2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds John Cowan?
The money.
- Raised
- $2.7M
- Spent
- $2.7M
- Cash on hand
- $146K
- Debts
- $1.8M
- Individuals 23% $619K
- PACs & other committees 12% $332K
- Candidate's own money & loans 65% $1.8M
- Other receipts <0.1% $25
Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $124K moved between the candidate's own committees.
Outside groups: $526K supporting · $40K opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Biggest spenders opposing
Largest direct PAC contributions
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) $15K
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NEUROSURGERYPAC) $15K
- NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS $13K
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOS $13K
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SKINPAC) $10K
Who gave.
Who gives $619K from individuals
2% in small-dollar gifts
$15K of $619K 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 $444K of the $604K the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 27, 2026 for this campaign.
65% from Georgia · 35% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
53% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Georgia $287K
- Florida $29K
- California $15K
- Indiana $15K
- North Carolina $12K
- Tennessee $12K
- Illinois $9,541
- Texas $9,197
Top employers named by donors
- MAYO CLINIC $6,069
- ASCENSION $6,033
- WELLSTAR $4,622
- ADVENTHEALTH $4,382
- GOODMAN CAMPBELL BRAIN AND SPINE $2,589
- ADVENT HEALTH $2,582
- ADVOCATE HEALTH $2,041
- ROME RADIOLOGY GROUP $1,832
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: $144K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $270K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Feb 7, 2026 to Jun 27, 2026, net of refunds (356 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: $783K for / $40K against · $257K in the final two weeks
That is $257K more than the $566K 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
- TV, radio & streaming TV 11% $92K
- Digital ads 55% $449K
- Ads, medium not stated 3% $23K
- Mail, print & signs 26% $213K
- Phones & texts 3% $27K
- Ad production 2% $20K
Largest late spenders for
Largest late spenders against
Latest dissemination on these reports: October 23, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (18 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 $2.3M in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $2.3M of the $2.7M 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 74% $1.7M
- Consultants & strategy 7% $170K
- Fundraising & processing fees 3% $60K
- Polling, research & data 15% $354K
- Travel, meals & events 0.3% $5,840
- Office, technology & overhead 0.2% $3,600
- Legal & compliance 0.6% $13K
- Other or unclassified 0.3% $6,751
Largest payees
- STRATEGIC IMPACT $1.6M
- NEW PROSPECT STRATEGIES $435K
- GUIDANT POLLING & STRATEGY, LLC $67K
- ARTEMIS FUNDRAISING $47K
- OUTFRONT MEDIA $36K
Paid to individuals: $50K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Feb 14, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (184 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.
- Tricia PridemoreRepublican · $618K raised · $266K outside
- Tricia PridemoreRepublican · $618K raised · $210K outside
- Rob AdkersonRepublican · $373K raised · $48K outside
- Carlquist LisaRepublican · $223K raised
- Barry LoudermilkRepublican · $214K raised
- Christopher Matthew HardenDemocrat · $139K raised
- Barry Craig WolfertDemocrat · $48K raised
- William BrownRepublican · $37K raised
- William Flynn Kelly IIIRepublican · $36K raised
- Chris MoraRepublican · $30K raised
- Uloma Ekpete KamaRepublican · $12K 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.