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Who funds Megan O'Rourke?

New Jersey U.S. House District 7DemocratFiled as challengerFEC H6NJ07276
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The money.

Megan O'RourkeFEC filing: Megan O'Rourke · H6NJ07276 ↗
Raised
$571K
Spent
$571K
Cash on hand
$0
  • Individuals 75% $426K
  • PACs & other committees 2% $12K
  • Candidate's own money & loans 23% $132K
  • Other receipts 0.1% $647

Campaign totals through Jun 30, 2026.

No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEUnion PAC · American Federation Of Gov'T Employees $5,000
  2. FARM TO TABLE PACLeadership PAC of Chellie M Pingree $2,000
  3. LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUNDMembership group PAC · League Of Conservation Voters, Inc $50

Who gave.

Who gives $426K from individuals

16% in small-dollar gifts

$66K of $426K 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 $286K of the $360K the campaign reported itemizing through Jun 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Apr 10, 2026 for this campaign.

28% from New Jersey · 72% from elsewhere

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

96% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. New Jersey $81K
  2. New York $33K
  3. Texas $23K
  4. Virginia $18K
  5. California $16K
  6. Maryland $14K
  7. District of Columbia $12K
  8. Vermont $12K

Top employers named by donors

  1. CORNELL UNIVERSITY $14K
  2. US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE $4,830
  3. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE $4,000
  4. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY $2,550
  5. USDA $2,500
  6. VIRGINIA TECH $420

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: $137K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $121K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Jun 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Aug 1, 2025 to Apr 10, 2026, net of refunds (532 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 Megan O'Rourke.

Where it went.

Where the money went $394K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $394K of the $571K the campaign reported spending through Jun 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 14% $57K
  • Consultants & strategy 31% $122K
  • Staff & payroll 12% $46K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 22% $86K
  • Polling, research & data 3% $9,885
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $8,891
  • Office, technology & overhead 7% $28K
  • Legal & compliance 7% $27K
  • Other or unclassified 3% $10K

Largest payees

  1. THE CAMPAIGN ENGINEERS COMPANY $58K
  2. THRESHOLD GROUP, INC. $39K
  3. PREMIER POLITICAL COMPLIANCE $27K
  4. SOGONEX $27K
  5. BLUEPRINT INTERACTIVE $24K

Paid to individuals: $94K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Aug 7, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (215 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.