2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Carmen Montiel?
The money.
- Raised
- $147K
- Spent
- $142K
- Cash on hand
- $5,422
- Debts
- $12K
- Individuals 88% $130K
- PACs & other committees 0.3% $500
- Candidate's own money & loans 11% $16K
- Other receipts 0.7% $983
Campaign totals through Mar 31, 2026.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $130K from individuals
61% in small-dollar gifts
$80K of $130K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
Adding itemized gifts from donors whose itemized total is $200 or less, about 63%. Many small gifts sent through ActBlue or WinRed are itemized anyway, so the first figure runs low; this estimate groups donors by name and ZIP code as filed and counts only itemized gifts already in the FEC bulk file.
66% from Texas · 34% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
1% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Texas $33K
- Florida $5,454
- California $3,210
- Pennsylvania $1,000
- Missouri $920
- Michigan $750
- Massachusetts $535
- Alabama $521
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $37K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $13K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Mar 31, 2026. Itemized gifts dated May 14, 2025 to Mar 26, 2026, net of refunds (131 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 Carmen Montiel.
Where it went.
Where the money went $135K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 57% $77K
- Consultants & strategy 23% $31K
- Fundraising & processing fees 7% $9,884
- Travel, meals & events 0.8% $1,136
- Office, technology & overhead 0.8% $1,100
- Legal & compliance 6% $7,935
- Other or unclassified 5% $6,725
Largest payees
- CAMPAIGN FUNDING DIRECT, INC $16K
- DEUTSCH DM $14K
- INTEGRAM $8,436
- CAMPAIGN FUNDING DIRECT, INC. $7,892
- MDI IMAGING & MAIL $7,559
Paid to individuals: $27K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated May 26, 2025 to Mar 23, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (208 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.
- Jon BonckRepublican · $2.0M raised · $692K outside
- Wesley HuntRepublican · $1.7M raised
- Shelly DezevallosRepublican · $1.1M raised · $225K outside
- Larry David RubinRepublican · $524K raised
- Michael PrattRepublican · $375K raised
- Marvalette HunterDemocrat · $137K raised
- Melissa A McDonoughDemocrat · $125K raised
- Jeffrey Michael YunaRepublican · $52K raised
- William Miskey Taggart IVIndependent · $9,995 raised
- William M Taggart IVIndependent · $9,995 raised
- Alex McMenemyGreen · $9,888 raised
- Craig GoralskiRepublican · $6,462 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.