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Who funds Matt Dunlap?

Maine U.S. House District 2DemocratFiled for an open seatFEC H6ME02171
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The money.

Matt DunlapFEC filing: Matt Dunlap · H6ME02171 ↗
Raised
$3.0M
Spent
$2.5M
Cash on hand
$444K
  • Individuals 92% $2.7M
  • PACs & other committees 7% $212K
  • Party committees <0.1% $339
  • Candidate's own money & loans 0.3% $10K
  • Other receipts <0.1% $2,008

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $10K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $115K supporting · $2.2M opposing ($2.3M of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. NATIONAL NURSES UNITED FOR PATIENT PROTECTIONSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $51K
  2. REAL CHANGE PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $50K
  3. PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC (super PAC account)98% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $15K
  4. FIELD TEAM 6, INC.Super PAC99% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $86
  5. MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $17

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. CLFHybrid PAC (super PAC account)99% of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $2.2M

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. ZINC COLLECTIVE PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $12K
  2. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEEUnion PAC · International Union Of Painters And Allied Trades $5,000
  3. CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERSUnion PAC · United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners Of America $5,000
  4. COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEEUnion PAC · Communications Workers Of America $5,000
  5. MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSUnion PAC · International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers $5,000

Who gave.

Who gives $2.7M from individuals

37% in small-dollar gifts

$1.0M of $2.7M 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 $530K of the $1.7M 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.

63% from Maine · 37% from elsewhere

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

76% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Maine $335K
  2. California $60K
  3. New York $15K
  4. Massachusetts $13K
  5. Florida $13K
  6. Virginia $10K
  7. Minnesota $9,798
  8. Nevada $7,270

Top employers named by donors

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE $6,780
  2. STATE OF MAINE $4,315
  3. MAINEPERS $550
  4. VERSANT POWER $440

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: $366K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $151K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Oct 6, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (2,684 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: $1.7M for / $8.4M against · $4.4M in the final two weeks

That is $7.8M more than the $2.4M 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.

$1.0M of the $7.9M 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 67% $5.3M
  • Digital ads 8% $655K
  • Ads, medium not stated 3% $220K
  • Mail, print & signs 7% $522K
  • Phones & texts 1% $97K
  • Canvassing & field 14% $1.1M
  • Ad production 0.2% $15K
  • Other or unclassified <0.1% $94

Largest late spenders for

  1. CFFE PAC $1.0M
  2. NATIONAL NURSES UNITED FOR PATIENT PROTECTION $436K
  3. PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT $134K
  4. COMMUNITY CHANGE VOTERS $54K
  5. REAL CHANGE PAC $50K

Largest late spenders against

  1. SAFETY & AFFORDABILITY PAC INC. $5.3M
  2. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $302K
  3. AMERICA PAC $284K
  4. POVERTY TO PROSPERITY $190K
  5. MAGA INC. $105K

Latest dissemination on these reports: October 31, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (109 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 $958K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $958K of the $2.5M 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 49% $472K
  • Consultants & strategy 0.6% $6,000
  • Staff & payroll 12% $111K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 25% $238K
  • Polling, research & data 7% $71K
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $17K
  • Office, technology & overhead 2% $17K
  • Legal & compliance 1% $13K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 1% $12K

Largest payees

  1. CANAL PARTNERS MEDIA $276K
  2. SWITCHBOARD $117K
  3. GUSTO $111K
  4. PANTOGRAPH LABS $80K
  5. TRUE BLUE ANALYTICS $48K

Paid to individuals: $17K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Oct 3, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (279 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.