2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Michael Charles Echols?
The money.
- Raised
- $3.1M
- Spent
- $2.3M
- Cash on hand
- $889K
- Debts
- $1.6M
- Individuals 18% $558K
- PACs & other committees 1% $44K
- Candidate's own money & loans 79% $2.4M
- Other receipts 1% $35K
Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $122K moved between the candidate's own committees.
Outside groups: $100K supporting · $0 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Largest direct PAC contributions
- THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
- NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- CRESCENT RIVER PORT PILOTS ASSOCIATION FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE/CRPPA FED PAC $4,500
- CONTINUING AMERICA'S STRENGTH AND SECURITY PAC $2,500
- GOPAC ELECTION FUND $2,500
Who gave.
Who gives $558K from individuals
0.7% in small-dollar gifts
$3,784 of $558K 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 $444K of the $554K the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jul 14, 2026 for this campaign.
93% from Louisiana · 7% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address; $500 had no usable state. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
34% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Louisiana $414K
- Texas $6,541
- Mississippi $5,020
- Florida $3,643
- Ohio $3,643
- West Virginia $3,643
- Kentucky $2,010
- Foreign address $2,000
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $161K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $283K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Feb 12, 2026 to Jul 14, 2026, net of refunds (276 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: $160K for / $85K against · $0 in the final two weeks
That is $145K more than the $100K 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 35% $85K
- Ads, medium not stated 43% $105K
- Mail, print & signs 23% $55K
Largest late spenders for
Largest late spenders against
Latest dissemination on these reports: October 19, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (6 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 $1.0M in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $1.0M of the $2.3M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 17, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 63% $660K
- Consultants & strategy 10% $101K
- Staff & payroll 5% $55K
- Fundraising & processing fees 10% $105K
- Polling, research & data 5% $51K
- Travel, meals & events 3% $35K
- Office, technology & overhead 1% $15K
- Legal & compliance 2% $23K
Largest payees
- MEDIA AD VENTURES $317K
- BRAVE NEW TELEVISION $167K
- NUNGESSER CONSULTING $96K
- DUBOIS AND ASSOCIATES LLC $79K
- STRATEGIC IMPACT $58K
Paid to individuals: $81K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Feb 18, 2026 to Jul 17, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (588 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.
- Julia LetlowRepublican · $1.5M raised · $70K outside
- Misti Smith CordellRepublican · $659K raised · $35K outside
- Michael Gabriel FirmentRepublican · $454K raised
- Samuel Lee WyattRepublican · $300K raised
- Stewart Cathey Jr.Republican · $246K raised
- Dan McKayDemocrat · $121K raised
- Antonio WilsonDemocrat · $71K raised
- Antonio WilsonDemocrat · $71K raised
- Dixon McMakinRepublican · $63K raised
- Tania NymanDemocrat · $33K raised
- Patricia Ann MooreDemocrat · $23K raised
- Austin MageeRepublican · $11K 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.