2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Phil Goss?
The money.
- Raised
- $135K
- Spent
- $138K
- Cash on hand
- $0
- PACs & other committees 0.2% $205
- Candidate's own money & loans 99.8% $135K
Campaign totals through Oct 8, 2026.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Who gave.
Who gives $0 from individuals
Summary through Oct 8, 2026. 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 Phil Goss.
Where it went.
Where the money went $138K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 8% $11K
- Consultants & strategy 68% $93K
- Travel, meals & events 21% $28K
- Office, technology & overhead 2% $2,519
- Other or unclassified 2% $2,400
Largest payees
- HOOSIER JIFFY PRINT $5,502
- HAMILTON COUNTY REPORTER NEWSPAPER $600
Paid to individuals: $131K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jan 6, 2025 to Aug 4, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (69 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.
- Victoria SpartzRepublican · $2.1M raised
- James (j.D.) David FordDemocrat · $1.4M raised
- Dylan McKennaDemocrat · $181K raised · $24K outside
- Jackson Bailey FranklinDemocrat · $65K raised
- Deborah A PickettDemocrat · $35K 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.