2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Eric Chung?
The money.
- Raised
- $2.1M
- Spent
- $2.0M
- Cash on hand
- $25K
- Individuals 94% $1.9M
- PACs & other committees 5% $104K
- Candidate's own money & loans 0.3% $7,000
- Other receipts 0.6% $13K
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.
Outside groups: $121K supporting · $0 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
- EQUALITY PAC $121K
Largest direct PAC contributions
- FRONTLINE FIGHTERS PAC $7,000
- BLUE HEN FEDERAL PAC $5,000
- ASPIRE PAC $5,000
- INLAND EMPIRE STRIKES PAC; THE $5,000
- EQUALITY PAC $5,000
Who gave.
Who gives $1.9M from individuals
14% in small-dollar gifts
$263K of $1.9M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
7% from Michigan · 93% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
91% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- California $395K
- New York $329K
- District of Columbia $220K
- Michigan $105K
- Maryland $88K
- Massachusetts $86K
- Virginia $53K
- New Jersey $45K
Top employers named by donors
- COVINGTON & BURLING LLP $116K
- SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP $25K
- COVINGTON & BURLING $20K
- UCSF $14K
- MILBANK LLP $13K
- US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE $12K
- COVINGTON $11K
- WILMERHALE $10K
- KING & SPALDING $8,375
- AMAZON $7,025
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: $485K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $724K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Apr 23, 2025 to Jul 15, 2026, net of refunds (2,616 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: $121K for / $0 against · $0 in the final two weeks
Source: FEC regular reports. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.
What it bought, per the late reports
- Mail, print & signs 87% $105K
- Phones & texts 13% $16K
Largest late spenders for
- EQUALITY PAC $121K
Latest dissemination on these reports: July 29, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (4 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 $1.3M in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $1.3M of the $2.0M the campaign reported spending through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 15, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 53% $670K
- Consultants & strategy 11% $145K
- Staff & payroll 19% $242K
- Fundraising & processing fees 9% $111K
- Polling, research & data 1% $14K
- Travel, meals & events 0.3% $3,575
- Office, technology & overhead 4% $47K
- Legal & compliance 2% $30K
- Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.2% $2,000
- Other or unclassified 1% $12K
Largest payees
- THE STRATEGY GROUP $252K
- ASCEND DIGITAL STRATEGIES LLC $217K
- EVOLVE MEDIA, LLC $213K
- GMMB INC. $124K
- GUSTO $73K
Paid to individuals: $186K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Apr 29, 2025 to Jul 15, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (391 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.
- Christina HinesDemocrat · $3.8M raised · $3.6M outside
- Michael BouchardRepublican · $2.3M raised · $976K outside
- Tim GreimelDemocrat · $1.3M raised · $4,919 outside
- Robert LulgjurajRepublican · $1.3M raised · $52 outside
- Justin KirkRepublican · $431K raised · $52 outside
- Alexander HawkinsDemocrat · $376K raised
- John JamesRepublican · $267K raised
- George AdamsDemocrat · $198K raised
- Steven ElliottRepublican · $48K raised
- Steffan DemetropoulosRepublican · $6,870 raised · $52 outside
- Casey ArmitageRepublican · $4,132 raised
- Brian Steven JayeDemocrat · $910 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.