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Who funds Tyler Kistner?

Minnesota U.S. House District 2RepublicanFiled for an open seatFEC H6MN02255
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The money.

Tyler KistnerFEC filing: Tyler Kistner · H6MN02255 ↗
Raised
$351K
Spent
$432K
Cash on hand
$-150
  • Individuals 92% $322K
  • PACs & other committees 7% $24K
  • Other receipts 1% $4,510

Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026. Excludes $81K moved between the candidate's own committees.

No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. OLD BREED PACLeadership PAC of Richard Dean McCormick $3,500
  2. NO FAIL MISSION PACLeadership PAC of Adam Schwarze $3,500
  3. PLUS PACLeadership PAC of Greg Plucinski $3,500
  4. THE GUARDIAN FUNDJoint fundraising committee $2,500
  5. SKOL PACLeadership PAC of Tyler Kistner $2,037

Who gave.

Who gives $322K from individuals

63% in small-dollar gifts

$204K of $322K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

Adding itemized gifts from donors whose itemized total is $200 or less, about 67%. Many small gifts sent through ActBlue or WinRed are itemized anyway, so the first figure runs low; this estimate groups donors by name and ZIP code as filed and counts only itemized gifts already in the FEC bulk file.

The itemized gifts below add up to $104K of the $119K the campaign reported itemizing through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Aug 14, 2026 for this campaign.

62% from Minnesota · 38% from elsewhere

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

35% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Minnesota $64K
  2. Texas $10K
  3. Ohio $6,500
  4. California $5,880
  5. Nevada $3,729
  6. West Virginia $3,682
  7. Florida $2,875
  8. Washington $1,750

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $67K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $37K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated May 15, 2025 to Aug 14, 2026, net of refunds (436 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 Tyler Kistner.

Where it went.

Where the money went $409K in itemized spending

  • Advertising & outreach 53% $217K
  • Consultants & strategy 9% $38K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 11% $45K
  • Polling, research & data 19% $79K
  • Travel, meals & events 0.8% $3,336
  • Legal & compliance 6% $23K
  • Other or unclassified 0.9% $3,500

Largest payees

  1. MDI IMAGING & MAIL $67K
  2. STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT $67K
  3. POSTAGE FOR DIRECT MAIL FUNDRAISING, LLC $42K
  4. ONPOINT DATA STRATEGY LLC $34K
  5. FULFILLMENT SOLUTIONS INC. $30K

Paid to individuals: $37K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated May 29, 2025 to Sep 17, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (216 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.