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Who funds Eric Conroy?

Ohio U.S. House District 1RepublicanFiled as challengerFEC H6OH01138
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The money.

Eric ConroyFEC filing: Eric Conroy · H6OH01138 ↗
Raised
$1.7M
Spent
$2.1M
Cash on hand
$293K
Debts
$160K
  • Individuals 60% $1.0M
  • PACs & other committees 21% $366K
  • Party committees 0.3% $5,000
  • Candidate's own money & loans 19% $326K
  • Other receipts <0.1% $165

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $640K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $287K supporting · $0 opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. RED BRIDGE LEADERSHIP PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $287K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $10K
  2. AMERICAN REVIVAL PACPAC with no sponsoring organization $10K
  3. RESTORING OUR FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC of David Taylor $10K
  4. WESTERN AND SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (WESTERN-SOUTHERN PAC)Corporate PAC · Western And Southern Life Insurance Co $7,500
  5. THE GUARDIAN FUNDJoint fundraising committee $7,500

Who gave.

Who gives $1.0M from individuals

46% in small-dollar gifts

$476K of $1.0M 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 47%. 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.

The itemized gifts below add up to $257K of the $558K 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.

41% from Ohio · 59% from elsewhere

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

51% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Ohio $105K
  2. Texas $18K
  3. Florida $17K
  4. Virginia $15K
  5. New York $11K
  6. Maryland $10K
  7. California $9,460
  8. Colorado $8,836

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $157K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $100K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jul 22, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (2,149 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: $897K for / $825K against · $28K in the final two weeks

That is $1.4M more than the $287K 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.

$824K of the $1.7M 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 37% $630K
  • Digital ads 14% $246K
  • Ads, medium not stated 22% $376K
  • Mail, print & signs 20% $337K
  • Phones & texts 4% $70K
  • Canvassing & field 0.3% $5,040
  • Ad production 3% $49K
  • Other or unclassified <0.1% $368

Largest late spenders for

  1. RED BRIDGE LEADERSHIP PAC $716K
  2. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $85K
  3. AMERICA PAC $47K
  4. THE GUARDIAN SUPER PAC $22K
  5. NRA VICTORY FUND, INC. $7,819

Largest late spenders against

  1. HMP $813K
  2. BUILDING TOGETHER $10K
  3. STAND UP FOR OHIO (OHIO ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN) $1,460

Latest dissemination on these reports: October 30, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (61 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 $776K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $776K of the $2.1M 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 58% $448K
  • Consultants & strategy 5% $35K
  • Staff & payroll 6% $46K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 18% $137K
  • Polling, research & data 4% $29K
  • Travel, meals & events 6% $46K
  • Office, technology & overhead 2% $18K
  • Legal & compliance 2% $19K

Largest payees

  1. RESPONSE AMERICA LLC $212K
  2. STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT $84K
  3. BIG DOG STRATEGIES LLC $74K
  4. TARGETED VICTORY $58K
  5. FMM CONSULTING $33K

Paid to individuals: $97K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Aug 6, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (317 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.