2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Casey Askar?
The money.
- Raised
- $7.2M
- Spent
- $5.5M
- Cash on hand
- $1.9M
- Debts
- $6.3M
- Individuals 5% $384K
- PACs & other committees 2% $120K
- Candidate's own money & loans 93% $6.7M
Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $225K moved between the candidate's own committees.
Outside groups: $0 supporting · $705K opposing
Biggest spenders opposing
- CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION $705K
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $384K from individuals
2% in small-dollar gifts
$7,621 of $384K 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 $57K of the $376K the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jul 27, 2026 for this campaign.
87% from Florida · 13% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- Florida $50K
- Connecticut $5,600
- Ohio $1,000
- California $500
- Illinois $250
Top employers named by donors
- APEX INTERNATIONAL $2,750
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: $18K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $36K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jun 20, 2026 to Jul 27, 2026, net of refunds (29 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: $750K for / $775K against · $260K in the final two weeks
That is $821K more than the $705K 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.
$71K of the $1.5M 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 41% $622K
- Digital ads 9% $134K
- Mail, print & signs 47% $712K
- Phones & texts 2% $33K
- Canvassing & field 0.7% $11K
- Ad production 0.8% $12K
- Other or unclassified 0.1% $1,200
Largest late spenders for
Largest late spenders against
- CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION $705K
- RISING TIDE COLLECTIVE $54K
- BUILDING TOGETHER $17K
Latest dissemination on these reports: October 29, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (40 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 $1.1M in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $1.1M of the $5.5M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 29, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 96% $1.1M
- Consultants & strategy 2% $20K
- Fundraising & processing fees 0.2% $2,256
- Polling, research & data 0.1% $1,414
- Travel, meals & events 0.1% $874
- Legal & compliance 1% $15K
- Other or unclassified 0.6% $6,268
Largest payees
- STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC. $858K
- GROUNDSWELL STRATEGIES $215K
- THE STRATEGY GROUP FOR MEDIA $22K
- FLORIDA DIVISION OF ELECTIONS $10K
- CHALMERS, ADAMS, BACKER & WALLEN LLC $5,000
Paid to individuals: $1,268, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jun 11, 2026 to Jul 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (35 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.
- Belinda KeiserRepublican · $5.0M raised · $418K outside
- Michael CarbonaraRepublican · $4.5M raised · $318K outside
- Pia DandiyaDemocrat · $4.2M raised · $61K outside
- Herbert Od WertheimRepublican · $2.5M raised
- Daniel John FranzeseRepublican · $1.5M raised
- David BurckRepublican · $310K raised · $220K outside
- Anna MedvedevaRepublican · $278K raised
- Terri HasdorffRepublican · $56K raised · $48K outside
- Lev ParnasIndependent · $30K raised
- Kaysia EarleyDemocrat · $28K raised
- Michael ThompsonRepublican · $26K raised
- Sara BaxterRepublican · $14K 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.