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Who funds Kaela Jo Berg?

Minnesota U.S. House District 2Democratic-Farmer-LaborFiled for an open seatFEC H6MN02271
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The money.

Kaela Jo BergFEC filing: Kaela Jo Berg · H6MN02271 ↗
Raised
$425K
Spent
$434K
Cash on hand
$0
  • Individuals 69% $293K
  • PACs & other committees 31% $130K
  • Candidate's own money & loans 0.2% $1,000
  • Other receipts 0.1% $460

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $9,000 moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $1.2M supporting · $0 opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. WOMEN VOTESuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $639K
  2. PRO-CHOICE MAJORITY ACTIONHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $295K
  3. IN UNION USASuper PACAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $115K
  4. ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENPAC with no sponsoring organizationSpent mainly in primaries $100K
  5. SURJ PACPAC with no sponsoring organization $2,316

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEEUnion PAC · Communications Workers Of America $10K
  2. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEEUnion PAC · International Union Of Painters And Allied Trades $5,000
  3. CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERSUnion PAC · United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners Of America $5,000
  4. UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAWUnion PAC · Int'L Union United Automobile Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers Of America Uaw $5,000
  5. UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUNDUnion PAC · United Steelworkers $5,000

Who gave.

Who gives $293K from individuals

28% in small-dollar gifts

$81K of $293K 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 29%. 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 $191K of the $212K the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jul 22, 2026 for this campaign.

43% from Minnesota · 57% from elsewhere

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

88% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Minnesota $81K
  2. California $15K
  3. New York $14K
  4. Maryland $10K
  5. Washington $8,800
  6. Texas $8,250
  7. Kentucky $7,500
  8. Massachusetts $5,775

Top employers named by donors

  1. UNITED AIRLINES $7,325
  2. CWA $1,175
  3. ALASKA AIRLINES $1,090

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: $96K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $86K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Sep 24, 2025 to Jul 22, 2026, net of refunds (577 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: $1.2M 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

  • TV, radio & streaming TV 59% $679K
  • Digital ads 28% $324K
  • Mail, print & signs 10% $115K
  • Phones & texts <0.1% $484
  • Ad production 3% $32K
  • Other or unclassified <0.1% $528

Largest late spenders for

  1. WOMEN VOTE $639K
  2. PRO-CHOICE MAJORITY ACTION $295K
  3. IN UNION USA $115K
  4. ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $100K
  5. SURJ PAC $1,012

Latest dissemination on these reports: August 9, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (32 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 $340K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $340K of the $434K the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Oct 7, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 11% $37K
  • Consultants & strategy 20% $68K
  • Staff & payroll 33% $112K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 24% $83K
  • Polling, research & data 0.6% $1,876
  • Travel, meals & events 1% $3,985
  • Office, technology & overhead 0.4% $1,522
  • Legal & compliance 7% $25K
  • Other or unclassified 2% $7,340

Largest payees

  1. GUSTO $112K
  2. NEW BLUE INTERACTIVE $54K
  3. AM STRATEGIES, LLC $38K
  4. BLUE SUMMIT SOLUTIONS $25K
  5. NGP $19K

Paid to individuals: $34K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Oct 3, 2025 to Oct 7, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (215 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.