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Who funds Laura Gillen?

New York U.S. House District 4DemocratFiled as challengerFEC H2NY04244
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What they did in office.

Sitting member of Congress · Laura Gillen

In the U.S. House (NY-4) since 2025 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 2 committees: Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure · 5 subcommittees
  • 305 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 4 committees reported outside spending for or against them

Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H2NY04244) 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.

Laura GillenFEC filing: Laura Gillen · H2NY04244 ↗
Raised
$5.1M
Spent
$3.0M
Cash on hand
$3.2M
  • Individuals 73% $3.8M
  • PACs & other committees 25% $1.3M
  • Party committees 0.1% $5,634
  • Other receipts 1.0% $50K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $1.1M moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $4,330 supporting · $0 opposing ($4,259 of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESSuper PACAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $2,908
  2. FIELD TEAM 6, INC.Super PAC99% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $1,351
  3. GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTIONSuper PAC $71

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONUnion PAC $10K
  2. WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE FEDERALPAC with no sponsoring organization $10K
  3. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC)Trade association PAC · American Society Of Anesthesiologists $10K
  4. NETJETS ASSOCIATION OF SHARED AIRCRAFT PILOTS PAC; NJASAP PACUnion PAC $10K
  5. OFF THE SIDELINES PACLeadership PAC of Kirsten Gillibrand $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $3.8M from individuals

10% in small-dollar gifts

$384K of $3.8M 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 $2.6M of the $3.4M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026 for this campaign.

48% from New York · 52% from elsewhere

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

74% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. New York $1.3M
  2. California $414K
  3. Massachusetts $205K
  4. Maryland $110K
  5. Florida $91K
  6. New Jersey $73K
  7. District of Columbia $68K
  8. Illinois $50K

Top employers named by donors

  1. GOOGLE $12K
  2. LS POWER $11K
  3. WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP $10K
  4. DHALIWAL MANAGEMENT $8,500
  5. HARVARD UNIVERSITY $7,890
  6. MEHLMAN CONSULTING $4,055
  7. WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY $2,750
  8. INVARIANT $2,500
  9. VENN STRATEGIES $2,500
  10. CERTILMAN BALIN $1,750

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: $1.3M. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $1.2M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 8, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (3,249 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: $259K for / $128K against · $65K in the final two weeks

That is $384K more than the $4,330 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.

$85K of the $384K 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

  • Digital ads 2% $6,480
  • Ads, medium not stated 41% $158K
  • Mail, print & signs 43% $164K
  • Phones & texts 13% $51K
  • Ad production 1% $4,652

Largest late spenders for

  1. ROLLING SEA ACTION FUND $150K
  2. 1199 SEIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS EAST FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION FUND $52K
  3. BUILDING TOGETHER $16K
  4. RISING TIDE COLLECTIVE $15K
  5. DEMOCRATIC MESSAGING PROJECT $10K

Largest late spenders against

  1. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $128K

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 2, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (44 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 $1.2M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $1.2M of the $3.0M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 15% $180K
  • Consultants & strategy 10% $122K
  • Staff & payroll 16% $198K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 34% $414K
  • Polling, research & data 9% $113K
  • Travel, meals & events 8% $96K
  • Office, technology & overhead 3% $39K
  • Legal & compliance 6% $73K
  • Other or unclassified 0.1% $1,618

Largest payees

  1. FH STRATEGIES LLC $179K
  2. BLUEPRINT INTERACTIVE $170K
  3. GUSTO $153K
  4. ACTBLUE TECHNICAL SERVICES $69K
  5. THE CONRAD GROUP $65K

Paid to individuals: $117K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (931 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.