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Who funds Jon Husted?

Ohio U.S. SenateRepublicanFiled as incumbentFEC S6OH00304
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What they did in office.

Sitting member of Congress · Jon Husted

In the U.S. Senate (OH) since 2025 · current term ends Nov 3, 2026

  • Recorded yea or nay on 15 of the 16 key Senate floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 5 committees: Appropriations, Environment and Public Works, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Special Committee on Aging · 12 subcommittees
  • 507 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 10 committees reported outside spending for or against them

Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (S6OH00304) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

The money.

Jon HustedFEC filing: Jon Husted · S6OH00304 ↗
Raised
$13M
Spent
$16M
Cash on hand
$4.2M
  • Individuals 78% $9.8M
  • PACs & other committees 22% $2.7M
  • Party committees 0.5% $65K
  • Other receipts 0.2% $23K

Campaign totals through Oct 22, 2026. Excludes $7.2M moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $5.1M supporting · $1.1M opposing ($4.7M of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $3.6M
  2. SLF PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $618K
  3. HIGH PLAINS PACSuper PACAll of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $515K
  4. WIN IT BACK PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $250K
  5. CLEARPATH ACTION FUND, INC.Super PACSpent mainly in primaries $93K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. AFSCME WORKING FAMILIES FUNDFiler that is not a political committee98% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $1.0M
  2. VOTEVETSHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $120K
  3. INDIVISIBLE ACTIONHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $15K
  4. ACTIVATE AMERICASuper PAC99% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $6,557
  5. WINSENATESuper PACAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $5,625

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. NRSCRepublican party committee $62K
  2. CARDINAL HEALTH INC. PACCorporate PAC $11K
  3. BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)Trade association PAC · National Association Of Home Builders $10K
  4. NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC (RESTAURANT PAC)Membership group PAC · National Restaurant Association $10K
  5. AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC)Trade association PAC · American Council Of Engineering Companies $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $9.8M from individuals

30% in small-dollar gifts

$2.9M of $9.8M 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 31%. 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.

The itemized gifts below add up to $4.2M of the $6.9M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 22, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026 for this campaign.

31% from Ohio · 69% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

35% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Ohio $1.3M
  2. Florida $406K
  3. New York $304K
  4. Texas $245K
  5. Virginia $222K
  6. California $210K
  7. Michigan $124K
  8. District of Columbia $113K

Top employers named by donors

  1. BLACKSTONE $41K
  2. EMBASSY HEALTHCARE $27K
  3. RDV CORPORATION $26K
  4. GOLDMAN SACHS $21K
  5. INVARIANT $15K
  6. S-3 GROUP $15K
  7. CHARTWELL STRATEGY GROUP $12K
  8. BGR GROUP $11K
  9. ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $11K
  10. ARIEL CORPORATION $9,604

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: $1.5M. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $2.4M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 22, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 21, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (38,294 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: $71M for / $130M against · $30M in the final two weeks

That is $195M more than the $6.3M 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.

$114M of the $201M 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 8% $16M
  • Digital ads 23% $46M
  • Ads, medium not stated 56% $113M
  • Mail, print & signs 10% $19M
  • Phones & texts 1% $2.8M
  • Canvassing & field 0.5% $1.0M
  • Ad production 1% $1.9M
  • Other or unclassified <0.1% $70K

Largest late spenders for

  1. DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS $37M
  2. AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION $11M
  3. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $7.6M
  4. SLF PAC $3.3M
  5. DIGITAL FREEDOM FUND $3.1M

Largest late spenders against

  1. WINSENATE $78M
  2. DUTY AND COUNTRY $14M
  3. LOWER COSTS NOW $9.5M
  4. DEFEND THE VOTE $7.1M
  5. LCV VICTORY FUND $5.9M

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 3, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (646 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 $16M the campaign reported spending through Oct 22, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 36% $1.7M
  • Consultants & strategy 25% $1.2M
  • Staff & payroll 10% $457K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 17% $812K
  • Polling, research & data 4% $191K
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $108K
  • Office, technology & overhead 4% $170K
  • Legal & compliance 2% $104K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.2% $11K
  • Other or unclassified 0.2% $8,819

Largest payees

  1. TARGETED VICTORY $1.2M
  2. SRCP MEDIA, INC. $1.1M
  3. SOCKO STRATEGIES, LLC $420K
  4. UPONE INSIGHTS, LLC $189K
  5. DEUTSCH DM $151K

Paid to individuals: $446K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 27, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (1,004 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.

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.