2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Dan F. Barrios?
The money.
- Raised
- $160K
- Spent
- $152K
- Cash on hand
- $8,745
- Individuals 94% $151K
- Party committees 0.5% $750
- Other receipts 5% $8,815
Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Who gave.
Who gives $151K from individuals
30% in small-dollar gifts
$46K of $151K 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 $56K of the $105K 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.
94% from Texas · 6% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- Texas $53K
- Alabama $2,000
- Michigan $600
- California $570
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $33K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $23K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Dec 9, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (128 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: $87 for / $635K against · $108K in the final two weeks
Source: FEC 24- and 48-hour reports. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.
$87 of the $635K 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 28% $175K
- Digital ads 15% $97K
- Mail, print & signs 55% $347K
- Phones & texts 1% $6,410
- Ad production 2% $11K
Largest late spenders for
Largest late spenders against
- WIN IT BACK PAC $521K
- NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $113K
- AMERICAN PRINCIPLES PROJECT PAC $1,211
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 (27 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 $85K in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $85K of the $152K 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 12% $10K
- Consultants & strategy 21% $17K
- Staff & payroll 29% $25K
- Fundraising & processing fees 4% $3,601
- Polling, research & data 8% $6,644
- Travel, meals & events 11% $9,269
- Office, technology & overhead 11% $9,066
- Legal & compliance 4% $3,140
- Other or unclassified 0.2% $133
Largest payees
- BEYOND THE SLOGAN CONSULTING $19K
- BCR COMMERCIAL REALTY $5,000
- HEARTLAND CAMPAIGNS $3,850
- ROCKET TOP CREATIVE $3,300
- INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE $2,948
Paid to individuals: $30K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Dec 17, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (99 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.
- Ryan BinkleyRepublican · $3.2M raised · $174K outside
- Paul BondarRepublican · $3.2M raised
- Jace YarbroughRepublican · $1.2M raised · $1.5M outside
- Gordon HeslopRepublican · $129K raised
- Abteen VaziriRepublican · $120K raised
- Darrell DayRepublican · $117K raised
- Alex CornwallisDemocrat · $59K raised
- Monty MontanezRepublican · $47K raised
- Eric NiehausRepublican · $35K raised
- Aimee CarrascoRepublican · $35K raised
- Zain ShaitoRepublican · $8,988 raised
- Tobey PearsonRepublican · $0 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.