2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Phillip Rench?
The money.
- Raised
- $56K
- Spent
- $47K
- Cash on hand
- $8,048
- Debts
- $50K
- Individuals 8% $4,632
- Candidate's own money & loans 90% $50K
- Other receipts 2% $863
Campaign totals through Dec 31, 2025.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Who gave.
Who gives $4,632 from individuals
23% in small-dollar gifts
$1,064 of $4,632 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 $0 of the $3,568 the campaign reported itemizing through Dec 31, 2025. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Dec 15, 2025 for this campaign.
Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $360, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Dec 31, 2025. Itemized gifts dated Mar 1, 2025 to Dec 15, 2025, net of refunds (22 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 Phillip Rench.
Where it went.
Where the money went $42K in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $42K of the $47K the campaign reported spending through Dec 31, 2025. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Dec 31, 2025.
- Advertising & outreach 14% $6,083
- Consultants & strategy 16% $6,551
- Office, technology & overhead 13% $5,540
- Legal & compliance 12% $4,885
- Other or unclassified 45% $19K
Largest payees
- ELAN FINANCIAL SERVICES $19K
- FACEBOOK $6,083
- AFCO DIRECT $5,540
- DESIGN LAB $5,351
- VERDOLINO & LOWEY, PC $4,460
Payments dated Feb 12, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (62 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.
- Troy Dale JacksonDemocrat · $25M raised · $1.8M outside
- Susan M. CollinsRepublican · $17M raised · $4.0M outside
- Jordan WoodDemocrat · $6.4M raised
- Janet Trafton MillsDemocrat · $6.0M raised · $8,950 outside
- Dan KlebanDemocrat · $536K raised
- Saundra PelletierDemocrat · $427K raised
- Shenna BellowsDemocrat · $381K raised
- Nirav ShahDemocrat · $281K raised
- Daira RodriguezDemocrat · $243K raised
- David CostelloDemocrat · $154K raised
- Paige LoudDemocrat · $62K raised
- Carmem Vincent CalabreseRepublican · $18K 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.