2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Robert Matthews?
The money.
- Raised
- $49K
- Spent
- $431
- Cash on hand
- $49K
- Debts
- $42K
- Individuals 14% $7,078
- Candidate's own money & loans 86% $42K
Campaign totals through Dec 31, 2025.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Who gave.
Who gives $7,078 from individuals
62% in small-dollar gifts
$4,378 of $7,078 came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
Adding itemized gifts from donors whose itemized total is $200 or less, about 63%. Many small gifts sent through ActBlue or WinRed are itemized anyway, so the first figure runs low; this estimate groups donors by name and ZIP code as filed and counts only itemized gifts already in the FEC bulk file.
62% from District of Columbia · 38% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
100% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- District of Columbia $1,600
- Tennessee $1,000
Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $2,600, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Dec 31, 2025. Itemized gifts dated Oct 19, 2025 to Dec 26, 2025, net of refunds (3 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 Robert Matthews.
Where it went.
Where the money went $307 in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $307 of the $431 the campaign reported spending through Dec 31, 2025. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Dec 23, 2025.
- Advertising & outreach 100% $307
Largest payees
- RONTE PHOTOGRAPHY $307
Payments dated Dec 11, 2025 to Dec 23, 2025, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (2 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.
- Brooke PintoDemocrat · $1.7M raised · $258K outside
- Robert C. White Jr.Democrat · $1.0M raised · $50K outside
- Kinney ZalesneDemocrat · $825K raised
- Gregory JaczkoDemocrat · $140K raised
- Trent William HolbrookDemocrat · $64K raised
- Eleanor Holmes NortonDemocrat · $54K raised
- Gordon ChaffinDemocrat · $35K raised
- Denise RosadoRepublican · $6,188 raised
- Kelly WilliamsDemocrat · $4,168 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.