  • Polling, research & data 7% $19K
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $4,188
  • Office, technology & overhead 0.5% $1,334
  • Legal & compliance 5% $14K
  • Other or unclassified 0.8% $2,386

Largest payees

  1. LC MEDIA $97K
  2. KINETIC STRATEGIES LLC $77K
  3. BLUEROCK, LLC $15K
  4. MCTIGUE & COLOMBO LLC $14K
  5. NGP VAN $13K

Paid to individuals: $14K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Nov 17, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (129 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.