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Who funds Claire Valdez?

New York U.S. House District 7DemocratFiled for an open seatFEC H6NY07214
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The money.

Claire ValdezFEC filing: Claire Valdez · H6NY07214 ↗
Raised
$1.8M
Spent
$1.8M
Cash on hand
$110K
  • Individuals 93% $1.7M
  • PACs & other committees 6% $116K
  • Other receipts 0.5% $9,602

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $82K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $1.2M supporting · $0 opposing ($1,280 of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. AMERICAN PRIORITIES (AP)Super PACSpent mainly in primaries $428K
  2. NEW YORKERS FOR LOWER COSTSSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $357K
  3. JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $279K
  4. LEADERS WE DESERVEHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $175K
  5. CHRISTOPHER STREET PROJECT PAC (CSP PAC)Hybrid PAC (super PAC account) $3,300

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. PROGRESSIVE VOTERS OF AMERICALeadership PAC of Bernard Sanders $10K
  2. 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 $6,354
  3. INT'L UNION OF BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERSUnion PAC · Int'L Union Of Bricklayers And Allied Craftworkers $5,000
  4. CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PACPAC with no sponsoring organization $5,000
  5. JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $5,000

Who gave.

Who gives $1.7M from individuals

39% in small-dollar gifts

$663K of $1.7M 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 $909K of the $1.0M 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.

66% from New York · 34% from elsewhere

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

93% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. New York $602K
  2. California $115K
  3. New Jersey $29K
  4. Texas $26K
  5. Massachusetts $17K
  6. District of Columbia $16K
  7. Pennsylvania $15K
  8. Virginia $11K

Top employers named by donors

  1. GOOGLE $19K
  2. UAW $8,092
  3. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY $7,000
  4. WORKING FAMILIES PARTY $6,745
  5. UNITED AUTO WORKERS $4,516
  6. GOOGLE INC $4,276
  7. NYU $3,630
  8. BLOOMBERG LP $1,800
  9. ZOHRAN MAMDANI TRANSITION $1,592
  10. THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY $1,325

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: $399K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $450K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 8, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (1,809 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: $1.2M for / $0 against · $2,500 in the final two weeks

That is $2,500 more than the $1.2M 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.

$430K of the $957K 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 63% $603K
  • Digital ads 28% $272K
  • Mail, print & signs 7% $70K
  • Ad production 1% $10K
  • Other or unclassified 0.3% $2,500

Largest late spenders for

  1. AMERICAN PRIORITIES (AP) $428K
  2. JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PAC $279K
  3. LEADERS WE DESERVE $175K
  4. NEW YORKERS FOR LOWER COSTS $70K
  5. CHRISTOPHER STREET PROJECT PAC (CSP PAC) $3,300

Latest dissemination on these reports: October 23, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (10 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 $1.8M 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 30% $444K
  • Consultants & strategy 19% $274K
  • Staff & payroll 23% $340K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 15% $223K
  • Polling, research & data 3% $43K
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $32K
  • Office, technology & overhead 5% $73K
  • Legal & compliance 3% $47K

Largest payees

  1. DEBRA SCHOMMER MEDIA GROUP $491K
  2. GUSTO $340K
  3. NWF STRATEGIES $70K
  4. ACTBLUE TECHNICAL SERVICES $58K
  5. MOXIE MEDIA $48K

Paid to individuals: $16K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 9, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (214 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.