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Who funds Margaret Flanagan?

Minnesota U.S. SenateDemocratic-Farmer-LaborFiled for an open seatFEC S6MN00440
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The money.

Margaret FlanaganFEC filing: Margaret Flanagan · S6MN00440 ↗
Raised
$11M
Spent
$11M
Cash on hand
$993K
  • Individuals 95% $11M
  • PACs & other committees 5% $536K
  • Party committees <0.1% $1,000
  • Candidate's own money & loans <0.1% $7,000
  • Other receipts 0.6% $63K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $328K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $272K supporting · $7.4M opposing ($399K of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. NORTH STAR DAWN PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $200K
  2. INDIVISIBLE ACTIONHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $34K
  3. CLEAR VOICE MINNESOTASuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $19K
  4. MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $10K
  5. SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION POLITICAL EDUCATION AND ACTION FUNDFiler that is not a political committee $6,915

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. NORTH STAR DAWN PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $6.0M
  2. UNITE TO WINSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $1.0M
  3. MINNESOTA FORWARDSuper PACAll of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $399K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. VOTE MAMAHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $11K
  2. UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUBUnion PAC $10K
  3. MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $10K
  4. M-PACLeadership PAC of Patty Murray $10K
  5. MIDWEST VALUES PACPAC with no sponsoring organization $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $11M from individuals

42% in small-dollar gifts

$4.5M of $11M 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 43%. 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 $3.0M of the $6.2M 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.

45% from Minnesota · 55% from elsewhere

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

86% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Minnesota $1.4M
  2. California $517K
  3. Massachusetts $155K
  4. New York $152K
  5. Illinois $116K
  6. District of Columbia $114K
  7. Maryland $79K
  8. Colorado $69K

Top employers named by donors

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA $26K
  2. STATE OF MINNESOTA $15K
  3. GOOGLE $11K
  4. AIRBNB $9,500
  5. UMN $5,825
  6. GRASSROOTS SOLUTIONS INC $5,750
  7. FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES $5,680
  8. GRASSROOTS SOLUTIONS $5,450
  9. MEDTRONIC $5,050
  10. MN SENATE $4,862

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: $1.8M. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $1.1M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Feb 14, 2025 to Jul 22, 2026, net of refunds (15,625 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: $3.6M for / $9.8M against · $2.1M in the final two weeks

That is $5.6M more than the $7.7M 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.

$1.4M 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 31% $4.1M
  • Digital ads 38% $5.0M
  • Ads, medium not stated 18% $2.4M
  • Mail, print & signs 11% $1.5M
  • Phones & texts 0.6% $84K
  • Canvassing & field <0.1% $4,328
  • Ad production 0.3% $40K
  • Other or unclassified 0.3% $37K

Largest late spenders for

  1. DLGA $1.5M
  2. AB PAC $1.4M
  3. WORKING AMERICA $213K
  4. CLEAR VOICE MINNESOTA $133K
  5. MINNESOTA FORWARD $104K

Largest late spenders against

  1. NORTH STAR DAWN PAC $6.2M
  2. MINNESOTA FORWARD $2.6M
  3. UNITE TO WIN $1.0M

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 3, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (101 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 $5.4M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $5.4M of the $11M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 22, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 17% $929K
  • Consultants & strategy 13% $683K
  • Staff & payroll 21% $1.1M
  • Fundraising & processing fees 38% $2.0M
  • Polling, research & data 3% $171K
  • Travel, meals & events 3% $167K
  • Office, technology & overhead 2% $109K
  • Legal & compliance 3% $135K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.1% $3,325
  • Other or unclassified 0.6% $32K

Largest payees

  1. AUTHENTIC $1.7M
  2. GUSTO $1.1M
  3. CANAL PARTNERS MEDIA $434K
  4. WAVELENGTH STRATEGY $318K
  5. ACTBLUE $219K

Paid to individuals: $197K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Feb 24, 2025 to Jul 22, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (1,260 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.