2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Juan Esparza?
The money.
- Raised
- $32K
- Spent
- $32K
- Cash on hand
- $0
- Individuals 3% $1,025
- Candidate's own money & loans 94% $30K
- Other receipts 3% $926
Campaign totals through Aug 13, 2025.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Who gave.
Who gives $1,025 from individuals
2% in small-dollar gifts
$25 of $1,025 came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
100% from Texas · 0% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- Texas $1,000
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $500. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $500, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Aug 13, 2025. Itemized gifts dated Jun 4, 2025 to Jun 4, 2025, net of refunds (2 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.
No 24- or 48-hour report in the FEC file read November 4, 2026 names Juan Esparza.
Where it went.
Where the money went $28K in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $28K of the $32K the campaign reported spending through Aug 13, 2025. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 8, 2025.
- Consultants & strategy 37% $10K
- Fundraising & processing fees 54% $15K
- Polling, research & data 3% $800
- Legal & compliance 6% $1,765
Largest payees
- PRIMAL FUNDRAISING $15K
- MCCANDLESS GROUP STRATEGIES LLC $8,500
- GUIDEPOSTS $1,775
- AXCAPITAL, LLC $1,765
- RYAN DATA & RESEARCH $800
Payments dated Apr 14, 2025 to Jul 8, 2025, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (12 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.
- Henry R. CuellarDemocrat · $2.9M raised · $3.1M outside
- Tano TijerinaRepublican · $1.2M raised · $472K outside
- Ricardo VillarrealDemocrat · $68K 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.