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Who funds Mike Flood?

Nebraska U.S. House District 1RepublicanFiled as incumbentFEC H2NE01118
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What they did in office.

Sitting member of Congress · Mike Flood

In the U.S. House (NE-1) since 2022 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 1 committee: Financial Services · 2 subcommittees
  • 261 committees reported contributions to them this cycle

Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H2NE01118) 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 FloodFEC filing: Mike Flood · H2NE01118 ↗
Raised
$2.6M
Spent
$2.1M
Cash on hand
$860K
Debts
$6,046
  • Individuals 45% $1.2M
  • PACs & other committees 54% $1.4M
  • Other receipts 0.3% $7,841

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $200K moved between the candidate's own committees.

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

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)Trade association PAC · American Bankers Association (aba) $10K
  2. MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MORPAC)Trade association PAC · Mortgage Bankers Association $10K
  3. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMTrade association PAC · National Association Of Insurance And Financial Advisors $10K
  4. AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PACTrade association PAC · America'S Credit Unions $10K
  5. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC)Trade association PAC · National Association Of Broadcasters $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $1.2M from individuals

3% in small-dollar gifts

$38K 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 $1.0M 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.

60% from Nebraska · 40% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address; $250 had no usable state. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

4% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Nebraska $606K
  2. New York $47K
  3. District of Columbia $41K
  4. California $35K
  5. Virginia $28K
  6. Texas $28K
  7. Florida $24K
  8. Iowa $22K

Top employers named by donors

  1. ARNOLD VENTURES $14K
  2. NELNET $11K
  3. APOLLO $10K
  4. BLACKSTONE $8,500
  5. STATE OF NEBRASKA $7,500
  6. TENASKA INC $7,000
  7. TENASKA $4,000
  8. COLUMBUS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL $2,000
  9. SARPY COUNTY $850

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: $214K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $725K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 30, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (811 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: $51K for / $2.7M against · $1.9M in the final two weeks

Source: FEC 24- and 48-hour reports. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

$2.2M of the $2.8M 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 75% $2.1M
  • Digital ads 12% $346K
  • Mail, print & signs 11% $312K
  • Phones & texts 0.7% $19K
  • Ad production 0.5% $15K
  • Other or unclassified <0.1% $118

Largest late spenders for

  1. AMERICAN LIBERTY FOUNDATION $51K

Largest late spenders against

  1. RETIRE CAREER POLITICIANS $1.4M
  2. HMP $1.4M
  3. WORKING AMERICA $1,146

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 1, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (48 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 $953K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $953K of the $2.1M 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 18% $167K
  • Consultants & strategy 5% $46K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 43% $413K
  • Polling, research & data 3% $28K
  • Travel, meals & events 19% $183K
  • Office, technology & overhead 2% $15K
  • Legal & compliance 6% $52K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.4% $4,133
  • Other or unclassified 5% $46K

Largest payees

  1. FUNDRAISING, INC. $208K
  2. JBEST & COMPANY $153K
  3. AXMEDIA $91K
  4. DEMOCRACY ENGINE, LLC $42K
  5. AXIOM STRATEGIES $36K

Paid to individuals: $71K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 3, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (533 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.