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Who funds Jessica Hart Steinmann?

Texas U.S. House District 8RepublicanFiled for an open seatFEC H6TX08209
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The money.

Jessica Hart SteinmannFEC filing: Jessica Hart Steinmann · H6TX08209 ↗
Raised
$2.0M
Spent
$2.4M
Cash on hand
$79K
Debts
$200K
  • Individuals 44% $890K
  • PACs & other committees 23% $471K
  • Candidate's own money & loans 32% $650K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $430K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $1.7M supporting · $0 opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. DEFEND AMERICAN JOBSSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $772K
  2. AMERICAN MISSIONSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $511K
  3. TRUE TEXAS VALUES PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $231K
  4. WFW ACTION FUND INCHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $221K
  5. TURNING POINT PAC INC.Hybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $8,819

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate PAC · Valero Energy Corporation $10K
  2. KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC)Corporate PAC · Koch, Inc. $10K
  3. TRINITY INDUSTRIES EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SF) INC.Corporate PAC · Trinity Industries Inc. $10K
  4. VALUE IN ELECTING WOMEN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $10K
  5. CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate PAC · Centerpoint Energy, Inc. $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $890K from individuals

9% in small-dollar gifts

$79K of $890K 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 $724K of the $810K the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 29, 2026 for this campaign.

78% from Texas · 22% from elsewhere

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

49% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Texas $562K
  2. Florida $51K
  3. Virginia $31K
  4. California $15K
  5. New Jersey $14K
  6. Michigan $9,020
  7. Massachusetts $8,000
  8. New York $8,000

Top employers named by donors

  1. WASTE CONNECTIONS $13K
  2. CENTERPOINT ENERGY $12K
  3. AFPI $6,500

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: $420K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $273K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Sep 18, 2025 to Jun 29, 2026, net of refunds (630 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: $1.8M for / $0 against · $0 in the final two weeks

That is $8,927 more than the $1.7M 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.

$7,000 of the $1.8M 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

  • Digital ads 11% $191K
  • Ads, medium not stated 75% $1.3M
  • Mail, print & signs 10% $178K
  • Phones & texts 1% $25K
  • Ad production 3% $52K
  • Polling <0.1% $145

Largest late spenders for

  1. DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS $772K
  2. AMERICAN MISSION $511K
  3. TRUE TEXAS VALUES PAC $231K
  4. WFW ACTION FUND INC $221K
  5. TURNING POINT PAC INC. $8,820

Latest dissemination on these reports: October 14, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (32 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 $1.7M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $1.7M of the $2.4M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 70% $1.2M
  • Consultants & strategy 9% $157K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 7% $118K
  • Polling, research & data 7% $111K
  • Travel, meals & events 3% $43K
  • Office, technology & overhead 0.7% $12K
  • Legal & compliance 3% $49K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.1% $900
  • Other or unclassified 0.3% $4,217

Largest payees

  1. FLEXPOINT CAMPAIGNS $869K
  2. CAMP POLITICAL $208K
  3. LILLY & COMPNAY $92K
  4. RAGNAR RESEARCH PARTNERS $74K
  5. 515 GROUP $59K

Paid to individuals: $79K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (285 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.