2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Mark Edmund Johnston?
The money.
- Raised
- $10K
- Spent
- $10K
- Cash on hand
- $0
- Individuals 52% $5,247
- Candidate's own money & loans 48% $4,900
Campaign totals through Mar 31, 2026.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Who gave.
Who gives $5,247 from individuals
19% in small-dollar gifts
$997 of $5,247 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 $2,500 of the $4,250 the campaign reported itemizing through Mar 31, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 18, 2025 for this campaign.
20% from Nebraska · 80% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- California $1,000
- Washington $1,000
- Nebraska $500
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $500. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $2,000, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Mar 31, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Apr 30, 2025 to Jun 18, 2025, net of refunds (3 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 Mark Edmund Johnston.
Where it went.
Where the money went $8,259 in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $8,259 of the $10K the campaign reported spending through Mar 31, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Mar 13, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 36% $2,972
- Polling, research & data 33% $2,750
- Office, technology & overhead 10% $787
- Other or unclassified 21% $1,750
Largest payees
- CONSTITUENT CONNECTION $2,500
- NEBRASKA DEMOCRATIC PARTY $2,000
- RAINBOW PRESS $934
- WIX.COM $732
- META PLATFORMS $723
Payments dated May 2, 2025 to Mar 13, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (23 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
- Kishla AskinsDemocrat · $870K raised
- James LeuschenDemocrat · $394K raised
- Crystal RhoadesDemocrat · $183K raised
- Brett LindstromRepublican · $138K 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.