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Who funds Timothy L Walberg?

Michigan U.S. House District 5RepublicanFiled as incumbentFEC H4MI07103
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What they did in office.

Sitting member of Congress · Tim Walberg

In the U.S. House (MI-5) since 2011 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 2 committees: Education and Workforce (Chair), Natural Resources · 2 subcommittees
  • 211 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 1 committee reported outside spending for or against them

Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H4MI07103) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

The money.

Timothy L WalbergFEC filing: Timothy L Walberg · H4MI07103 ↗
Raised
$2.1M
Spent
$1.9M
Cash on hand
$1.2M
  • Individuals 55% $1.1M
  • PACs & other committees 45% $949K
  • Party committees <0.1% $250
  • Other receipts 0.3% $6,418

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $115K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $812 supporting · $0 opposing ($366 of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. RIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN VICTORY FUNDSuper PAC $812

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. NORPACPAC with no sponsoring organization $27K
  2. NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC (RESTAURANT PAC)Membership group PAC · National Restaurant Association $10K
  3. ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)Trade association PAC $10K
  4. AMERICAN BAKERS ASSOCIATION AMERICAN BAKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEETrade association PAC · American Bakers Association $10K
  5. MCDONALDS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate PAC · Mcdonalds Corporation $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $1.1M from individuals

7% in small-dollar gifts

$83K of $1.1M 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 $729K of the $1.1M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jul 15, 2026 for this campaign.

43% from Michigan · 57% from elsewhere

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

53% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Michigan $311K
  2. Florida $76K
  3. Virginia $72K
  4. Arizona $56K
  5. New York $41K
  6. New Jersey $35K
  7. District of Columbia $31K
  8. California $17K

Top employers named by donors

  1. FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY $28K
  2. PRINCETON ENTERPRISES LLC $21K
  3. GRAND CANYON EDUCATION $16K
  4. PENN HILL GROUP $9,750
  5. UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX $9,500
  6. MIAMI REGIONAL UNIVERSITY $7,500
  7. GCE $6,041
  8. GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY $6,000
  9. VENABLE $3,250
  10. TODD STRATEGY GROUP $3,041

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: $126K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $490K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 1, 2025 to Jul 15, 2026, net of refunds (677 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: $16K for / $0 against · $3,314 in the final two weeks

That is $15K more than the $812 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.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • Mail, print & signs 78% $12K
  • Phones & texts 22% $3,314

Largest late spenders for

  1. NRA VICTORY FUND, INC. $15K

Latest dissemination on these reports: October 30, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (3 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 $1.6M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $1.6M of the $1.9M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 15, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 7% $111K
  • Consultants & strategy 0.7% $11K
  • Staff & payroll 2% $24K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 24% $368K
  • Polling, research & data 0.5% $7,000
  • Travel, meals & events 8% $126K
  • Office, technology & overhead 3% $43K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 45% $690K
  • Other or unclassified 11% $170K

Largest payees

  1. NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE $675K
  2. AVE FUNDRAISING & CONSULTING LLC $148K
  3. KORNEGAY CONSULTING LLC $144K
  4. TLC COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION - VISA $112K
  5. UNISOURCE DIRECT LLC $49K

Paid to individuals: $235K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jul 15, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (716 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.