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Who funds Roy Cooper?

North Carolina U.S. SenateDemocratFiled for an open seatFEC S6NC00407
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The money.

Roy CooperFEC filing: Roy Cooper · S6NC00407 ↗
Raised
$21M
Spent
$40M
Cash on hand
$9.1M
Debts
$56K
  • Individuals 84% $18M
  • PACs & other committees 4% $932K
  • Party committees 0.3% $72K
  • Other receipts 11% $2.3M

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $28M moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $532K supporting · $2.4M opposing ($2.6M of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. WORKERS VOTESuper PACAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $166K
  2. PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC (super PAC account)98% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $157K
  3. CAROLINA FEDERATIONFiler that is not a political committeeAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $60K
  4. THOMAS PAINE SOCIETY L.L.C.Filer that is not a political committee91% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $38K
  5. PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTES NORTH CAROLINASuper PAC $30K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $1.8M
  2. SLF PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $560K
  3. CATHOLICVOTE.ORGFiler that is not a political committee $18K
  4. RED SENATESuper PAC87% of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $9,400
  5. AMERICAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $7,500

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. DSCCDemocratic party committee $62K
  2. JSTREETPACMembership group PAC · J Street $38K
  3. SWING LEFTHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $11K
  4. CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERSUnion PAC · United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners Of America $10K
  5. MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSUnion PAC · International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $18M from individuals

33% in small-dollar gifts

$6.0M of $18M 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 36%. 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.

The itemized gifts below add up to $8.2M of the $12M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026 for this campaign.

51% from North Carolina · 49% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

58% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. North Carolina $4.2M
  2. New York $802K
  3. California $765K
  4. Massachusetts $382K
  5. Florida $216K
  6. Maryland $208K
  7. Texas $153K
  8. Illinois $121K

Top employers named by donors

  1. DUKE UNIVERSITY $45K
  2. JANE STREET CAPITAL $24K
  3. UNC CHAPEL HILL $19K
  4. ABRAMS & ABRAMS PA $18K
  5. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA $11K
  6. BLACKSTONE $11K
  7. HENSON & FUERST PA $11K
  8. MOORE & VAN ALLEN PLLC $10K
  9. MORGAN STANLEY $7,500
  10. UNC $6,475

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: $5.4M. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $2.6M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 5, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (35,260 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: $4.8M for / $42M against · $1.1M in the final two weeks

That is $44M more than the $2.9M 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.

$2.4M of the $47M 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

  • TV, radio & streaming TV 17% $8.0M
  • Digital ads 9% $4.1M
  • Ads, medium not stated 59% $28M
  • Mail, print & signs 8% $3.6M
  • Phones & texts 2% $880K
  • Canvassing & field 5% $2.5M
  • Ad production 0.6% $296K
  • Polling <0.1% $2,500
  • Other or unclassified <0.1% $22K

Largest late spenders for

  1. PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTES NORTH CAROLINA $1.2M
  2. AB PAC $948K
  3. WORKERS VOTE $491K
  4. CARE IN ACTION PAC $360K
  5. CFFE PAC $323K

Largest late spenders against

  1. SLF PAC $30M
  2. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $9.1M
  3. AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION $1.8M
  4. NC FIRST PAC $1.2M
  5. THE CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS DBA AMERICANS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY $64K

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 3, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (499 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 $14M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $14M of the $40M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 35% $4.9M
  • Consultants & strategy 18% $2.5M
  • Staff & payroll 28% $4.0M
  • Fundraising & processing fees 5% $684K
  • Polling, research & data 3% $427K
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $290K
  • Office, technology & overhead 5% $659K
  • Legal & compliance 4% $533K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds <0.1% $5,000
  • Other or unclassified 0.2% $34K

Largest payees

  1. AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC. $3.8M
  2. OLD TOWN MEDIA LLC $2.1M
  3. BATTLE AXE DIGITAL $1.8M
  4. WAVELENGTH STRATEGY LLC $918K
  5. RWT PRODUCTION $804K

Paid to individuals: $45K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jul 27, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (1,362 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.

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.