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Who funds Don Ralph Leonard?

Ohio U.S. House District 15DemocratFiled as challengerFEC H6OH15112
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The money.

Don Ralph LeonardFEC filing: Don Ralph Leonard · H6OH15112 ↗
Raised
$1.2M
Spent
$1.2M
Cash on hand
$98K
Debts
$5,000
  • Individuals 95% $1.1M
  • PACs & other committees 4% $50K
  • Party committees <0.1% $878
  • Candidate's own money & loans 1% $12K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $173K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $13K supporting · $322K opposing ($330K of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. OHIO CITIZEN ACTIONFiler that is not a political committeeAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $4,956
  2. UNITY & JUSTICE FUNDSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $4,456
  3. INDIVISIBLE ACTIONHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $1,800
  4. FIELD TEAM 6, INC.Super PAC99% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $1,793

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. DEFENDING MAIN STREET SUPERPAC INC.Super PACAll of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $322K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. BARRIER TO ENTRY PACPAC with no sponsoring organization $1,000
  2. MILLER FOR AMERICACandidate committee $1,000

Who gave.

Who gives $1.1M from individuals

17% in small-dollar gifts

$184K of $1.1M 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 $492K of the $910K 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.

73% from Ohio · 27% from elsewhere

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

81% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Ohio $361K
  2. Michigan $34K
  3. Massachusetts $21K
  4. California $18K
  5. Texas $15K
  6. Washington $7,920
  7. Nebraska $5,750
  8. New York $5,380

Top employers named by donors

  1. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY $6,300
  2. OHIOHEALTH $5,445
  3. NATIONWIDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL $3,250
  4. OSU $3,000

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: $200K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $274K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Apr 9, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (766 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: $2.5M for / $2.5M against · $2.7M in the final two weeks

That is $4.6M more than the $335K 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.

$2.4M of the $4.6M 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 34% $1.6M
  • Digital ads 40% $1.8M
  • Ads, medium not stated 2% $80K
  • Mail, print & signs 6% $289K
  • Phones & texts 4% $172K
  • Canvassing & field 13% $621K
  • Ad production 1% $46K

Largest late spenders for

  1. YOUR COMMUNITY PAC $1.5M
  2. CFFE PAC $645K
  3. AMERICAN PRIORITIES (AP) $154K
  4. AB PAC $54K
  5. SCIENCE VICTORY FUND $11K

Largest late spenders against

  1. SAFETY & AFFORDABILITY PAC INC. $1.7M
  2. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $198K
  3. BUCKEYE PROSPERITY PAC $197K
  4. FIRST PRINCIPLES DIGITAL $80K
  5. MAGA INC. $35K

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 2, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (92 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 $350K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $350K of the $1.2M 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 56% $197K
  • Consultants & strategy 15% $53K
  • Staff & payroll 1% $4,333
  • Fundraising & processing fees 7% $23K
  • Polling, research & data 6% $20K
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $8,208
  • Office, technology & overhead 8% $29K
  • Legal & compliance 3% $11K
  • Other or unclassified 1% $4,478

Largest payees

  1. MOORE CAMPAIGNS $84K
  2. BUYING TIME LLC $41K
  3. SWAY $23K
  4. BUYING TIME $20K
  5. ACTBLUE TECHNICAL SERVICES $20K

Paid to individuals: $48K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Apr 3, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (234 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.