2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Ryan Binkley?
The money.
- Raised
- $3.2M
- Spent
- $3.2M
- Cash on hand
- $0
- Individuals 14% $453K
- PACs & other committees 0.3% $8,500
- Candidate's own money & loans 86% $2.8M
- Other receipts <0.1% $2,400
Campaign totals through Sep 2, 2026.
Outside groups: $174K supporting · $0 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Largest direct PAC contributions
- REPUBLICAN MAINSTREET PARTNERSHIP PAC $5,000
- 31 DAYS PAC $2,500
- DON BACON FOR CONGRESS $1,000
Who gave.
Who gives $453K from individuals
12% in small-dollar gifts
$54K of $453K 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 $265K of the $399K the campaign reported itemizing through Sep 2, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Apr 13, 2026 for this campaign.
84% from Texas · 16% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address; $250 had no usable state. 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
- Texas $223K
- Georgia $17K
- Florida $4,360
- Connecticut $3,500
- Maryland $3,500
- Minnesota $3,500
- Missouri $3,500
- Maine $1,041
Top employers named by donors
- GENERATIONAL GROUP $30K
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: $50K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $186K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 2, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Aug 6, 2025 to Apr 13, 2026, net of refunds (283 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: $174K for / $0 against · $0 in the final two weeks
Source: FEC regular reports. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.
What it bought, per the late reports
- Digital ads 41% $70K
- Mail, print & signs 48% $83K
- Phones & texts 12% $21K
Largest late spenders for
Latest dissemination on these reports: March 2, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (12 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 $3.0M in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 49% $1.5M
- Consultants & strategy 40% $1.2M
- Staff & payroll <0.1% $1,325
- Fundraising & processing fees 4% $121K
- Polling, research & data 2% $63K
- Travel, meals & events 2% $51K
- Office, technology & overhead 1% $42K
- Legal & compliance 1% $41K
- Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.2% $6,800
- Other or unclassified 0.3% $9,333
Largest payees
- STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT $1.2M
- VICTORY ENTERPRISES $773K
- FOX BRYANT LLC $148K
- BULLHORN COMMUNICATIONS $120K
- NEEL & PARTNERS $88K
Paid to individuals: $53K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Aug 8, 2025 to Aug 12, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (449 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.
- Paul BondarRepublican · $3.2M raised
- Jace YarbroughRepublican · $1.2M raised · $1.5M outside
- Dan F. BarriosDemocrat · $160K raised
- Gordon HeslopRepublican · $129K raised
- Abteen VaziriRepublican · $120K raised
- Darrell DayRepublican · $117K raised
- Alex CornwallisDemocrat · $59K raised
- Monty MontanezRepublican · $47K raised
- Eric NiehausRepublican · $35K raised
- Aimee CarrascoRepublican · $35K raised
- Zain ShaitoRepublican · $8,988 raised
- Tobey PearsonRepublican · $0 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.