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Who funds Matthew Maasdam?

Michigan U.S. House District 7DemocratFiled as challengerFEC H6MI07272
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The money.

Matthew MaasdamFEC filing: Matthew Maasdam · H6MI07272 ↗
Raised
$2.1M
Spent
$2.2M
Cash on hand
$8,672
Debts
$6,500
  • Individuals 97% $2.1M
  • PACs & other committees 3% $62K
  • Other receipts 0.6% $13K

Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026. Excludes $111K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $2.2M supporting · $173K opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. VOTEVETSHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $2.2M
  2. HEALTHCARE FOR ACTION PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $18K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENPAC with no sponsoring organizationSpent mainly in primaries $125K
  2. WOMEN VOTESuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $48K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEUnion PAC · International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers $10K
  2. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUEUnion PAC · International Association Of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail And Transportation Workers $5,000
  3. UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)Union PAC · Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 22 PAC Inc $5,000
  4. D.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS)Union PAC · International Brotherhood Of Teamsters $5,000
  5. PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS LOCAL #333 FEDERAL PAC FUNDUnion PAC · Plumbers & Pipefitters Local #333 $5,000

Who gave.

Who gives $2.1M from individuals

25% in small-dollar gifts

$516K of $2.1M 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 $1.2M of the $1.5M the campaign reported itemizing through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Aug 10, 2026 for this campaign.

19% from Michigan · 81% 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. California $330K
  2. Michigan $232K
  3. New York $136K
  4. District of Columbia $79K
  5. Massachusetts $74K
  6. Texas $50K
  7. Connecticut $43K
  8. Virginia $40K

Top employers named by donors

  1. PUBLIC STRATEGIES WASHINGTON $8,000
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN $7,590
  3. FORBES TATE PARTNERS $2,000
  4. STATE OF MICHIGAN $1,454
  5. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY $1,275
  6. HARVARD UNIVERSITY $1,250
  7. MICHIGAN MEDICINE $1,250

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: $636K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $581K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jul 1, 2025 to Aug 10, 2026, net of refunds (2,881 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: $2.3M for / $952K against · $0 in the final two weeks

That is $935K more than the $2.3M 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.

$56K of the $3.3M 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 64% $2.1M
  • Digital ads 6% $204K
  • Ads, medium not stated 27% $879K
  • Mail, print & signs 2% $56K
  • Ad production 1% $40K

Largest late spenders for

  1. VOTEVETS $2.2M
  2. ROLLING SEA ACTION FUND $100K
  3. PROJECT 218 $56K
  4. HEALTHCARE FOR ACTION PAC $18K

Largest late spenders against

  1. MICHIGAN SUNRISE PAC $779K
  2. ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $125K
  3. WOMEN VOTE $48K

Latest dissemination on these reports: July 31, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (19 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 $1.9M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $1.9M of the $2.2M the campaign reported spending through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Sep 29, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 51% $983K
  • Consultants & strategy 10% $191K
  • Staff & payroll 16% $297K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 9% $170K
  • Polling, research & data 6% $123K
  • Travel, meals & events 1% $23K
  • Office, technology & overhead 3% $62K
  • Legal & compliance 2% $45K
  • Other or unclassified 1% $24K

Largest payees

  1. SCREEN STRATEGIES MEDIA $502K
  2. SB DIGITAL INC $307K
  3. GUSTO $296K
  4. THE STRATEGY GROUP, LLC $168K
  5. RIPPLE EFFECT STRATEGIES LLC $113K

Paid to individuals: $31K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jul 1, 2025 to Sep 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (703 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.