2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Briscoe Rowell Cain III?
The money.
- Raised
- $555K
- Spent
- $597K
- Cash on hand
- $25K
- Debts
- $107K
- Individuals 70% $390K
- PACs & other committees 9% $52K
- Candidate's own money & loans 19% $105K
- Other receipts 1% $7,006
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026. Excludes $67K moved between the candidate's own committees.
Outside groups: $54K supporting · $609K opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Biggest spenders opposing
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $390K from individuals
4% in small-dollar gifts
$17K of $390K 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 $335K of the $374K the campaign reported itemizing through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 24, 2026 for this campaign.
97% from Texas · 3% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
62% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Texas $324K
- North Carolina $2,500
- Alabama $1,500
- Florida $1,500
- Arkansas $1,100
- Colorado $1,000
- Kansas $1,000
- Louisiana $500
Top employers named by donors
- TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES $5,300
- STATE OF TX $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: $108K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $217K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Aug 23, 2025 to Jun 24, 2026, net of refunds (325 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: $54K for / $609K 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
- TV, radio & streaming TV 15% $82K
- Digital ads 18% $102K
- Mail, print & signs 63% $356K
- Phones & texts 0.3% $1,469
- Ad production 4% $22K
Largest late spenders for
Largest late spenders against
- WIN IT BACK PAC $417K
- DEFENDING OUR VALUES PAC $98K
Latest dissemination on these reports: May 21, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (46 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 $570K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 48% $273K
- Consultants & strategy 21% $122K
- Staff & payroll 0.4% $2,000
- Fundraising & processing fees 19% $105K
- Travel, meals & events 3% $16K
- Office, technology & overhead 1% $5,508
- Legal & compliance 3% $16K
- Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.1% $850
- Other or unclassified 5% $28K
Largest payees
- GRIFFIN COMMUNICATIONS $164K
- HARRIS MEDIA $103K
- AXIOM STRATEGIES $48K
- DEVINE PROMOTIONS $29K
- VANGUARD FIELD STRATEGIES $25K
Paid to individuals: $48K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Aug 29, 2025 to Jun 15, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (241 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.
- Alexandra MealerRepublican · $2.5M raised · $5.2M outside
- Terry VirtsDemocrat · $667K raised · $10K outside
- Dan MimsRepublican · $425K raised
- Steve StockmanRepublican · $252K raised · $3,449 outside
- Leticia GutierrezDemocrat · $215K raised
- R. Todd IveyDemocrat · $193K raised · $50K outside
- Jaimy BlancoRepublican · $122K raised
- Crystal SarmientoRepublican · $79K raised
- James BufordDemocrat · $73K raised
- Dwayne Bradley StovallRepublican · $28K raised
- Roy MoralesIndependent · $6,108 raised
- Terry Lee ThainRepublican · $5,250 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.