2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Ernest Anthony Tony Gonzales II?
The money.
- Raised
- $1.4M
- Spent
- $3.5M
- Cash on hand
- $191K
- Individuals 60% $859K
- PACs & other committees 33% $475K
- Other receipts 7% $102K
Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $835K moved between the candidate's own committees.
Outside groups: $195K supporting · $0 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives
0% from Texas · 100% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
93% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- California $195K
- Florida $56K
- New York $43K
- Colorado $26K
- Maryland $24K
- Arizona $16K
- Virginia $15K
- Michigan $10K
Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $452K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Itemized gifts dated Jan 6, 2025 to Mar 26, 2026, net of refunds (1,279 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: $195K for / $1,000 against · $0 in the final two weeks
That is $1,000 more than the $195K 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.
$1,000 of the $196K 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
- Digital ads 11% $22K
- Ads, medium not stated 38% $75K
- Mail, print & signs 41% $79K
- Phones & texts 0.5% $1,000
- Ad production 9% $18K
- Other or unclassified 0.3% $600
Largest late spenders for
Largest late spenders against
- GUN RIGHTS AMERICA $1,000
Latest dissemination on these reports: February 26, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (13 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 $3.0M in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $3.0M of the $3.5M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Oct 13, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 57% $1.7M
- Consultants & strategy 3% $101K
- Staff & payroll 5% $143K
- Fundraising & processing fees 21% $629K
- Polling, research & data 4% $108K
- Travel, meals & events 0.1% $2,020
- Office, technology & overhead 4% $108K
- Legal & compliance 4% $121K
- Other or unclassified 2% $71K
Largest payees
- SRCP MEDIA $925K
- LILLY & COMPANY $646K
- THE SYNAPSE GROUP $355K
- THOMAS GRAPHICS $227K
- TARGETED VICTORY $78K
Paid to individuals: $144K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jan 3, 2025 to Oct 13, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (567 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.
- Katy Padilla StoutDemocrat · $1.1M raised · $173K outside
- Brandon HerreraRepublican · $827K raised · $1.1M outside
- Susan Storey RubioRepublican · $419K raised
- Santos M. LimonDemocrat · $357K raised
- Gretel Marysdatter EnckDemocrat · $99K raised
- Francisco 'Quico' Raul CansecoRepublican · $80K raised
- Veronica WilliamsIndependent · $12K 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.