2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds John Lujan?
The money.
- Raised
- $758K
- Spent
- $746K
- Cash on hand
- $11K
- Debts
- $121K
- Individuals 88% $669K
- PACs & other committees 6% $47K
- Candidate's own money & loans 6% $42K
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.
Outside groups: $280K supporting · $0 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $669K from individuals
53% in small-dollar gifts
$355K of $669K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
Adding itemized gifts from donors whose itemized total is $200 or less, about 56%. Many small gifts sent through ActBlue or WinRed are itemized anyway, so the first figure runs low; this estimate groups donors by name and ZIP code as filed and counts only itemized gifts already in the FEC bulk file.
69% from Texas · 31% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
47% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Texas $209K
- Florida $13K
- Missouri $8,453
- Pennsylvania $8,316
- California $7,776
- North Carolina $5,381
- Georgia $5,035
- Louisiana $4,451
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $212K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $91K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Sep 6, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (2,926 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: $280K for / $0 against · $0 in the final two weeks
Source: FEC regular reports. 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 72% $177K
- Ads, medium not stated 5% $11K
- Mail, print & signs 18% $45K
- Phones & texts 4% $9,146
- Ad production 1% $3,200
Largest late spenders for
Latest dissemination on these reports: May 26, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (11 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 $708K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 7% $48K
- Consultants & strategy 39% $276K
- Staff & payroll 4% $26K
- Fundraising & processing fees 42% $298K
- Polling, research & data 0.1% $845
- Travel, meals & events 0.4% $2,656
- Office, technology & overhead 4% $24K
- Legal & compliance 4% $30K
- Other or unclassified 0.4% $2,500
Largest payees
- WINRED TECHNICAL SERVICES $261K
- CATALYST ADVISORS GROUP $183K
- PELICAN CAMPAIGNS $66K
- IMPERATOR $32K
- POWER BOX PROMOTIONS LLC $27K
Payments dated Sep 12, 2025 to Jun 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (219 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.
- Johnny GarciaDemocrat · $2.2M raised · $2.8M outside
- Carlos De La Cruz Jr.Republican · $1.7M raised · $2.4M outside
- Jay Commander FurmanRepublican · $438K raised
- Joshua CortezRepublican · $265K raised
- Ryan P KrauseRepublican · $238K raised
- John LiraDemocrat · $145K raised
- Whitney Masterson-MoyesDemocrat · $63K raised
- Maureen GalindoDemocrat · $40K raised · $1.6M outside
- Steven William WrightRepublican · $25K raised
- Randal Haskel AdamsRepublican · $24K raised
- Vanessa F. Hicks-CallawayRepublican · $6,394 raised
- Christopher Thomas SchuchardtRepublican · $0 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.