2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Sharif Street?
The money.
- Raised
- $1.1M
- Spent
- $1.1M
- Cash on hand
- $67K
- Debts
- $146K
- Individuals 86% $959K
- PACs & other committees 13% $146K
- Party committees 0.4% $4,894
- Other receipts 0.2% $2,726
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.
Outside groups: $656K supporting · $70K opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Biggest spenders opposing
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $959K from individuals
6% in small-dollar gifts
$54K of $959K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
82% from Pennsylvania · 18% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
66% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Pennsylvania $677K
- New Jersey $64K
- Florida $12K
- Georgia $11K
- Maryland $11K
- New York $9,500
- North Carolina $8,500
- Colorado $7,000
Top employers named by donors
- PARKWAY CORPORATION $18K
- PACEOMATIC $12K
- TEMPLE UNIVERSITY $9,500
- JEFFERSON $5,250
- CITY OF PHILADELPHIA $5,045
- ZARWIN BAUM $4,000
- TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM $3,500
- BELLEVUE STRATEGIES $3,000
- TEMPLE HEALTH $2,250
- AMERIHEALTH CARITAS $1,650
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: $183K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $576K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jul 1, 2025 to Jun 13, 2026, net of refunds (976 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: $656K for / $70K 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
- TV, radio & streaming TV 6% $46K
- Digital ads 10% $70K
- Ads, medium not stated 6% $40K
- Mail, print & signs 26% $188K
- Phones & texts 7% $52K
- Canvassing & field 40% $289K
- Ad production 0.8% $5,686
- Other or unclassified 5% $37K
Largest late spenders for
Largest late spenders against
Latest dissemination on these reports: May 19, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (22 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 $1.1M in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 34% $359K
- Consultants & strategy 29% $309K
- Fundraising & processing fees 16% $165K
- Polling, research & data 6% $68K
- Travel, meals & events 7% $75K
- Office, technology & overhead 3% $34K
- Legal & compliance 4% $39K
- Other or unclassified 0.9% $9,784
Largest payees
- AMPERSAND STRATEGIES $160K
- TML COMMUNICATIONS $60K
- SCL4 LLC $60K
- RITTENHOUSE POLITICAL PARTNERS $54K
- RESONANCE CAMPAIGNS $51K
Paid to individuals: $201K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jul 6, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (412 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.
- Christopher M. RabbDemocrat · $1.5M raised · $1.6M outside
- Ala StanfordDemocrat · $805K raised · $3.5M outside
- David OxmanDemocrat · $512K raised
- Morgan CephasDemocrat · $314K raised
- Dwight EvansDemocrat · $234K raised · $95 outside
- Pablo Ivan McConnie-SaadDemocrat · $129K raised
- Cole CarterDemocrat · $96K raised
- Karl MorrisDemocrat · $54K raised
- Dennis Joseph MahoneyIndependent · $37K raised
- Jahmiel JacksonDemocrat · $24K raised
- Isaiah T Martin IIIDemocrat · $7,084 raised
- Sheila E ArmstrongUnaffiliated · $130 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.