2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Kishla Askins?
The money.
- Raised
- $870K
- Spent
- $902K
- Cash on hand
- $0
- Individuals 44% $382K
- PACs & other committees 6% $52K
- Candidate's own money & loans 50% $437K
Campaign totals through Jun 30, 2026. Excludes $31K moved between the candidate's own committees.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Largest direct PAC contributions
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- VOTEVETS $5,000
- HOOSIERS FIRST PAC $5,000
- HONOR BOUND PAC $5,000
- EQUALITY PROJECT PAC $5,000
Who gave.
Who gives $382K from individuals
26% in small-dollar gifts
$99K of $382K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
The itemized gifts below add up to $218K of the $283K the campaign reported itemizing through Jun 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 26, 2026 for this campaign.
9% from Nebraska · 91% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
100% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- California $25K
- Nebraska $19K
- Missouri $19K
- New York $17K
- Maryland $13K
- Virginia $13K
- North Carolina $11K
- Illinois $7,750
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $95K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $123K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Jun 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jul 17, 2025 to Jun 26, 2026, net of refunds (486 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 Kishla Askins.
Where it went.
Where the money went $828K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 48% $400K
- Consultants & strategy 11% $87K
- Staff & payroll 13% $104K
- Fundraising & processing fees 15% $123K
- Polling, research & data 8% $62K
- Travel, meals & events 0.5% $3,957
- Office, technology & overhead 0.3% $2,353
- Legal & compliance 5% $45K
- Other or unclassified 0.1% $1,221
Largest payees
- MOMENTUM CAMPAIGNS $132K
- GUSTO $99K
- GLOBAL STRATEGY GROUP $46K
- Z TRIBECA $42K
- NGPVAN $34K
Paid to individuals: $322K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jul 28, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (237 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.
- Denise PowellDemocrat · $4.7M raised · $4.5M outside
- Brinker HardingRepublican · $2.1M raised · $1.4M outside
- John CavanaughDemocrat · $1.4M raised · $2.5M outside
- Donald J BaconRepublican · $970K raised · $11K outside
- James LeuschenDemocrat · $394K raised
- Crystal RhoadesDemocrat · $183K raised
- Brett LindstromRepublican · $138K raised
- Mark Edmund JohnstonDemocrat · $10K raised
- Melanie WilliamsDemocrat · $2,419 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.