2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Nathan Willett?
The money.
- Raised
- $722K
- Spent
- $680K
- Cash on hand
- $43K
- Individuals 94% $679K
- PACs & other committees 6% $41K
- Candidate's own money & loans <0.1% $76
- Other receipts 0.2% $1,607
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.
Outside groups: $1.3M supporting · $0 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Largest direct PAC contributions
- DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; AKA DFA-PAC $5,000
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) $5,000
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS) $5,000
- MISSOURI SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MO SOYPAC) $5,000
- MIDWEST REGION LABORERS' POLITICAL LEAGUE $5,000
Who gave.
Who gives $679K from individuals
2% in small-dollar gifts
$15K of $679K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
86% from Missouri · 14% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
44% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Missouri $542K
- Kansas $50K
- Texas $18K
- California $5,041
- Georgia $3,500
- Iowa $3,500
- Ohio $3,500
- Oklahoma $1,041
Top employers named by donors
- POLSINELLI $8,143
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: $318K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $300K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Apr 1, 2026 to Sep 8, 2026, net of refunds (376 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: $1.3M for / $1.3M against · $0 in the final two weeks
That is $1.3M more than the $1.3M 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 2% $25K
- Ads, medium not stated 76% $1.1M
- Mail, print & signs 21% $302K
- Phones & texts 0.7% $9,616
- Ad production 0.7% $10K
Largest late spenders for
Largest late spenders against
- COME AND TAKE IT PAC $1.3M
Latest dissemination on these reports: July 31, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (32 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 $655K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 73% $480K
- Consultants & strategy 4% $27K
- Staff & payroll 7% $43K
- Fundraising & processing fees 2% $11K
- Polling, research & data 5% $29K
- Travel, meals & events 0.4% $2,687
- Office, technology & overhead 6% $38K
- Legal & compliance 3% $19K
- Contributions, transfers & refunds <0.1% $45
- Other or unclassified 0.9% $5,608
Largest payees
- AMERICAN MEDIA & ADVOCACY GROUP $293K
- LOCH CREATIVE $52K
- CALIBER CONTACT $40K
- CHILLICOTHE PRINTING COMPANY LLC $28K
- ONMESSAGE DIGITAL, LLC $26K
Paid to individuals: $75K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Apr 14, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (329 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.
- Samuel B. Graves Jr.Republican · $1.6M raised
- Chris StigallRepublican · $1.0M raised · $138K outside
- Nathanael SchultzRepublican · $171K raised
- Josh SmeadDemocrat · $146K raised
- Matthew LevineDemocrat · $53K raised
- Scot PondelickDemocrat · $51K raised
- James Ronald IngramRepublican · $25K raised
- Cody OshelRepublican · $7,351 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.