2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Sylvester Turner?
The money.
- Raised
- $29K
- Spent
- $237K
- Cash on hand
- $410
- Individuals 69% $20K
- PACs & other committees 31% $9,000
- Other receipts 0.4% $109
Campaign totals through Oct 31, 2025.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives
66% from Texas · 34% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
62% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Texas $13K
- Mississippi $6,600
- District of Columbia $250
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $5,800. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $14K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Itemized gifts dated Jan 1, 2025 to Feb 21, 2025, net of refunds (9 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.
No 24- or 48-hour report in the FEC file read November 4, 2026 names Sylvester Turner.
Where it went.
Where the money went $111K in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $111K of the $237K the campaign reported spending through Oct 31, 2025. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Oct 14, 2025.
- Advertising & outreach 1% $1,600
- Consultants & strategy 8% $9,072
- Staff & payroll 0.2% $250
- Fundraising & processing fees 18% $20K
- Travel, meals & events 20% $23K
- Office, technology & overhead 13% $15K
- Legal & compliance 22% $25K
- Other or unclassified 17% $19K
Largest payees
- CAPITOL COMPLIANCE ASSOCIATES $23K
- AMERICAN EXPRESS $19K
- THE FROST GROUP LLC $15K
- STRONG STRATEGIES LLC $11K
- GRANT MARTIN CAMPAIGNS $9,617
Paid to individuals: $9,719, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2025, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (72 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.
- Christian MenefeeDemocrat · $3.8M raised · $7.1M outside
- Amanda EdwardsDemocrat · $1.9M raised
- Alexander GreenDemocrat · $1.7M raised · $47K outside
- Isaiah MartinDemocrat · $1.2M raised
- Stephen HueyDemocrat · $38K raised
- Gretchen BrownDemocrat · $18K raised
- Allen D BerryRepublican · $8,512 raised
- Cyrus SajnaRepublican · $0 raised
- Elizabeth VencesRepublican · $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.