2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Nina Schwalbe?
The money.
- Raised
- $691K
- Spent
- $691K
- Cash on hand
- $-9,546
- Individuals 65% $452K
- PACs & other committees 0.3% $2,000
- Candidate's own money & loans 33% $230K
- Other receipts 1.0% $6,810
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $452K from individuals
12% in small-dollar gifts
$53K of $452K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
57% from New York · 43% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- New York $212K
- Massachusetts $28K
- District of Columbia $24K
- California $21K
- Foreign address $12K
- Florida $10K
- Connecticut $9,945
- Illinois $8,450
Top employers named by donors
- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY $1,610
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: $224K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $147K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Oct 13, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (521 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 Nina Schwalbe.
Where it went.
Where the money went $624K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 46% $287K
- Consultants & strategy 30% $189K
- Staff & payroll 0.1% $709
- Fundraising & processing fees 6% $38K
- Polling, research & data 6% $40K
- Travel, meals & events 0.7% $4,321
- Office, technology & overhead 2% $15K
- Legal & compliance 8% $50K
- Contributions, transfers & refunds <0.1% $90
- Other or unclassified 0.1% $500
Largest payees
- RISING TIDE INTERACTIVE $203K
- MERIT STRATEGY $50K
- KMS CONSULTING $27K
- SKIPPERBURKE MANAGEMENT $21K
- DIGITAL TOUCH $15K
Paid to individuals: $238K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Oct 20, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (307 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.
- George ConwayDemocrat · $7.1M raised
- John (jack) Bouvier Kenne SchlossbergDemocrat · $4.1M raised
- Alexander BoresDemocrat · $4.0M raised · $29M outside
- Micah Charles LasherDemocrat · $3.5M raised · $14M outside
- Alan PardeeDemocrat · $1.2M raised
- Liam ElkindDemocrat · $610K raised
- Jami FloydDemocrat · $605K raised
- Mathew ShurkaDemocrat · $330K raised
- Caroline ShinkleRepublican · $273K raised
- Jerrold L NadlerDemocrat · $258K raised
- Laura L. DunnDemocrat · $214K raised
- Cameron KaskyDemocrat · $177K 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.