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Who funds Teresa Benitez-Thompson?

Nevada U.S. House District 2DemocratFiled for an open seatFEC H6NV02362
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The money.

Teresa Benitez-ThompsonFEC filing: Teresa Benitez-Thompson · H6NV02362 ↗
Raised
$1.1M
Spent
$873K
Cash on hand
$182K
Debts
$51K
  • Individuals 83% $876K
  • PACs & other committees 15% $158K
  • Candidate's own money & loans 2% $20K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.

Outside groups: $10 supporting · $82K opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSuper PAC $10

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. FREEDOM CAUCUS FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account)97% of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $82K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAWUnion PAC · Int'L Union United Automobile Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers Of America Uaw $5,000
  2. LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PACUnion PAC · Laborers' International Union Of North America $5,000
  3. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L EUnion PAC · American Federation Of State, County And Municipal Employees, Afl-Cio $5,000
  4. SUPPORTERS OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL UNION #3 ENDORSED CANDIDATESUnion PAC · Operating Engineers Local Union #3 $5,000
  5. EMILYS LISTPAC with no sponsoring organization $5,000

Who gave.

Who gives $876K from individuals

21% in small-dollar gifts

$180K of $876K 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 $156K of the $696K the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026 for this campaign.

87% from Nevada · 13% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

84% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Nevada $137K
  2. California $12K
  3. Massachusetts $3,500
  4. New Hampshire $1,000
  5. Virginia $750
  6. Nebraska $500
  7. New York $500
  8. Tennessee $500

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $95K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $62K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Mar 11, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (356 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: $258K for / $2.2M against · $1.1M in the final two weeks

That is $2.4M more than the $82K in regular reports alone. Source: FEC regular reports plus 24- and 48-hour reports they do not yet cover. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

$185K of the $2.5M 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

  • TV, radio & streaming TV 70% $1.7M
  • Digital ads 13% $318K
  • Ads, medium not stated 11% $271K
  • Mail, print & signs 3% $69K
  • Phones & texts 0.6% $14K
  • Canvassing & field 2% $42K
  • Ad production 1% $29K
  • Other or unclassified 0.2% $4,650

Largest late spenders for

  1. SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) $107K
  2. MAKE THE ROAD ACTION POLITICAL COMMITTEE $69K
  3. WORKING AMERICA $30K
  4. COMMUNITY CHANGE VOTERS $22K
  5. ONE APIA PAC $20K

Largest late spenders against

  1. CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION $753K
  2. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $675K
  3. WIN IT BACK PAC $420K
  4. FREEDOM CAUCUS FUND $271K
  5. AMERICAN PRINCIPLES PROJECT PAC $49K

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 3, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (62 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 $116K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $116K of the $873K the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 15% $18K
  • Consultants & strategy 31% $35K
  • Staff & payroll 15% $17K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 17% $19K
  • Polling, research & data 3% $2,980
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $2,416
  • Office, technology & overhead 12% $14K
  • Legal & compliance 7% $7,500

Largest payees

  1. CHANGING DYNAMICS $53K
  2. GUSTO $17K
  3. TISSOT SOLUTIONS LLC $13K
  4. MB3 POLITICAL LLC $9,729
  5. BLUE WAVE POLITICAL PARTNERS, LLC $7,500

Paid to individuals: $480, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Feb 22, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (88 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.

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.