2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Virgil Bierschwale?
The money.
- Raised
- $9,988
- Spent
- $9,657
- Cash on hand
- $383
- Individuals 76% $7,638
- Candidate's own money & loans 24% $2,350
Campaign totals through Mar 16, 2026.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Who gave.
Who gives $7,638 from individuals
37% in small-dollar gifts
$2,843 of $7,638 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 $1,160 of the $4,795 the campaign reported itemizing through Mar 16, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Sep 25, 2025 for this campaign.
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $1,160.
Summary through Mar 16, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Sep 1, 2025 to Sep 25, 2025, net of refunds (4 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 Virgil Bierschwale.
Where it went.
Where the money went $9,377 in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 39% $3,654
- Fundraising & processing fees 4% $410
- Office, technology & overhead 3% $313
- Legal & compliance 53% $5,000
Largest payees
- TEXAS GOP $5,000
- BIKER NATION USA $1,000
- AMAZON $725
- THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE $611
- JUNCTION EAGLE $528
Payments dated Jul 16, 2025 to Nov 14, 2025, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (11 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.
- James TalaricoDemocrat · $140M raised · $5.7M outside
- Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr.Republican · $21M raised · $28M outside
- Colin AllredDemocrat · $7.0M raised · $15K outside
- Jasmine CrockettDemocrat · $6.2M raised · $5.2M outside
- John CornynRepublican · $5.8M raised · $11M outside
- Wesley HuntRepublican · $1.7M raised · $14M outside
- Terry VirtsDemocrat · $667K raised
- Keith AllenRepublican · $157K raised
- Theodore E. Brown Jr.Libertarian · $14K raised
- Daniel M SimsLibertarian · $12K raised
- Gulrez KhanRepublican · $11K raised
- Jade SimmonsIndependent · $9,324 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.