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Who funds James Arnold Settelmeyer?

Nevada U.S. House District 2RepublicanFiled for an open seatFEC H6NV02396
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The money.

James Arnold SettelmeyerFEC filing: James Arnold Settelmeyer · H6NV02396 ↗
Raised
$461K
Spent
$436K
Cash on hand
$25K
  • Individuals 92% $422K
  • PACs & other committees 8% $39K

Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.

Outside groups: $273K supporting · $89K opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC.Super PACSpent mainly in primaries $273K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. FREEDOM CAUCUS FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account)97% of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $89K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)Trade association PAC · National Association Of Home Builders $5,000
  2. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMembership group PAC · National Association Of Realtors $5,000
  3. BOYD GAMING CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate PAC $5,000
  4. NV ENERGY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate PAC · Nv Energy $5,000
  5. COEUR MINING, INC. PACCorporate PAC · Coeur Mining, Inc. $5,000

Who gave.

Who gives $422K from individuals

2% in small-dollar gifts

$8,469 of $422K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

89% from Nevada · 11% from elsewhere

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

Top states

  1. Nevada $337K
  2. California $24K
  3. Arizona $4,500
  4. New York $3,500
  5. Virginia $2,500
  6. Maryland $2,000
  7. District of Columbia $1,500
  8. Utah $1,500

Top employers named by donors

  1. STATE OF NEVADA $1,500
  2. NEVADA INSURANCE AGENCY CO $750

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: $127K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $248K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Mar 6, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (306 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: $273K for / $89K against · $0 in the final two weeks

Source: FEC regular reports. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • Digital ads 24% $88K
  • Ads, medium not stated 64% $232K
  • Mail, print & signs 11% $40K
  • Phones & texts 0.6% $2,333

Largest late spenders for

  1. CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC. $273K

Largest late spenders against

  1. FREEDOM CAUCUS FUND $89K

Latest dissemination on these reports: June 2, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (12 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 $408K in itemized spending

  • Advertising & outreach 62% $254K
  • Consultants & strategy 6% $26K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 15% $63K
  • Polling, research & data 7% $28K
  • Travel, meals & events 3% $12K
  • Legal & compliance 5% $19K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.5% $2,000
  • Other or unclassified 2% $5,997

Largest payees

  1. DEITZ MEDIA & MARKETING $86K
  2. DANIELLE CHERRY & COMPANY $56K
  3. DIRECT EDGE CAMPAIGNS, LLC $54K
  4. GB POLITICAL $46K
  5. SRCP MEDIA $43K

Paid to individuals: $3,861, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Mar 17, 2026 to Jul 31, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (71 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.