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Who funds Troy Nehls?

Texas U.S. House District 22RepublicanFiled as incumbentFEC H0TX22302
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What they did in office.

Sitting member of Congress · Troy E. Nehls

In the U.S. House (TX-22) since 2021 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 23 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 3 committees: Judiciary, Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6, 2021, Transportation and Infrastructure · 5 subcommittees
  • 83 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 (H0TX22302) 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.

Troy NehlsFEC filing: Troy Nehls · H0TX22302 ↗
Raised
$411K
Spent
$607K
Cash on hand
$112K
Debts
$127
  • Individuals 39% $159K
  • PACs & other committees 51% $212K
  • Other receipts 10% $40K

Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026. Excludes $19K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $969 supporting · $0 opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. PROTECTING AMERICA'S FUTURESuper PAC $969

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PACCorporate PAC · Space Exploration Technologies Corp. $10K
  2. ALLEGIANT TRAVEL COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate PAC $9,000
  3. LEIDOS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate PAC · Leidos, Inc. $7,500
  4. SMART TD PACUnion PAC · Smart Td $5,000
  5. AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMembership group PAC · American Optometric Association $5,000

Who gave.

Who gives

47% from Texas · 53% from elsewhere

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

93% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Texas $56K
  2. Virginia $25K
  3. New York $7,000
  4. District of Columbia $5,750
  5. Maryland $4,500
  6. Florida $4,049
  7. Georgia $3,516
  8. Wisconsin $3,500

Top employers named by donors

  1. LEIDOS $17K
  2. AMERICAN AIRLINES $2,581

Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.

Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $112K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Itemized gifts dated Feb 3, 2025 to Mar 5, 2026, net of refunds (155 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 Troy Nehls. The outside spending shown from regular reports is the latest available.

Where it went.

Where the money went $505K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $505K of the $607K the campaign reported spending through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Sep 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 0.3% $1,497
  • Consultants & strategy 3% $14K
  • Staff & payroll 8% $42K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 12% $63K
  • Polling, research & data 3% $17K
  • Travel, meals & events 25% $125K
  • Office, technology & overhead 6% $28K
  • Legal & compliance 13% $63K
  • Other or unclassified 30% $153K

Largest payees

  1. AMERICAN EXPRESS $152K
  2. FUNDRAISING, INC. $46K
  3. AXCAPITAL, LLC $41K
  4. MARRIOTT $32K
  5. CHALMERS AND ADAMS LLC $21K

Paid to individuals: $101K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (382 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.