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Who funds Colin Allred?

Texas U.S. SenateDemocratFiled as challengerFEC S4TX00722
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The money.

Colin AllredFEC filing: Colin Allred · S4TX00722 ↗
Raised
$7.0M
Spent
$7.8M
Cash on hand
$402
  • Individuals 95% $6.6M
  • PACs & other committees 0.4% $27K
  • Other receipts 4% $310K

Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026. Excludes $646K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $0 supporting · $15K opposing

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. RED SENATESuper PAC87% of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $15K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUBUnion PAC $10K
  2. NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEUnion PAC · National Rural Letter Carriers' Association $5,000
  3. HOULAPACLeadership PAC of Chrissy Houlahan $3,000
  4. COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEEUnion PAC · Communications Workers Of America $2,500
  5. NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANSMembership group PAC · American College Of Emergency Physicians $2,500

Who gave.

Who gives $6.6M from individuals

56% in small-dollar gifts

$3.7M of $6.6M 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 58%. 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.

50% from Texas · 50% from elsewhere

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

91% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Texas $1.4M
  2. California $313K
  3. New York $156K
  4. Massachusetts $153K
  5. Washington $95K
  6. Florida $79K
  7. District of Columbia $59K
  8. Illinois $55K

Top employers named by donors

  1. BLANK ROME LLP $20K
  2. AZA LAW $16K
  3. UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER $8,775
  4. PERKINS COIE LLP $8,700
  5. GOOGLE INC $7,800
  6. BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE $3,295
  7. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS $3,140
  8. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN $2,510
  9. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY $725
  10. US AIR FORCE $700

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: $1.9M. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $806K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jul 1, 2025 to Mar 2, 2026, net of refunds (19,149 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: $19K for / $15K against · $0 in the final two weeks

That is $19K more than the $15K 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.

$19K of the $19K 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

  • Mail, print & signs 100% $19K

Largest late spenders for

  1. PLANNED PARENTHOOD TEXAS VOTES VICTORY FUND $19K

FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (1 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 $5.6M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $5.6M of the $7.8M the campaign reported spending through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 29, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 42% $2.4M
  • Consultants & strategy 5% $278K
  • Staff & payroll 14% $758K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 24% $1.4M
  • Polling, research & data 5% $256K
  • Travel, meals & events 0.7% $40K
  • Office, technology & overhead 3% $189K
  • Legal & compliance 2% $106K
  • Other or unclassified 4% $239K

Largest payees

  1. ANNE LEWIS STRATEGIES, LLC DBA MISSIONWIRED $2.6M
  2. PAYROLL DATA PROCESSING $715K
  3. QCT PRODUCTION $612K
  4. AMERICAN EXPRESS $239K
  5. ACTBLUE TECHNICAL SERVICES $226K

Paid to individuals: $79K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jul 7, 2025 to Jun 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (339 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.