2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds James Oberweis?
The money.
- Raised
- $5.4M
- Spent
- $3.7M
- Cash on hand
- $1.7M
- Debts
- $5.0M
- Individuals 6% $314K
- PACs & other committees 0.2% $9,750
- Candidate's own money & loans 92% $5.0M
- Other receipts 2% $110K
Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $2,000 moved between the candidate's own committees.
Outside groups: $0 supporting · $24K opposing
Biggest spenders opposing
Largest direct PAC contributions
- FAMILY-PAC FEDERAL $2,500
Who gave.
Who gives $314K from individuals
6% in small-dollar gifts
$19K of $314K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
61% from Florida · 39% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
20% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Florida $178K
- Illinois $52K
- California $18K
- Minnesota $8,000
- Virginia $7,500
- Michigan $4,643
- Indiana $4,250
- Connecticut $3,500
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $201K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $89K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Mar 27, 2025 to Jul 29, 2026, net of refunds (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.
Outside spending including late reports: $0 for / $24K 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
- Mail, print & signs 37% $8,846
- Phones & texts 63% $15K
Largest late spenders against
Latest dissemination on these reports: August 13, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (3 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 $3.1M in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $3.1M of the $3.7M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 28, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 70% $2.2M
- Consultants & strategy 12% $365K
- Staff & payroll 2% $49K
- Fundraising & processing fees 2% $47K
- Polling, research & data 3% $78K
- Travel, meals & events 0.5% $15K
- Office, technology & overhead 2% $52K
- Legal & compliance 1% $32K
- Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.1% $2,552
- Other or unclassified 9% $279K
Largest payees
- FLEXPOINT CAMPAIGNS $939K
- PT STRATEGY LLC $429K
- GDC3 CONSULTING $422K
- WELLS FARGO $213K
- GULF COAST STRATEGIES $114K
Paid to individuals: $142K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Apr 1, 2025 to Jul 28, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (380 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.
- Chris CollinsRepublican · $3.4M raised · $1.3M outside
- Jim SchwartzelRepublican · $2.8M raised · $48K outside
- Catalina LaufRepublican · $1.9M raised · $3.2M outside
- Madison CawthornRepublican · $876K raised
- Byron DonaldsRepublican · $660K raised · $57K outside
- Ola Nesheswat HawatmehRepublican · $278K raised
- John StrandRepublican · $144K raised
- Mike PedersenRepublican · $76K raised
- Victor M. AriasDemocrat · $70K raised
- Howard Lee SappDemocrat · $55K raised
- Robert M. Neeld Jr.Democrat · $29K raised
- Gregory BukowskiRepublican · $26K 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.