2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Stella Pekarsky?
The money.
- Raised
- $399K
- Spent
- $398K
- Cash on hand
- $1,245
- Debts
- $250K
- Individuals 32% $129K
- PACs & other committees 5% $19K
- Candidate's own money & loans 63% $250K
- Other receipts 0.3% $1,350
Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.
Outside groups: $161K supporting · $13K opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
- SD PAC $161K
Biggest spenders opposing
- PROTECT PROGRESS $10K
- OVERSIGHT ACTION FUND $3,230
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $129K from individuals
37% in small-dollar gifts
$48K of $129K 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 $4,250 of the $81K the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Aug 9, 2025 for this campaign.
100% from Virginia · 0% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- Virginia $4,250
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $750. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $3,500, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jul 1, 2025 to Aug 9, 2025, net of refunds (3 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: $161K for / $13K 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 45% $73K
- Mail, print & signs 48% $77K
- Ad production 7% $12K
Largest late spenders for
- SD PAC $161K
Latest dissemination on these reports: June 21, 2025. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (7 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 $390K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 85% $332K
- Consultants & strategy 3% $12K
- Fundraising & processing fees 4% $16K
- Travel, meals & events 2% $6,990
- Office, technology & overhead 0.1% $208
- Legal & compliance 2% $6,990
- Other or unclassified 4% $16K
Largest payees
- DK STRATEGIES LLC $200K
- POCKET ACES CONSULTING $118K
- SWITCHBOARD $13K
- PANTOGRAPH LABS LLC $12K
- ASAP PRINTING & GRAPALEXANDRA VA $11K
Paid to individuals: $19K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated May 22, 2025 to Sep 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (50 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.
- James WalkinshawDemocrat · $3.3M raised · $2.7M outside
- Amy RomaDemocrat · $1.3M raised · $44K outside
- Gerald Edward ConnollyDemocrat · $579K raised
- Bree FramDemocrat · $293K raised
- Nathan HeadrickRepublican · $252K raised
- Daniel LeeDemocrat · $137K raised
- Arthur Grahame PurvesRepublican · $39K raised
- Candice BennettDemocrat · $38K raised
- Michael Lewis Van MeterRepublican · $4,579 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.