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Who funds Janelle Stelson?

Pennsylvania U.S. House District 10DemocratFiled as challengerFEC H4PA10104
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The money.

Janelle StelsonFEC filing: Janelle Stelson · H4PA10104 ↗
Raised
$8.1M
Spent
$7.2M
Cash on hand
$2.1M
  • Individuals 90% $7.4M
  • PACs & other committees 9% $727K
  • Party committees 0.1% $9,063
  • Other receipts 0.6% $47K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $1.1M moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $146K supporting · $2.1M opposing ($2.2M of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. WELCOMEPACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $45K
  2. RURAL FREEDOM NETWORKSuper PACAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $27K
  3. SENIORS EMPOWERING AN EFFECTIVE DEMOCRACY (SEED-PAC)Super PACAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $24K
  4. KNOCK FOR DEMOCRACY, INC.Hybrid PAC (super PAC account) $23K
  5. SOLIDARITY VICTORY PACSuper PAC $14K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. CLFHybrid PAC (super PAC account)99% of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $1.9M
  2. FREEDOM CAUCUS FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account)97% of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $116K
  3. HOUSE FREEDOM ACTIONSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $12K
  4. CASA IN ACTION PACSuper PAC $2,991
  5. PENNSYLVANIA PRO-LIFE FEDERATION PACMembership group PAC · Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, Inc. $22

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PACCorporate PAC · Democracy Engine, Inc. $19K
  2. EMILYS LISTPAC with no sponsoring organization $12K
  3. ZINC COLLECTIVE PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $11K
  4. CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERSUnion PAC · United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners Of America $10K
  5. MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSUnion PAC · International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $7.4M from individuals

22% in small-dollar gifts

$1.6M of $7.4M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

Adding itemized gifts from donors whose itemized total is $200 or less, about 23%. Many small gifts sent through ActBlue or WinRed are itemized anyway, so the first figure runs low; this estimate groups donors by name and ZIP code as filed and counts only itemized gifts already in the FEC bulk file.

35% from Pennsylvania · 65% from elsewhere

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

69% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Pennsylvania $1.9M
  2. California $899K
  3. New York $564K
  4. Massachusetts $402K
  5. Maryland $217K
  6. Washington $187K
  7. District of Columbia $179K
  8. Virginia $111K

Top employers named by donors

  1. UCSF $14K
  2. GOOGLE $14K
  3. JANE STREET $14K
  4. UPMC $11K
  5. HARVARD UNIVERSITY $11K
  6. CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK $11K
  7. OPENAI $11K
  8. SAUL EWING LLP $9,500
  9. PENN STATE $9,400
  10. WELLSPAN $8,500

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: $3.4M. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $1.8M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Feb 21, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026, net of refunds (10,073 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: $2.1M for / $8.9M against · $4.1M in the final two weeks

That is $8.9M more than the $2.2M 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.

$1.7M of the $9.1M 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

  • TV, radio & streaming TV 61% $5.5M
  • Digital ads 8% $735K
  • Ads, medium not stated 5% $490K
  • Mail, print & signs 9% $862K
  • Phones & texts 2% $180K
  • Canvassing & field 14% $1.3M
  • Ad production 0.2% $15K
  • Polling <0.1% $4,500
  • Other or unclassified 0.1% $9,417

Largest late spenders for

  1. CFFE PAC $865K
  2. AB PAC $268K
  3. PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT $222K
  4. CASA IN ACTION PAC $165K
  5. WELCOMEPAC $158K

Largest late spenders against

  1. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $5.7M
  2. FREEDOM CAUCUS FUND $376K
  3. AMERICA PAC $330K
  4. CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION $326K
  5. COMMON SENSE FOR PA $200K

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 3, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (321 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 $6.1M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $6.1M of the $7.2M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Sep 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 67% $4.1M
  • Consultants & strategy 2% $127K
  • Staff & payroll 17% $1.0M
  • Fundraising & processing fees 6% $341K
  • Polling, research & data 3% $199K
  • Travel, meals & events 1% $67K
  • Office, technology & overhead 4% $219K
  • Legal & compliance 1% $65K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds <0.1% $965
  • Other or unclassified 0.1% $3,471

Largest payees

  1. TECHNICOLOR POLITICAL $3.5M
  2. GUSTO $970K
  3. SB DIGITAL $537K
  4. ACTBLUE TECHNICAL SERVICES $182K
  5. NORMINGTON PETTS $148K

Paid to individuals: $120K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (1,172 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.