2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Paula Williams Swift?
The money.
- Raised
- $15K
- Spent
- $15K
- Cash on hand
- $0
- Individuals 97% $14K
- Candidate's own money & loans 2% $250
- Other receipts 2% $233
Campaign totals through Dec 15, 2025.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Who gave.
Who gives $14K from individuals
42% in small-dollar gifts
$5,863 of $14K 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 $7,300 of the $8,200 the campaign reported itemizing through Dec 15, 2025. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Nov 26, 2025 for this campaign.
76% from California · 24% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- California $5,550
- Arkansas $1,000
- Texas $500
- Tennessee $250
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $1,850. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $5,450, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Dec 15, 2025. Itemized gifts dated Apr 1, 2025 to Nov 26, 2025, net of refunds (20 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 Paula Williams Swift.
Where it went.
Where the money went $10K in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $10K of the $15K the campaign reported spending through Dec 15, 2025. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Dec 15, 2025.
- Advertising & outreach 4% $407
- Fundraising & processing fees 3% $350
- Office, technology & overhead 14% $1,418
- Legal & compliance 61% $6,250
- Other or unclassified 18% $1,839
Largest payees
- POLITICAL REPORTING PLUS $6,371
- THE STRATEGY GROUP $1,418
- ACTBLUE $350
- PRESS PRINT, INC. $217
Paid to individuals: $1,907, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Apr 1, 2025 to Dec 15, 2025, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (41 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.
- Young KimRepublican · $8.4M raised · $5.4M outside
- Ken CalvertRepublican · $4.9M raised · $669K outside
- Esther Kim VaretDemocrat · $2.9M raised · $1.1M outside
- Christina GagnierDemocrat · $607K raised
- Lisa D RamirezDemocrat · $519K raised
- Nina LinhIndependent · $442K raised
- Joseph KerrDemocrat · $287K raised · $5 outside
- Perry MeadeDemocrat · $276K raised
- Tiffanie TateDemocrat · $66K raised
- Claude Manuel KeissiehDemocrat · $34K raised
- Christian Tyler AhmedIndependent · $30 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.