2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Nicky Lama?
The money.
- Raised
- $380K
- Spent
- $359K
- Cash on hand
- $21K
- Debts
- $311K
- Individuals 18% $70K
- Candidate's own money & loans 82% $311K
Campaign totals through Feb 18, 2026.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Who gave.
Who gives $70K from individuals
9% in small-dollar gifts
$6,422 of $70K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
99.1% from Georgia · 0.8% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- Georgia $60K
- Colorado $500
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $20K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $41K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Feb 18, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Dec 12, 2025 to Feb 7, 2026, net of refunds (47 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.
No 24- or 48-hour report in the FEC file read November 4, 2026 names Nicky Lama.
Where it went.
Where the money went $359K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 80% $285K
- Consultants & strategy 15% $52K
- Fundraising & processing fees 0.1% $299
- Travel, meals & events 2% $7,815
- Office, technology & overhead 0.7% $2,464
- Legal & compliance 3% $10K
Largest payees
- MASH DYNAMO $278K
- TAC STRATEGIES $15K
- RIGHT PATH STRATEGIES AFFAIR $10K
- STILL SHOT MEDIA $7,450
- GUIDRY-MALOY GROUP, LLC $5,250
Paid to individuals: $19K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Dec 17, 2025 to Feb 13, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (59 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.
- Shawn HarrisDemocrat · $8.4M raised · $464K outside
- Clay FullerRepublican · $2.1M raised · $2.8M outside
- Brian C. StoverRepublican · $1.1M raised
- Thomas Jonathan Jackson GrayRepublican · $328K raised
- Colton MooreRepublican · $192K raised · $232K outside
- Star BlackRepublican · $84K raised
- Reagan BoxRepublican · $82K raised
- Jim TullyRepublican · $69K raised
- Christian Michael HurdRepublican · $22K raised
- Jared CraigRepublican · $21K raised
- Clarence BlalockDemocrat · $17K raised
- Eric B CunninghamRepublican · $16K 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.