2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Ryan Elijah?
The money.
- Raised
- $780K
- Spent
- $645K
- Cash on hand
- $173K
- Debts
- $126K
- Individuals 67% $520K
- PACs & other committees 16% $126K
- Candidate's own money & loans 17% $134K
Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $38K moved between the candidate's own committees.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $520K from individuals
4% in small-dollar gifts
$20K of $520K 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 $210K of the $500K the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jul 29, 2026 for this campaign.
86% from Florida · 14% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- Florida $180K
- Ohio $14K
- Indiana $7,134
- Georgia $3,500
- Texas $2,500
- Minnesota $1,252
- New York $518
- Michigan $208
Top employers named by donors
- TAXPROS ACCOUNTING INC $15K
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: $59K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $136K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Apr 28, 2026 to Jul 29, 2026, net of refunds (154 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: $783K for / $1.7M against · $2.0M in the final two weeks
Source: FEC 24- and 48-hour reports. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.
$1.7M of the $2.4M 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 62% $1.5M
- Digital ads 5% $111K
- Mail, print & signs 30% $741K
- Phones & texts 2% $37K
- Canvassing & field 0.5% $11K
- Ad production 0.9% $22K
Largest late spenders for
- CIVIC RENEWAL FUND INC. $579K
- NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $180K
- STAND FOR FREEDOM PAC $24K
Largest late spenders against
- HMP $1.5M
- VOTEVETS $110K
- BUILDING TOGETHER $18K
Latest dissemination on these reports: October 29, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (31 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 $170K in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $170K of the $645K the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 29, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 56% $94K
- Consultants & strategy 5% $9,000
- Fundraising & processing fees 8% $13K
- Polling, research & data 11% $19K
- Travel, meals & events 3% $4,231
- Office, technology & overhead 7% $12K
- Legal & compliance 10% $16K
- Other or unclassified 0.9% $1,513
Largest payees
- SRCP MEDIA, INC. $56K
- INQUIRE, LLC $18K
- SUPERNOVA DIGITAL COMMUNICATION, INC. $17K
- ELECTION CONNECTIONS.COM $15K
- FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE $10K
Paid to individuals: $6,519, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated May 1, 2026 to Jul 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (77 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.
- Bale DaltonDemocrat · $2.3M raised · $701K outside
- Cory MillsRepublican · $778K raised · $309K outside
- Alan Mark GraysonDemocrat · $743K raised
- Marialana KinterDemocrat · $606K raised
- Michael JohnsonRepublican · $63K raised
- Jennifer AdamsDemocrat · $35K raised
- Sarah UlrichRepublican · $20K raised
- Christopher Allen DennisonLibertarian · $11K 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.