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Who funds Michael J Rogers?

Michigan U.S. SenateRepublicanFiled for an open seatFEC S4MI00595
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The money.

Michael J RogersFEC filing: Michael J Rogers · S4MI00595 ↗
Raised
$17M
Spent
$19M
Cash on hand
$3.9M
  • Individuals 92% $15M
  • PACs & other committees 8% $1.3M
  • Party committees 0.4% $62K
  • Other receipts 0.4% $69K

Campaign totals through Oct 22, 2026. Excludes $6.2M moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $14M supporting · $12M opposing ($13M of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $6.8M
  2. GLCF, INC.Super PACSpent mainly in primaries $3.3M
  3. THE SENTINEL ACTION FUNDSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $1.9M
  4. FIRST PRINCIPLES DIGITALHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $903K
  5. SLF PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $748K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. DEFEND THE VOTEHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $4.6M
  2. WINSENATESuper PACAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $1.9M
  3. EDF ACTION VOTESSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $1.8M
  4. GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $1.0M
  5. LCV VICTORY FUNDSuper PACAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $1.0M

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. NRSCRepublican party committee $62K
  2. NORPACPAC with no sponsoring organization $20K
  3. REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)Membership group PAC · Republican Jewish Coalition $11K
  4. ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)Trade association PAC $10K
  5. NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC)Trade association PAC · National Cattlemen'S Beef Association $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $15M from individuals

24% in small-dollar gifts

$3.7M of $15M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

Adding itemized gifts from donors whose itemized total is $200 or less, about 25%. Many small gifts sent through ActBlue or WinRed are itemized anyway, so the first figure runs low; this estimate groups donors by name and ZIP code as filed and counts only itemized gifts already in the FEC bulk file.

The itemized gifts below add up to $4.4M of the $12M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 22, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jul 15, 2026 for this campaign.

29% from Michigan · 71% 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.

52% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Michigan $1.3M
  2. Florida $428K
  3. California $384K
  4. Texas $288K
  5. Virginia $234K
  6. New York $215K
  7. Illinois $139K
  8. Pennsylvania $96K

Top employers named by donors

  1. CONTINUUM VENTURES $21K
  2. BLACKSTONE $21K
  3. PARADIGM $18K
  4. CROSSROADS STRATEGIES $8,000
  5. FIERCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS $5,500
  6. TODD STRATEGY GROUP $5,500
  7. BGR GROUP $4,516
  8. GENERAL MOTORS $4,337
  9. HB STRATEGIES $3,000
  10. STEWART PLLC $1,300

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: $2.7M. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $1.5M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 22, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 1, 2025 to Jul 15, 2026, net of refunds (115,717 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: $49M for / $55M against · $21M in the final two weeks

That is $78M more than the $26M 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.

$42M of the $106M 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 8% $8.7M
  • Digital ads 14% $15M
  • Ads, medium not stated 57% $60M
  • Mail, print & signs 15% $16M
  • Phones & texts 4% $3.7M
  • Canvassing & field 0.8% $805K
  • Ad production 2% $1.7M
  • Other or unclassified <0.1% $36K

Largest late spenders for

  1. AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION $15M
  2. GLCF, INC. $11M
  3. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $8.2M
  4. TFM $4.0M
  5. THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND $3.8M

Largest late spenders against

  1. WINSENATE $34M
  2. LOWER COSTS NOW $5.0M
  3. DEFEND THE VOTE $4.6M
  4. FIGHTING FOR MICHIGAN PAC $1.8M
  5. EDF ACTION VOTES $1.8M

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 3, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (747 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 $6.6M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $6.6M of the $19M the campaign reported spending through Oct 22, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 15, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 35% $2.3M
  • Consultants & strategy 24% $1.6M
  • Staff & payroll 15% $972K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 15% $960K
  • Polling, research & data 0.6% $41K
  • Travel, meals & events 1% $72K
  • Office, technology & overhead 4% $252K
  • Legal & compliance 5% $336K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.2% $16K
  • Other or unclassified 2% $107K

Largest payees

  1. CONVERGENCE MEDIA LLC $1.7M
  2. RED BEACON STRATEGIES LLC $961K
  3. MEDIUM BUYING $734K
  4. NATIONAL POLITICAL CONSULTANTS LLC $348K
  5. ADP $288K

Paid to individuals: $767K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jul 15, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (1,068 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.