2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Gary Peters?
What they did in office.
Sitting member of Congress · Gary C. Peters
In the U.S. Senate (MI) since 2015 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027
- Recorded yea or nay on 15 of the 16 key Senate floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
- 4 committees: Appropriations, Armed Services, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Ranking Member) · 15 subcommittees
- 5 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 2 committees reported outside spending for or against them
Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (S4MI00355) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.
The money.
- Raised
- $297K
- Spent
- $872K
- Cash on hand
- $6.6M
- Individuals 6% $19K
- PACs & other committees 3% $9,500
- Other receipts 91% $269K
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026. Excludes $6,170 moved between the candidate's own committees.
Outside groups: $100 supporting · $7,351 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Biggest spenders opposing
- SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND $7,351
Largest direct PAC contributions
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PA PAC) $2,500
- TEXTILE RENTAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TRSAPAC) $2,500
- THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE PAC (UWM PAC) $1,000
Who gave.
Who gives
Top states
- Ohio $71
- Hawaii $55
- Arizona $30
- Georgia $25
- New Mexico $25
- New Jersey $12
- Oklahoma $12
- Idaho $5
Top employers named by donors
- OAKLAND UNIVERSITY $110
- UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN $105
Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.
Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $5,418, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Itemized gifts dated Jan 1, 2025 to Apr 22, 2026, net of refunds (1,246 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.
No 24- or 48-hour report in the FEC file read November 4, 2026 names Gary Peters. The outside spending shown from regular reports is the latest available.
Where it went.
Where the money went $236K in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $236K of the $872K the campaign reported spending through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Sep 30, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 16% $37K
- Consultants & strategy 5% $13K
- Staff & payroll <0.1% $30
- Fundraising & processing fees 8% $18K
- Polling, research & data 0.1% $299
- Travel, meals & events 0.4% $851
- Office, technology & overhead 17% $39K
- Legal & compliance 12% $28K
- Other or unclassified 43% $102K
Largest payees
- AMERICAN EXPRESS $102K
- DIXON/DAVIS MEDIA GROUP $36K
- INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE $28K
- MBA CONSULTING GROUP $22K
- ANNE LEWIS STRATEGIES, LLC $13K
Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (159 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.
- Abdul El-SayedDemocrat · $48M raised · $24M outside
- Michael J RogersRepublican · $17M raised · $26M outside
- Haley StevensDemocrat · $12M raised · $30M outside
- Mallory McMorrowDemocrat · $11M raised · $20K outside
- Joseph Allen TateDemocrat · $244K raised
- Genevieve ScottRepublican · $83K raised
- Bernadette SmithRepublican · $77K raised
- Rachel Elizabeth HowardDemocrat · $11K raised
- Frederick HeurtebiseRepublican · $10K raised
- Lydia Lynn ChristensenLibertarian · $7,159 raised
- Thomas Wayne StephensNo party · $1,000 raised
- Valerie Lee WillisIndependent · $0 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.