2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Shelly Dezevallos?
The money.
- Raised
- $1.1M
- Spent
- $1.1M
- Cash on hand
- $0
- Individuals 52% $598K
- PACs & other committees 5% $54K
- Candidate's own money & loans 42% $485K
- Other receipts 0.6% $6,601
Campaign totals through Oct 15, 2026.
Outside groups: $181K supporting · $44K opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Biggest spenders opposing
- CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION $23K
- WIN IT BACK PAC $21K
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $598K from individuals
2% in small-dollar gifts
$13K of $598K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
88% from Texas · 12% 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.
2% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Texas $480K
- Louisiana $13K
- South Carolina $12K
- District of Columbia $9,000
- U.S. Virgin Islands $7,000
- Alaska $5,000
- Colorado $3,375
- Maryland $2,225
Top employers named by donors
- BLAKEMORE & ASSOCIATES $7,791
- PERFECTION SUPPLY $5,833
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: $297K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $232K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Oct 15, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Oct 6, 2025 to Jun 22, 2026, net of refunds (522 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: $181K for / $44K 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 50% $112K
- Mail, print & signs 34% $75K
- Phones & texts 17% $38K
Largest late spenders for
Largest late spenders against
- CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION $23K
- WIN IT BACK PAC $21K
Latest dissemination on these reports: May 22, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (13 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 50% $544K
- Consultants & strategy 20% $222K
- Staff & payroll 3% $28K
- Fundraising & processing fees 16% $170K
- Polling, research & data 3% $36K
- Travel, meals & events 2% $18K
- Office, technology & overhead 2% $16K
- Legal & compliance 2% $26K
- Other or unclassified 3% $29K
Largest payees
- BIG DOG STRATEGIES $242K
- STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT $237K
- SPECTRUM MARKETING $86K
- ARENA MAIL + DIGITAL $70K
- JENNIFER NAEDLER CONSULTING $63K
Paid to individuals: $45K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Oct 7, 2025 to Jun 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (223 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.
- Jon BonckRepublican · $2.0M raised · $692K outside
- Wesley HuntRepublican · $1.7M raised
- Larry David RubinRepublican · $524K raised
- Michael PrattRepublican · $375K raised
- Carmen MontielRepublican · $147K raised
- Marvalette HunterDemocrat · $137K raised
- Melissa A McDonoughDemocrat · $125K raised
- Jeffrey Michael YunaRepublican · $52K raised
- William Miskey Taggart IVIndependent · $9,995 raised
- William M Taggart IVIndependent · $9,995 raised
- Alex McMenemyGreen · $9,888 raised
- Craig GoralskiRepublican · $6,462 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.