2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Joe Strada?
The money.
- Raised
- $5.5M
- Spent
- $4.7M
- Cash on hand
- $860K
- Debts
- $5.0M
- Individuals 8% $414K
- PACs & other committees 2% $96K
- Party committees <0.1% $2,500
- Candidate's own money & loans 91% $5.0M
Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.
Outside groups: $218K supporting · $0 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $414K from individuals
2% in small-dollar gifts
$7,428 of $414K 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 $222K of the $406K the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jul 29, 2026 for this campaign.
82% from Florida · 18% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- Florida $182K
- Texas $10K
- Pennsylvania $8,000
- Arkansas $7,000
- Arizona $4,000
- Illinois $3,500
- Tennessee $2,500
- Alabama $1,000
Top employers named by donors
- DR HORTON $12K
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: $46K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $165K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jun 9, 2026 to Jul 29, 2026, net of refunds (113 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: $283K for / $0 against · $28K in the final two weeks
That is $65K more than the $218K 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.
What it bought, per the late reports
- Digital ads 4% $11K
- Ads, medium not stated 64% $182K
- Mail, print & signs 30% $86K
- Phones & texts 2% $4,824
Largest late spenders for
Latest dissemination on these reports: October 27, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (8 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 $3.0M in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $3.0M of the $4.7M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 27, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 98% $2.9M
- Fundraising & processing fees 0.2% $6,508
- Polling, research & data 1% $41K
- Office, technology & overhead 0.3% $7,569
- Legal & compliance 0.4% $11K
Largest payees
- SMART MADIA GROUP, LLC $2.5M
- MERUS STRATEGIES LLC $403K
- SOMETHING ELSE STRATEGIES, LLC $74K
- 1892 LLC $41K
- FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE $10K
Payments dated Jun 10, 2026 to Jul 27, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (41 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.
- Jd, Nizam RazackRepublican · $956K raised
- Carey BakerRepublican · $442K raised · $84K outside
- Daniel WebsterRepublican · $379K raised
- Tim WilkinsRepublican · $349K raised
- James PericolaDemocrat · $226K raised
- Anthony SabatiniRepublican · $29K raised · $64K outside
- Barbara Barbie Harden HallDemocrat · $24K raised
- Royal WebsterDemocrat · $18K 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.