2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Tahesha Way?
The money.
- Raised
- $849K
- Spent
- $814K
- Cash on hand
- $35K
- Individuals 98% $829K
- PACs & other committees 2% $16K
- Other receipts 0.5% $3,950
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.
Outside groups: $2.1M supporting · $0 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
- DLGA $1.7M
- ARTICLE ONE PAC $350K
- DMFI PAC $37K
- ROLLING SEA ACTION FUND $15K
Largest direct PAC contributions
- CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PAC $5,000
- HIGHER HEIGHTS FOR AMERICA PAC $3,000
- DLP PAC $1,000
Who gave.
Who gives $829K from individuals
8% in small-dollar gifts
$69K of $829K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
42% from New Jersey · 58% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
26% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- New Jersey $311K
- New York $187K
- California $66K
- Florida $60K
- Texas $18K
- Illinois $14K
- Pennsylvania $12K
- Georgia $11K
Top employers named by donors
- HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH $5,500
- STATE OF NJ $1,500
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: $308K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $431K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Nov 24, 2025 to Feb 11, 2026, net of refunds (576 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: $2.1M for / $0 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.
$389K of the $2.1M 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
- Digital ads 17% $359K
- Ads, medium not stated 64% $1.4M
- Mail, print & signs 11% $230K
- Phones & texts 5% $109K
- Ad production 0.6% $14K
- Other or unclassified 2% $52K
Largest late spenders for
- DLGA $1.7M
- ARTICLE ONE PAC $350K
- DMFI PAC $39K
- ROLLING SEA ACTION FUND $15K
Latest dissemination on these reports: February 5, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (36 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 $797K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 74% $588K
- Consultants & strategy 5% $37K
- Staff & payroll 8% $62K
- Fundraising & processing fees 5% $40K
- Travel, meals & events 2% $19K
- Office, technology & overhead 3% $24K
- Legal & compliance 3% $22K
- Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.4% $2,850
- Other or unclassified 0.1% $721
Largest payees
- BUYING TIME $370K
- MVAR MEDIA, LLC $155K
- GUSTO $62K
- RIPPLE EFFECT STRATEGIES LLC $34K
- DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC. $27K
Paid to individuals: $7,163, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Nov 24, 2025 to Jun 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (146 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.
- Analilia MejiaDemocrat · $2.2M raised · $483K outside
- Tom MalinowskiDemocrat · $1.5M raised · $3.2M outside
- Brendan W GillDemocrat · $1.1M raised · $32K outside
- Joe HathawayRepublican · $838K raised · $183K outside
- Zach BeecherDemocrat · $662K raised · $306K outside
- John BartlettDemocrat · $496K raised
- Jeff GrayzelDemocrat · $485K raised
- Cammie L CroftDemocrat · $382K raised
- Vincent MatriscianoUnaffiliated · $291K raised
- Marc ChaabanDemocrat · $119K raised
- Donald CresitelloDemocrat · $116K raised
- Jean-Louis CauvinDemocrat · $111K 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.