2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Tina Shah?
The money.
- Raised
- $2.3M
- Spent
- $2.3M
- Cash on hand
- $39K
- Debts
- $650K
- Individuals 65% $1.5M
- PACs & other committees 3% $62K
- Candidate's own money & loans 28% $650K
- Other receipts 5% $118K
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.
Outside groups: $300K supporting · $0 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Largest direct PAC contributions
- AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS $5,000
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC (OB-GYN PAC) $5,000
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES INC PAC; AKA ACP SERVICES PAC $5,000
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FAMMEDPAC) $5,000
Who gave.
Who gives $1.5M from individuals
17% in small-dollar gifts
$253K of $1.5M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
19% from New Jersey · 81% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
96% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- New Jersey $232K
- California $147K
- Massachusetts $119K
- New York $113K
- Illinois $65K
- Texas $59K
- Pennsylvania $59K
- Georgia $49K
Top employers named by donors
- UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO $12K
- RWJBH $12K
- MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL $12K
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY $11K
- KAISER PERMANENTE $8,700
- TPMG $8,500
- ABRIDGE $6,100
- WELLSTAR $5,001
- CLEVELAND CLINIC $4,750
- GOOGLE $4,500
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: $314K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $799K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jul 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (2,332 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: $300K 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.
What it bought, per the late reports
- Ads, medium not stated 100% $150K
Largest late spenders for
Latest dissemination on these reports: May 14, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (1 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 $2.2M in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 65% $1.4M
- Consultants & strategy 2% $53K
- Staff & payroll 14% $311K
- Fundraising & processing fees 7% $149K
- Polling, research & data 5% $102K
- Travel, meals & events 0.3% $7,306
- Office, technology & overhead 3% $62K
- Legal & compliance 4% $78K
- Contributions, transfers & refunds <0.1% $15
- Other or unclassified 0.1% $1,838
Largest payees
- DELIVER STRATEGIES, LLC $451K
- VIEWPOINT MEDIA LLC $410K
- ADP $310K
- SAGE MEDIA $246K
- ASCEND DIGITAL STRATEGIES LLC $175K
Paid to individuals: $3,626, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jul 1, 2025 to Jun 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (364 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.
- Rebecca BennettDemocrat · $8.2M raised · $2.1M outside
- Thomas H. Kean Jr.Republican · $4.3M raised · $591K outside
- Brian VarelaDemocrat · $2.0M raised
- Michael RothDemocrat · $1.3M raised · $120K outside
- Megan O'RourkeDemocrat · $571K raised
- Gregory Vartan IIIDemocrat · $193K raised
- Beth Ellen AdubatoDemocrat · $168K raised
- Randall TerryIndependent · $74K raised
- Sara SooyDemocrat · $54K raised
- Lana LeguiaLibertarian · $25K raised
- Valentina E. MendozaDemocrat · $1,630 raised
- Michael Joseph GarthDemocrat · $500 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.