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Who funds Manny Rutinel?

Colorado U.S. House District 8DemocratFiled as challengerFEC H6CO08013
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The money.

Manny RutinelFEC filing: Manny Rutinel · H6CO08013 ↗
Raised
$8.7M
Spent
$8.5M
Cash on hand
$1.0M
  • Individuals 95% $8.3M
  • PACs & other committees 5% $473K
  • Other receipts <0.1% $5,743

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $711K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $3.7M supporting · $4.8M opposing ($4.3M of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. LATINO VICTORY FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $1.0M
  2. YOU CAN PUSH BACKSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $977K
  3. SOMOS PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $824K
  4. LATINO VICTORY PROJECTFiler that is not a political committeeSpent mainly in primaries $737K
  5. 314 ACTION FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $199K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. CLFHybrid PAC (super PAC account)99% of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $3.7M
  2. WOMEN VOTESuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $654K
  3. PROTECT AND SERVE PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $232K
  4. PRO-CHOICE MAJORITY 2026Hybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $117K
  5. AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $111K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. SWING LEFTHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $11K
  2. CHC BOLD PACPAC with no sponsoring organization $10K
  3. 314 ACTION FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $10K
  4. DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC)Leadership PAC $6,000
  5. COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEEUnion PAC · Communications Workers Of America $5,000

Who gave.

Who gives $8.3M from individuals

42% in small-dollar gifts

$3.5M of $8.3M 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 $2.1M of the $4.8M 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.

14% from Colorado · 86% from elsewhere

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

99% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. California $741K
  2. Colorado $285K
  3. New York $268K
  4. District of Columbia $118K
  5. Massachusetts $91K
  6. Arizona $56K
  7. Florida $51K
  8. Texas $49K

Top employers named by donors

  1. ANTHROPIC $99K
  2. ANTHROPIC PBC $67K
  3. OPEN PHILANTHROPY $65K
  4. OPENAI $50K
  5. GOOGLE $28K
  6. MODEL EVALUATION & THREAT RESEARCH $14K
  7. SECURE AI PROJECT $14K
  8. REDWOOD RESEARCH $12K
  9. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY $12K
  10. HORIZON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE $8,250

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: $765K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $927K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 27, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (11,451 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: $6.7M for / $9.6M against · $3.9M in the final two weeks

That is $7.7M more than the $8.6M 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.

$1.6M of the $13M 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 45% $5.7M
  • Digital ads 19% $2.3M
  • Ads, medium not stated 12% $1.5M
  • Mail, print & signs 12% $1.5M
  • Phones & texts 1% $129K
  • Canvassing & field 10% $1.2M
  • Ad production 1% $171K
  • Other or unclassified 0.1% $13K

Largest late spenders for

  1. LCV VICTORY FUND $1.1M
  2. LATINO VICTORY FUND $1.0M
  3. YOU CAN PUSH BACK $977K
  4. SOMOS PAC $824K
  5. LATINO VICTORY PROJECT $777K

Largest late spenders against

  1. SAFETY & AFFORDABILITY PAC INC. $2.5M
  2. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $1.5M
  3. WOMEN VOTE $654K
  4. AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION $379K
  5. PROTECT AND SERVE PAC $312K

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 (396 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 $3.7M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $3.7M of the $8.5M 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 63% $2.3M
  • Consultants & strategy 6% $203K
  • Staff & payroll 4% $139K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 23% $825K
  • Polling, research & data 1% $36K
  • Travel, meals & events 0.7% $26K
  • Office, technology & overhead 1% $51K
  • Legal & compliance 2% $79K

Largest payees

  1. BUYING TIME $1.2M
  2. HELIX CAMPAIGNS LLC $656K
  3. DIGITAL STRATEGY GROUP $441K
  4. MVAR MEDIA LLC $202K
  5. AUTHENTIC CAMPAIGNS $184K

Paid to individuals: $96K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 29, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (730 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.