2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Michael Carbonara?
The money.
- Raised
- $4.5M
- Spent
- $4.5M
- Cash on hand
- $9,439
- Debts
- $5.8M
- Individuals 1% $59K
- PACs & other committees 0.3% $12K
- Candidate's own money & loans 103% $4.6M
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.
Outside groups: $92K supporting · $226K opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Biggest spenders opposing
- AMERICAN PACT $226K
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $59K from individuals
34% in small-dollar gifts
$20K of $59K 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 $34K of the $39K the campaign reported itemizing through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jul 29, 2026 for this campaign.
58% from Florida · 42% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- Florida $20K
- California $5,500
- Texas $4,750
- New York $1,500
- Massachusetts $1,000
- North Carolina $500
- Arkansas $250
- Maryland $250
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $15K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $19K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Sep 17, 2025 to Jul 29, 2026, net of refunds (33 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: $404K for / $226K against · $0 in the final two weeks
That is $312K more than the $318K 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.
What it bought, per the late reports
- Digital ads 13% $82K
- Ads, medium not stated 42% $260K
- Mail, print & signs 32% $196K
- Phones & texts 6% $36K
- Canvassing & field 8% $46K
- Other or unclassified 0.1% $925
Largest late spenders for
Largest late spenders against
- AMERICAN PACT $221K
Latest dissemination on these reports: August 17, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (75 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 $4.0M in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 87% $3.5M
- Consultants & strategy 7% $291K
- Fundraising & processing fees 0.5% $21K
- Polling, research & data 2% $61K
- Travel, meals & events 0.2% $8,511
- Office, technology & overhead 1% $52K
- Legal & compliance 2% $75K
- Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.1% $4,186
Largest payees
- PROVIDENT STRATEGIES INC $3.1M
- TAKE 2 PRODUCTIONS $170K
- ROCK BOTTOM PUBLISHING $110K
- BREAKPOINT MEDIA LLC $72K
- GRAY HOUSE $61K
Payments dated May 29, 2025 to Jul 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (444 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.
- Casey AskarRepublican · $7.2M raised · $705K outside
- Belinda KeiserRepublican · $5.0M raised · $418K outside
- Pia DandiyaDemocrat · $4.2M raised · $61K outside
- Herbert Od WertheimRepublican · $2.5M raised
- Daniel John FranzeseRepublican · $1.5M raised
- David BurckRepublican · $310K raised · $220K outside
- Anna MedvedevaRepublican · $278K raised
- Terri HasdorffRepublican · $56K raised · $48K outside
- Lev ParnasIndependent · $30K raised
- Kaysia EarleyDemocrat · $28K raised
- Michael ThompsonRepublican · $26K raised
- Sara BaxterRepublican · $14K 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.