2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Don Brown?
The money.
- Raised
- $225K
- Spent
- $226K
- Cash on hand
- $0
- Individuals 94% $212K
- Candidate's own money & loans 5% $12K
- Other receipts 0.6% $1,395
Campaign totals through Apr 13, 2026.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Who gave.
Who gives $212K from individuals
32% in small-dollar gifts
$69K of $212K 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 34%. 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.
83% from North Carolina · 17% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
19% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- North Carolina $111K
- South Carolina $15K
- Florida $2,860
- Texas $1,912
- New Jersey $1,000
- Louisiana $500
- Maryland $500
- Mississippi $500
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $54K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $81K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Apr 13, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Mar 12, 2025 to Mar 12, 2026, net of refunds (278 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 Don Brown.
Where it went.
Where the money went $210K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 39% $82K
- Consultants & strategy 14% $29K
- Staff & payroll 12% $26K
- Fundraising & processing fees 12% $26K
- Polling, research & data <0.1% $46
- Travel, meals & events 5% $11K
- Office, technology & overhead 3% $6,941
- Legal & compliance 12% $25K
- Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.8% $1,694
- Other or unclassified 1% $2,740
Largest payees
- PATRIOT CONSULTING $18K
- SOUTHERN PINE STRATEGIES $14K
- PCS MARKETING GROUP, LLC $13K
- FRONTLINE STRATEGIES LLC $12K
- ARISTOTLE INTERNATIONAL, INC $8,400
Paid to individuals: $54K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Feb 11, 2025 to Apr 13, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (431 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.
- Roy CooperDemocrat · $21M raised · $2.9M outside
- Michael WhatleyRepublican · $8.6M raised · $14M outside
- Thom R TillisRepublican · $4.2M raised · $3,958 outside
- Wiley NickelDemocrat · $589K raised
- Brian McGinnisGreen · $73K raised
- Michael Louis Dublin Jr.Green · $28K raised
- Michele MorrowRepublican · $13K raised
- Thomas Lee JohnsonRepublican · $6,720 raised
- Marcus W. WilliamsDemocrat · $5,656 raised
- Richard DansieRepublican · $2,410 raised
- Robert Anders NilssonRepublican · $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.