2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds John C. Fleming Jr.?
The money.
- Raised
- $12M
- Spent
- $12M
- Cash on hand
- $5,359
- Debts
- $4.6M
- Individuals 6% $750K
- PACs & other committees <0.1% $8,000
- Candidate's own money & loans 94% $12M
- Other receipts <0.1% $1,546
Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.
Outside groups: $14K supporting · $700K opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
- RED BAYOU PAC $14K
Biggest spenders opposing
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $750K from individuals
8% in small-dollar gifts
$58K of $750K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
91% from Louisiana · 9% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- Louisiana $579K
- Florida $13K
- Oregon $11K
- Utah $7,000
- New York $3,800
- Tennessee $3,500
- Mississippi $3,000
- Ohio $2,500
Top employers named by donors
- FOLEY JUDELL LLP $5,500
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: $286K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $346K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jun 28, 2026, net of refunds (535 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: $19K for / $700K against · $0 in the final two weeks
That is $5,384 more than the $714K 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.
$3,769 of the $719K 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 96% $693K
- Digital ads 2% $17K
- Ad production 1% $7,500
- Other or unclassified 0.3% $2,153
Largest late spenders for
- RED BAYOU PAC $14K
- LUNDY, HUNTER $5,384
Largest late spenders against
Latest dissemination on these reports: June 24, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (7 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 $4.7M in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $4.7M of the $12M 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 81% $3.8M
- Consultants & strategy 1% $66K
- Staff & payroll 0.9% $45K
- Fundraising & processing fees 3% $152K
- Polling, research & data 5% $222K
- Travel, meals & events 0.7% $31K
- Office, technology & overhead 0.3% $14K
- Legal & compliance 0.9% $41K
- Contributions, transfers & refunds <0.1% $1,270
- Other or unclassified 7% $332K
Largest payees
- FLETCHER CONSULTANTS, LLC $2.5M
- REVOLUTIONIZING MICROTARGETED CAMPAIGNS (RMC) $947K
- CITI CARD $242K
- JMC ENTERPRISES OF LOUISIANA $169K
- MOON GRIFFON ENTERPRISES, LLC $125K
Paid to individuals: $254K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jan 3, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (716 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.
- Blake MiguezRepublican · $7.5M raised · $254K outside
- Jamie DavisDemocrat · $5.0M raised
- William M. CassidyRepublican · $4.3M raised · $1.1M outside
- Julia LetlowRepublican · $2.9M raised · $22M outside
- Kathy W SeidenRepublican · $1.2M raised
- Julie Cathryn EmersonRepublican · $729K raised
- Gary CrockettDemocrat · $350K raised
- Samuel Lee WyattRepublican · $300K raised
- Nicholas S. AlbaresDemocrat · $143K raised
- Eric SkrmettaRepublican · $68K raised
- Mark SpencerRepublican · $5,421 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.