2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Trisha Calvarese?
The money.
No campaign summary is in the FEC bulk file for this filing yet.
Outside groups: $61 supporting · $0 opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Who gave.
Who gives
30% from Colorado · 70% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
99.7% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Colorado $130K
- California $75K
- New York $24K
- Massachusetts $24K
- Florida $19K
- Washington $16K
- Texas $16K
- Illinois $15K
Top employers named by donors
- LOCKHEED MARTIN $920
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: $330K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $109K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Itemized gifts dated May 5, 2025 to May 12, 2026, net of refunds (5,753 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 Trisha Calvarese. The outside spending shown from regular reports is the latest available.
Where it went.
Where the money went $2.1M in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 40% $835K
- Consultants & strategy 9% $181K
- Staff & payroll 10% $216K
- Fundraising & processing fees 29% $616K
- Polling, research & data 0.2% $4,682
- Travel, meals & events 0.2% $5,236
- Office, technology & overhead 7% $155K
- Legal & compliance 5% $101K
- Other or unclassified <0.1% $262
Largest payees
- PRANAYAMA STRATEGIES $387K
- SWITCHBOARD PUBLIC BENEFIT CORP $231K
- GUSTO $215K
- TRUE BLUE ANALYTICS LLC $178K
- ANNE LEWIS STRATEGIES $175K
Paid to individuals: $956, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Sep 21, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (596 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.
- Eileen LaubacherDemocrat · $14M raised · $80K outside
- Lauren BoebertRepublican · $1.1M raised · $370K outside
- Jenna Michalik PrestonDemocrat · $101K raised
- John J Padora Jr.Democrat · $94K raised
- Timothy VeldhuizenUnaffiliated · $21K raised
- Michael Kurtis MaddoxDemocrat · $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.