2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Julie Johnson?
What they did in office.
Sitting member of Congress · Julie Johnson
In the U.S. House (TX-32) since 2025 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027
- Recorded yea or nay on 23 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
- 3 committees: Administration, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security · 5 subcommittees
- 0 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 7 committees reported outside spending for or against them
Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H4TX32089) 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.
No campaign summary is in the FEC bulk file for this filing yet.
Outside groups: $1.0M supporting · $166K opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Biggest spenders opposing
- NEW LEADERSHIP PAC $166K
Who gave.
Who gives
72% from Texas · 28% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
89% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Texas $907K
- California $78K
- District of Columbia $75K
- New York $26K
- Maryland $25K
- Florida $19K
- New Mexico $13K
- Nevada $10K
Top employers named by donors
- NVG LLC $7,500
- THE DASCHLE GROUP $4,000
- AMERICAN AIRLINES $2,287
- ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC $2,050
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: $616K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $621K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Itemized gifts dated Jan 3, 2025 to Jun 16, 2026, net of refunds (2,397 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: $1.0M for / $166K 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.
$320K of the $1.1M 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 9% $100K
- Digital ads 36% $383K
- Mail, print & signs 41% $439K
- Phones & texts 14% $149K
Largest late spenders for
- EQUALITY PAC $519K
- NUESTRO PAC $220K
- PRO-CHOICE MAJORITY ACTION $100K
- DON'T MESS WITH TX PAC $66K
Largest late spenders against
- NEW LEADERSHIP PAC $166K
Latest dissemination on these reports: May 21, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (29 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 $2.4M in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 56% $1.3M
- Consultants & strategy 14% $334K
- Fundraising & processing fees 16% $376K
- Polling, research & data 3% $77K
- Travel, meals & events 2% $44K
- Office, technology & overhead 4% $96K
- Legal & compliance 3% $59K
- Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.4% $10K
- Other or unclassified 3% $64K
Largest payees
- VAN NESS CREATIVE STRATEGIES LLC $534K
- SOLIDARITY STRATEGIES $372K
- GMMB INC. $300K
- WATERSHED STRATEGY, INC. $300K
- LEAVEN STRATEGIES GROUP, LLC $129K
Paid to individuals: $184K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Oct 7, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (636 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.
- Colin AllredDemocrat · $3.9M raised · $50K outside
- Marc Allison VeaseyDemocrat · $776K raised
- Zeeshan HafeezDemocrat · $410K raised
- Kurt SchwabRepublican · $13K 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.