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Who funds Laurie Buckhout?

North Carolina U.S. House District 1RepublicanFiled as challengerFEC H4NC01137
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The money.

Laurie BuckhoutFEC filing: Laurie Buckhout · H4NC01137 ↗
Raised
$4.0M
Spent
$3.4M
Cash on hand
$1.4M
Debts
$3.1M
  • Individuals 27% $1.1M
  • PACs & other committees 13% $534K
  • Party committees 0.1% $5,700
  • Candidate's own money & loans 60% $2.4M
  • Other receipts <0.1% $490

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $765K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $829K supporting · $2.8M opposing ($2.8M of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. AMERICAN MISSIONSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $509K
  2. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $191K
  3. SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICASuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $65K
  4. WFW ACTION FUND INCHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $64K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. HMPHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $2.8M
  2. 1ST CONSERVATIVE FUND NCSuper PAC $42K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. BUCKEYE LIBERTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC of James D. Jordan $15K
  2. KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC)Corporate PAC · Koch, Inc. $10K
  3. VALUE IN ELECTING WOMEN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $10K
  4. THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC of Steve Scalise $10K
  5. THE GUARDIAN FUNDJoint fundraising committee $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $1.1M from individuals

15% in small-dollar gifts

$161K of $1.1M 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 $470K of the $920K 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.

56% from North Carolina · 44% from elsewhere

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

37% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. North Carolina $262K
  2. Texas $60K
  3. Florida $34K
  4. Virginia $19K
  5. California $13K
  6. South Carolina $9,143
  7. New York $8,987
  8. Arkansas $7,000

Top employers named by donors

  1. BODDIE-NOELL ENTERPRISES INC $6,000

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: $219K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $245K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Dec 19, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (620 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: $2.6M for / $18M against · $9.1M in the final two weeks

That is $17M more than the $3.6M 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.

$17M of the $20M 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 55% $11M
  • Digital ads 7% $1.3M
  • Ads, medium not stated 27% $5.5M
  • Mail, print & signs 9% $1.8M
  • Phones & texts 0.7% $136K
  • Canvassing & field 0.9% $175K
  • Ad production 0.9% $177K
  • Other or unclassified <0.1% $387

Largest late spenders for

  1. AMERICAN MAJORITY ACTION PAC $723K
  2. CIVIC RENEWAL FUND INC. $522K
  3. AMERICAN MISSION $509K
  4. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $244K
  5. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER PAC $191K

Largest late spenders against

  1. HMP $11M
  2. DMFI PAC $5.0M
  3. CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE $945K
  4. GUARDRAILS ALLIANCE $612K
  5. VOTEVETS $105K

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 (150 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 $1.5M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $1.5M of the $3.4M 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 66% $961K
  • Consultants & strategy 3% $48K
  • Staff & payroll 2% $26K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 13% $186K
  • Polling, research & data 8% $122K
  • Travel, meals & events 3% $50K
  • Office, technology & overhead 1% $17K
  • Legal & compliance 4% $52K
  • Other or unclassified 0.1% $1,526

Largest payees

  1. STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT, INC $289K
  2. ALAMO INTELLIGENCE LLC $288K
  3. BIG DOG STRATEGIES, LLC $278K
  4. MACON CONSULTING $78K
  5. NATIONAL RESEARCH INC. $62K

Paid to individuals: $49K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 6, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (386 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.