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Who funds Brooke Pinto?

District of Columbia U.S. House, at largeDemocratFiled for an open seatFEC H6DC00196
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The money.

Brooke PintoFEC filing: Brooke Pinto · H6DC00196 ↗
Raised
$1.7M
Spent
$1.7M
Cash on hand
$3,030
Debts
$100K
  • Individuals 89% $1.5M
  • PACs & other committees 0.8% $14K
  • Candidate's own money & loans 7% $110K
  • Other receipts 3% $54K

Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.

Outside groups: $258K supporting · $0 opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. NEW LEADERSHIP PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $258K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PACUnion PAC · International Association Of Fire Fighters $5,000
  2. MONUMENTAL SPORTS PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $3,500
  3. COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate PAC $1,000
  4. ARENTFOX SCHIFF CIVIC PARTICIPATION FUND (AFSPAC)PAC with no sponsoring organization $500

Who gave.

Who gives $1.5M from individuals

4% in small-dollar gifts

$54K of $1.5M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

47% from District of Columbia · 53% from elsewhere

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

96% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. District of Columbia $621K
  2. Connecticut $144K
  3. Maryland $122K
  4. New York $117K
  5. Virginia $93K
  6. Florida $79K
  7. California $38K
  8. Pennsylvania $23K

Top employers named by donors

  1. NICHOLS LAW $11K
  2. THE BERNSTEIN COMPANIES $8,000
  3. WASHINGTON FINE PROPERTIES $7,500
  4. REGAN ZAMBRI LONG PLLC $4,500
  5. WILMERHALE $4,136
  6. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY $3,750
  7. GLOW DC $2,000
  8. WILKINSON BARKER KNAUER LLP $2,000
  9. AMAZON $1,850
  10. DELOITTE $1,759

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: $474K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $794K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Aug 22, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (1,398 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: $258K for / $0 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

  • Digital ads 94% $241K
  • Ad production 6% $17K

Largest late spenders for

  1. NEW LEADERSHIP PAC $258K

Latest dissemination on these reports: May 30, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (3 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 $1.5M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $1.5M of the $1.7M the campaign reported spending through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 59% $869K
  • Consultants & strategy 5% $71K
  • Staff & payroll 15% $213K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 10% $143K
  • Polling, research & data 4% $59K
  • Travel, meals & events 1% $16K
  • Office, technology & overhead 3% $47K
  • Legal & compliance 3% $41K
  • Other or unclassified 0.3% $3,805

Largest payees

  1. POLARIS CAMPAIGNS INC. $497K
  2. BERLIN ROSEN LLC $266K
  3. GUSTO $189K
  4. KINETIC STRATEGIES $96K
  5. VERSUS MEDIA GROUP, LLC $70K

Paid to individuals: $62K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Aug 26, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (381 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.