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Who funds Debbie Wasserman Schultz?

Florida U.S. House District 20DemocratFiled as incumbentFEC H4FL20023
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What they did in office.

Sitting member of Congress · Debbie Wasserman Schultz

In the U.S. House (FL-25) since 2005 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 2 committees: Appropriations, Foreign Affairs · 3 subcommittees
  • 217 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 3 committees reported outside spending for or against them

Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H4FL20023) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

The money.

Debbie Wasserman SchultzFEC filing: Debbie Wasserman Schultz · H4FL20023 ↗
Raised
$3.7M
Spent
$4.0M
Cash on hand
$785K
  • Individuals 74% $2.7M
  • PACs & other committees 24% $904K
  • Other receipts 2% $59K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.

Outside groups: $339K supporting · $67K opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. PRO-CHOICE MAJORITY ACTIONHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $250K
  2. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PACPAC with no sponsoring organizationSpent mainly in primaries $89K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. AMERICA'S RENEWAL PAC, INC.Super PACSpent mainly in primaries $67K
  2. HYPOCRITES AGAINST POLITICAL TEXTINGSuper PAC $100

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSUnion PAC · International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers $10K
  2. UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUBUnion PAC $10K
  3. 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 $10K
  4. SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)Union PAC · Service Employees International Union $10K
  5. AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)Trade association PAC · American Bankers Association (aba) $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $2.7M from individuals

4% in small-dollar gifts

$114K of $2.7M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

54% from Florida · 46% from elsewhere

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

87% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Florida $1.3M
  2. New York $249K
  3. California $212K
  4. Maryland $122K
  5. Massachusetts $99K
  6. District of Columbia $71K
  7. Pennsylvania $43K
  8. New Jersey $38K

Top employers named by donors

  1. AVIATOR CAPITAL $49K
  2. THE HAGGARD LAW FIRM $26K
  3. SINTAVIA LLC $18K
  4. LEON MEDICAL CENTERS $14K
  5. PANZA MAURER $13K
  6. BBX CAPITAL $9,600
  7. BERGER SINGERMAN LLP $8,800
  8. MEDICAL PLACE $7,500
  9. PIXELS ON TARGET $7,500
  10. AMSCOT FINANCIAL $6,500

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: $991K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $1.2M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 7, 2025 to Jul 29, 2026, net of refunds (2,178 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: $396K for / $67K against · $0 in the final two weeks

That is $56K more than the $406K 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.

$56K of the $373K 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 67% $250K
  • Digital ads 17% $65K
  • Mail, print & signs 16% $58K
  • Other or unclassified <0.1% $13

Largest late spenders for

  1. PRO-CHOICE MAJORITY ACTION $250K
  2. BLUE FLORIDA MAJORITY $56K
  3. EQUALITY FLORIDA ACTION INC. $13

Largest late spenders against

  1. AMERICA'S RENEWAL PAC, INC. $67K

Latest dissemination on these reports: September 14, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (6 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 $2.3M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $2.3M of the $4.0M 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 33% $748K
  • Consultants & strategy 7% $149K
  • Staff & payroll 28% $646K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 4% $87K
  • Polling, research & data 6% $138K
  • Travel, meals & events 12% $272K
  • Office, technology & overhead 8% $177K
  • Legal & compliance 1% $23K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 2% $39K
  • Other or unclassified 0.6% $14K

Largest payees

  1. DONOHOE PARTNERS INC $396K
  2. MISSION CONTROL INC. $349K
  3. BATTLEAXE DIGITAL $212K
  4. BTS STRATEGIES INC. $129K
  5. THE FROST GROUP $120K

Paid to individuals: $240K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jul 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (1,720 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.