2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Patrick Thomas Roath?
The money.
- Raised
- $1.5M
- Spent
- $1.4M
- Cash on hand
- $106K
- Debts
- $50K
- Individuals 95% $1.4M
- PACs & other committees 1% $16K
- Candidate's own money & loans 4% $54K
- Other receipts 0.4% $6,469
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.
Outside groups: $279K supporting · $0 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
- LEADERS WE DESERVE $256K
- INDIVISIBLE ACTION $23K
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $1.4M from individuals
21% in small-dollar gifts
$294K of $1.4M 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 $980K of the $1.1M the campaign reported itemizing through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Aug 12, 2026 for this campaign.
75% from Massachusetts · 25% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
93% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Massachusetts $735K
- New York $87K
- California $42K
- Connecticut $40K
- Maryland $13K
- Florida $10K
- New Hampshire $7,750
- Rhode Island $7,500
Top employers named by donors
- ROPES & GRAY LLP $146K
- BAIN CAPITAL $29K
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY $5,200
- GOOGLE $4,650
- HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP $3,000
- SUSMAN GODFREY LLP $2,250
- GOODWIN PROCTER LLP $2,200
- WILMERHALE $1,800
- US DEPT OF JUSTICE $1,700
- K&L GATES LLP $1,450
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: $438K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $344K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Apr 30, 2025 to Aug 12, 2026, net of refunds (1,917 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: $304K for / $0 against · $0 in the final two weeks
That is $25K more than the $279K 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.
$47K of the $303K 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
- Digital ads 4% $12K
- Mail, print & signs 88% $266K
- Phones & texts 8% $25K
Largest late spenders for
- LEADERS WE DESERVE $256K
- SF SOLIDARITY PAC $25K
- INDIVISIBLE ACTION $22K
Latest dissemination on these reports: August 30, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (16 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 $1.1M in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $1.1M of the $1.4M the campaign reported spending through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Aug 12, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 45% $477K
- Consultants & strategy 3% $34K
- Staff & payroll 26% $278K
- Fundraising & processing fees 7% $75K
- Polling, research & data 3% $31K
- Travel, meals & events 3% $29K
- Office, technology & overhead 6% $62K
- Legal & compliance 6% $63K
- Contributions, transfers & refunds <0.1% $250
- Other or unclassified 0.3% $3,050
Largest payees
- SYMMETRY MEDIA $361K
- GUSTO $278K
- SB DIGITAL, INC. $131K
- BEE COMPLIANCE LLC $54K
- ACTBLUE TECHNICAL SERVICES $45K
Paid to individuals: $29K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated May 7, 2025 to Aug 12, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (332 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.
- Stephen LynchDemocrat · $1.1M raised · $214K outside
- Michael HammondIndependent · $1,800 raised
- Robert G. Burke08 · $1,525 raised
- Andrew 'Aj' ZylberfinkDemocrat · $1,261 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.