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Who funds Frederick Paul Wellman?

Missouri U.S. House District 2DemocratFiled as challengerFEC H6MO02343
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The money.

Frederick Paul WellmanFEC filing: Frederick Paul Wellman · H6MO02343 ↗
Raised
$2.2M
Spent
$1.9M
Cash on hand
$241K
  • Individuals 94% $2.0M
  • PACs & other committees 6% $136K
  • Candidate's own money & loans <0.1% $1,378
  • Other receipts <0.1% $1,282

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.

Outside groups: $2,538 supporting · $0 opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. FIELD TEAM 6, INC.Super PAC99% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $2,538

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUEUnion PAC · International Association Of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail And Transportation Workers $10K
  2. MIDWEST REGION LABORERS' POLITICAL LEAGUEUnion PAC · Laborers' International Union, Midwest Region $10K
  3. VOTEVETSHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $10K
  4. UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAWUnion PAC · Int'L Union United Automobile Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers Of America Uaw $5,000
  5. INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL)Union PAC · Int'L Association Of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental And Reinforcing Iron Workers $5,000

Who gave.

Who gives $2.0M from individuals

39% in small-dollar gifts

$793K of $2.0M 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 $583K of the $1.2M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jul 15, 2026 for this campaign.

55% from Missouri · 45% from elsewhere

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

83% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Missouri $318K
  2. California $56K
  3. New York $42K
  4. Virginia $20K
  5. Illinois $19K
  6. Massachusetts $18K
  7. District of Columbia $16K
  8. Florida $9,776

Top employers named by donors

  1. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY $4,650
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI $1,000

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: $372K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $205K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Sep 11, 2025 to Jul 15, 2026, net of refunds (1,929 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: $232K for / $220K against · $91K in the final two weeks

That is $450K more than the $2,538 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.

$230K of the $450K 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 36% $164K
  • Ads, medium not stated 49% $220K
  • Mail, print & signs 13% $59K
  • Phones & texts 0.4% $2,000
  • Ad production 1% $5,380

Largest late spenders for

  1. VOTEVETS $169K
  2. AB PAC $59K
  3. BATTLEGROUND ALLIANCE PAC $2,000

Largest late spenders against

  1. PROTECT OUR FAMILY VALUES ACTION $220K

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 1, 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 $897K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $897K of the $1.9M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 15, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 29% $259K
  • Consultants & strategy 2% $16K
  • Staff & payroll 31% $280K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 26% $235K
  • Polling, research & data 3% $26K
  • Travel, meals & events 3% $24K
  • Office, technology & overhead 1% $9,405
  • Legal & compliance 5% $48K
  • Other or unclassified <0.1% $431

Largest payees

  1. PAYROLL DATA PROCESSING $278K
  2. RIPPLE EFFECT STRATEGIES LLC $118K
  3. B26 STRATEGIES LLC $78K
  4. GRASSROOTS ANALYTICS, INC. $72K
  5. RACHEL ARNDT FUNDRAISING STRATEGIES $46K

Paid to individuals: $60K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Sep 11, 2025 to Jul 15, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (343 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.