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Who funds Nate Powell?

Washington U.S. House District 5IndependentFiled as challengerFEC H6WA05239
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The money.

Nate PowellFEC filing: Nate Powell · H6WA05239 ↗
Raised
$392K
Spent
$392K
Cash on hand
$0
  • Individuals 91% $358K
  • PACs & other committees 8% $32K
  • Party committees 0.6% $2,500

Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.

Outside groups: $227K supporting · $0 opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. FIRE HOUSE PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $227K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. WORKING CLASS HEROES FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $7,500
  2. SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)Union PAC · Service Employees International Union $5,000
  3. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PACUnion PAC · International Association Of Fire Fighters $5,000
  4. PLUMBERS AND STEAMFITTERS LOCAL 598 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PIPE TRADES 598 PAC)Union PAC · Plumbers And Steamfitters Local 598 $5,000
  5. LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUNDMembership group PAC · League Of Conservation Voters, Inc $4,950

Who gave.

Who gives $358K from individuals

23% in small-dollar gifts

$82K of $358K 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 $228K of the $276K the campaign reported itemizing through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Sep 30, 2026 for this campaign.

54% from Washington · 46% from elsewhere

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

7% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Washington $123K
  2. New York $46K
  3. California $18K
  4. Texas $11K
  5. Oklahoma $7,000
  6. Oregon $4,228
  7. Colorado $3,808
  8. Connecticut $3,352

Top employers named by donors

  1. CITY OF SPOKANE $4,976

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: $125K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $98K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 2, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, net of refunds (343 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: $601K for / $0 against · $0 in the final two weeks

That is $373K more than the $227K 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.

$394K of the $781K 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 11% $83K
  • Digital ads 58% $452K
  • Mail, print & signs 26% $205K
  • Phones & texts 0.1% $609
  • Ad production 5% $40K

Largest late spenders for

  1. FIRE HOUSE PAC $740K
  2. TOGETHER FOR WORKING PEOPLE $41K

Latest dissemination on these reports: July 28, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (43 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 $338K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $338K of the $392K the campaign reported spending through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Sep 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 33% $113K
  • Consultants & strategy 5% $17K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 32% $107K
  • Polling, research & data 1% $3,417
  • Travel, meals & events 3% $11K
  • Office, technology & overhead 19% $65K
  • Legal & compliance 3% $11K
  • Other or unclassified 3% $10K

Largest payees

  1. LC MEDIA LLC $101K
  2. NEWMAN PARTNERS $37K
  3. GOODMAN CAMPAIGNS LLC $30K
  4. NW PASSAGE CONSULTING $18K
  5. ARGO STRATEGIES $13K

Paid to individuals: $67K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 15, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (242 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.