2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Eric Pratt?
The money.
- Raised
- $717K
- Spent
- $595K
- Cash on hand
- $173K
- Debts
- $105K
- Individuals 67% $480K
- PACs & other committees 16% $115K
- Party committees 1% $10K
- Candidate's own money & loans 16% $112K
- Other receipts <0.1% $48
Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $52K moved between the candidate's own committees.
Outside groups: $285 supporting · $0 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Largest direct PAC contributions
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
- CONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC $10K
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) $7,500
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC) $5,000
- UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA) $5,000
Who gave.
Who gives $480K from individuals
12% in small-dollar gifts
$57K of $480K 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 $317K of the $423K the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jul 22, 2026 for this campaign.
90% from Minnesota · 10% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
32% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Minnesota $284K
- Texas $11K
- Florida $6,500
- Arizona $5,951
- Virginia $3,041
- Nevada $1,750
- Missouri $1,728
- Wisconsin $1,533
Top employers named by donors
- PAL MANAGEMENT $11K
- ALLINA $7,000
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: $118K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $181K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jul 22, 2025 to Jul 22, 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.
Outside spending including late reports: $226K for / $12K against · $59K in the final two weeks
That is $238K more than the $285 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.
$12K of the $238K 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
- Mail, print & signs 5% $11K
- Phones & texts 47% $111K
- Canvassing & field 49% $116K
Largest late spenders for
Largest late spenders against
- BUILDING TOGETHER $12K
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 (31 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 $254K in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $254K of the $595K the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 22, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 10% $25K
- Consultants & strategy 18% $44K
- Staff & payroll 19% $48K
- Fundraising & processing fees 25% $62K
- Polling, research & data 11% $27K
- Travel, meals & events 2% $4,586
- Office, technology & overhead 8% $19K
- Legal & compliance 9% $23K
- Other or unclassified 0.2% $545
Largest payees
- ASCENT STRATEGIC $44K
- HARPER POLLING $27K
- SHANNA WOODBURY CONSULTING, LLC $23K
- PROFESSIONAL DATA SERVICES $23K
- THE THEODORE COMPANY $21K
Paid to individuals: $49K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jul 1, 2025 to Jul 22, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (125 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.
- Matt LittleDemocratic-Farmer-Labor · $1.5M raised · $501K outside
- Matthew David KleinDemocrat · $1.5M raised · $2.5M outside
- Angela Dawn CraigDemocrat · $1.4M raised
- Kaela Jo BergDemocratic-Farmer-Labor · $425K raised · $1.2M outside
- Tyler KistnerRepublican · $351K raised
- Hugh McTavishDemocratic-Farmer-Labor · $189K raised
- Jeremy WestbyRepublican · $39K raised
- Michael StefankoDemocratic-Farmer-Labor · $936 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.