2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Matt Day?
The money.
- Raised
- $202K
- Spent
- $218K
- Cash on hand
- $0
- Debts
- $50K
- Individuals 5% $11K
- Candidate's own money & loans 95% $191K
- Other receipts <0.1% $100
Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $15K moved between the candidate's own committees.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Who gave.
Who gives $11K from individuals
0% in small-dollar gifts
$0 of $11K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
100% from Georgia · 0% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- Georgia $11K
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $1,000. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $9,762, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Sep 12, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025, net of refunds (6 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 Matt Day.
Where it went.
Where the money went $217K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 24% $51K
- Consultants & strategy 20% $42K
- Fundraising & processing fees 8% $18K
- Travel, meals & events 5% $10K
- Office, technology & overhead 0.7% $1,448
- Legal & compliance 5% $11K
- Other or unclassified 38% $82K
Largest payees
- BRUNSWICK MARKETING AND DESIGN $40K
- SPHERE PRODUCTIONS $18K
- SAME DAY PROCESSING $11K
- CH FARM AND MEATS $2,426
- HEATHER WALLACE ENTERPRISES., LLC $2,000
Paid to individuals: $143K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Aug 28, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (247 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.
- Sanford BishopDemocrat · $1.4M raised
- Arthur Wayne JohnsonRepublican · $8,000 raised
- Danny Dwayne GloverDemocrat · $4,675 raised
- Chuck HandRepublican · $874 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.