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Who funds Mike Carey?

Ohio U.S. House District 15RepublicanFiled as incumbentFEC H2OH15228
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What they did in office.

Sitting member of Congress · Mike Carey

In the U.S. House (OH-15) since 2021 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 3 committees: Administration, Budget, Ways and Means · 3 subcommittees
  • 503 committees reported contributions to them this cycle

Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H2OH15228) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

The money.

Mike CareyFEC filing: Mike Carey · H2OH15228 ↗
Raised
$3.4M
Spent
$4.0M
Cash on hand
$370K
  • Individuals 36% $1.2M
  • PACs & other committees 64% $2.2M
  • Party committees <0.1% $3,000
  • Other receipts <0.1% $2,001

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $768K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $0 supporting · $173K opposing

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. HMPHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $173K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)Trade association PAC · National Association Of Home Builders $10K
  2. AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)Trade association PAC · American Bankers Association (aba) $10K
  3. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMTrade association PAC · National Association Of Insurance And Financial Advisors $10K
  4. AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC)Trade association PAC · American Council Of Engineering Companies $10K
  5. ABBOTT LABORATORIES EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate PAC · Abbott Laboratories $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $1.2M from individuals

9% in small-dollar gifts

$111K of $1.2M 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 $822K of the $1.1M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026 for this campaign.

34% from Ohio · 66% from elsewhere

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

64% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Ohio $278K
  2. Virginia $100K
  3. District of Columbia $57K
  4. California $46K
  5. Texas $33K
  6. Florida $32K
  7. New York $26K
  8. Maryland $25K

Top employers named by donors

  1. NATIONWIDE $16K
  2. AEP $14K
  3. AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER $11K
  4. DCI GROUP $11K
  5. INVARIANT $10K
  6. ADVANTAGE CAPITAL $8,250
  7. BARNES THORNBURG LLP $7,800
  8. CGCN GROUP $6,500
  9. AKIN GUMP $6,250
  10. CAPITOL TAX PARTNERS $6,000

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: $111K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $589K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (921 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: $1.8M for / $4.0M against · $1.8M in the final two weeks

That is $5.6M more than the $173K 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.

$3.9M of the $5.8M 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 55% $3.2M
  • Digital ads 22% $1.2M
  • Ads, medium not stated 2% $110K
  • Mail, print & signs 18% $1.0M
  • Phones & texts 0.9% $52K
  • Ad production 3% $144K
  • Other or unclassified <0.1% $1,385

Largest late spenders for

  1. SAFETY & AFFORDABILITY PAC INC. $1.1M
  2. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $517K
  3. CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICA $100K
  4. AMERICAN LIBERTY FOUNDATION $49K
  5. SAVE AMERICAN FREEDOM $17K

Largest late spenders against

  1. HMP $2.5M
  2. YOUR COMMUNITY PAC $951K
  3. AMERICAN PRIORITIES (AP) $454K
  4. OUR HERITAGE MATTERS $37K
  5. BUILDING TOGETHER $9,159

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 2, 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 $1.4M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $1.4M of the $4.0M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 21% $284K
  • Consultants & strategy 22% $296K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 40% $546K
  • Polling, research & data 1% $16K
  • Travel, meals & events 6% $81K
  • Office, technology & overhead 3% $47K
  • Legal & compliance 4% $50K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.6% $7,851
  • Other or unclassified 2% $29K

Largest payees

  1. GRAND VALLEY CONSULTING, LLC $367K
  2. STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT $209K
  3. LEAD RIGHT CONSULTING, LLC $135K
  4. CLAYTON HENSON CONSULTING, LLC $90K
  5. THE STRATEGY GROUP $51K

Paid to individuals: $145K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (851 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.