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Who funds Jared Hudson?

Alabama U.S. SenateRepublicanFiled as challengerFEC S6AL00443
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The money.

Jared HudsonFEC filing: Jared Hudson · S6AL00443 ↗
Raised
$1.9M
Spent
$1.9M
Cash on hand
$0
  • Individuals 99.3% $1.9M
  • PACs & other committees 0.6% $11K
  • Other receipts 0.1% $2,322

Campaign totals through Oct 15, 2026.

Outside groups: $1.9M supporting · $3.0M opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. ALABAMA CONSERVATIVESSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $1.9M

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. ALABAMA FREEDOM FUNDSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $2.4M
  2. AMERICAN VALUES FIRSTSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $646K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC PACMembership group PAC · The National Association For Gun Rights $5,000
  2. SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $5,000
  3. RIVER FINANCIAL CORPORATION (RFC) PACCorporate PAC · River Financial Corporation (rfc) $1,000

Who gave.

Who gives $1.9M from individuals

16% in small-dollar gifts

$301K of $1.9M 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 $1.3M of the $1.6M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 15, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026 for this campaign.

71% from Alabama · 29% from elsewhere

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

27% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Alabama $903K
  2. Florida $117K
  3. Texas $77K
  4. California $42K
  5. Tennessee $23K
  6. Massachusetts $19K
  7. New York $18K
  8. Georgia $10K

Top employers named by donors

  1. LLH HEALTHCARE $55K
  2. TALEN ENERGY $21K
  3. REGIONS BANK $13K
  4. FENWAY SPORTS GROUP $7,520
  5. WELLBORN CABINET INC $4,000
  6. BOSTON RED SOX $2,500

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: $383K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $795K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 15, 2026. Itemized gifts dated May 28, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (1,655 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: $1.9M for / $3.0M against · $0 in the final two weeks

That is $12K more than the $4.9M 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.

$12K of the $4.9M 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 50% $2.4M
  • Digital ads 14% $677K
  • Ads, medium not stated 32% $1.6M
  • Mail, print & signs 2% $102K
  • Phones & texts 1% $55K
  • Ad production 1% $54K

Largest late spenders for

  1. ALABAMA CONSERVATIVES $1.9M
  2. GUN RIGHTS AMERICA $12K

Largest late spenders against

  1. ALABAMA FREEDOM FUND $2.4M
  2. AMERICAN VALUES FIRST $646K

Latest dissemination on these reports: June 14, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (61 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 $1.5M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $1.5M of the $1.9M the campaign reported spending through Oct 15, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 33% $503K
  • Consultants & strategy 16% $248K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 18% $277K
  • Polling, research & data 0.9% $14K
  • Travel, meals & events 6% $84K
  • Office, technology & overhead 11% $169K
  • Legal & compliance 15% $223K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.2% $3,150

Largest payees

  1. AJ STRATEGIES LLC $195K
  2. GEN2 SOLUTIONS LLC $131K
  3. FP1 STRATEGIES LLC $125K
  4. BMO CONSULTING LLC $122K
  5. CHAIN BRIDGE BANK $120K

Paid to individuals: $149K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated May 29, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (559 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.