2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Jim Priest?
The money.
- Raised
- $427K
- Spent
- $427K
- Cash on hand
- $0
- Debts
- $65K
- Individuals 82% $350K
- Candidate's own money & loans 18% $77K
- Other receipts <0.1% $15
Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Who gave.
Who gives $350K from individuals
13% in small-dollar gifts
$44K of $350K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
84% from Oklahoma · 16% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- Oklahoma $236K
- Washington $29K
- California $3,750
- New York $3,600
- Florida $2,000
- Arkansas $1,800
- New Jersey $1,750
- Pennsylvania $1,000
Top employers named by donors
- CROWE & DUNLEVY $5,000
- PHILLIPS MURRAH $2,750
- MCAFEE & TAFT $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: $57K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $215K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 14, 2026 to Aug 5, 2026, net of refunds (397 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.
No 24- or 48-hour report in the FEC file read November 4, 2026 names Jim Priest.
Where it went.
Where the money went $319K in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $319K of the $427K the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Aug 5, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 31% $100K
- Consultants & strategy 27% $87K
- Staff & payroll 0.3% $800
- Fundraising & processing fees 21% $68K
- Polling, research & data 2% $7,350
- Travel, meals & events 2% $5,067
- Office, technology & overhead 3% $9,579
- Legal & compliance 0.8% $2,600
- Contributions, transfers & refunds <0.1% $40
- Other or unclassified 13% $40K
Largest payees
- AMPLIFY CAMPAIGNS LLC $82K
- MICHELLE TILLEY & ASSOCIATES $53K
- AUTHENTIC CAMPAIGNS $35K
- CALCULATED STRATEGIES LLC $29K
- TKO POLITICAL LLC $7,590
Paid to individuals: $46K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jan 16, 2026 to Aug 5, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (162 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.
- Kevin HernRepublican · $7.7M raised · $2.4M outside
- Markwayne MullinRepublican · $2.0M raised
- N'Kiyla Jasmine - Ann ThomasDemocrat · $116K raised
- Troy Wesley GreenDemocrat · $31K raised
- Brian Matthew RagainRepublican · $27K raised
- Ervin Stone YenDemocrat · $21K raised
- Gary Ty EnglandRepublican · $19K raised
- Ron MeinhardtIndependent · $16K raised
- Nicky Joe HankinsRepublican · $2,629 raised
- Nicky Joe HankinsRepublican · $2,629 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.