2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Daniel John Franzese?
The money.
- Raised
- $1.5M
- Spent
- $1.5M
- Cash on hand
- $21K
- Debts
- $1.3M
- Individuals 14% $218K
- Candidate's own money & loans 86% $1.3M
- Other receipts <0.1% $577
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Who gave.
Who gives $218K from individuals
6% in small-dollar gifts
$13K of $218K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
86% from Florida · 14% 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 $172K
- New York $14K
- Minnesota $4,500
- Connecticut $2,792
- Michigan $2,041
- New Jersey $1,541
- California $1,000
- Nevada $500
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $137K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $62K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 6, 2026 to Jul 28, 2026, net of refunds (191 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 Daniel John Franzese.
Where it went.
Where the money went $1.0M in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $1.0M of the $1.5M the campaign reported spending through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 29, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 73% $748K
- Consultants & strategy 12% $122K
- Fundraising & processing fees 0.5% $5,553
- Polling, research & data 7% $73K
- Travel, meals & events 0.7% $7,666
- Office, technology & overhead 0.5% $4,815
- Legal & compliance 6% $60K
- Other or unclassified <0.1% $459
Largest payees
- HARRIS MEDIA, LLC $584K
- IMPRESSION STRATEGY, LLC $105K
- MCLAUGHLIN & ASSOCIATES, INC $67K
- ALPHAGRAPHICS $64K
- FEC INFUSION $28K
Paid to individuals: $26K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jan 1, 2025 to Jul 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (276 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.
- Casey AskarRepublican · $7.2M raised · $705K outside
- 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
- 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.