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Who funds Wiley Nickel?

North Carolina U.S. SenateDemocratFiled for an open seatFEC S6NC00340
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The money.

Wiley NickelFEC filing: Wiley Nickel · S6NC00340 ↗
Raised
$589K
Spent
$1.3M
Cash on hand
$0
  • Individuals 91% $535K
  • PACs & other committees 7% $41K
  • Candidate's own money & loans <0.1% $560
  • Other receipts 2% $13K

Campaign totals through Mar 20, 2026.

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

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. REVIVING AMERICAN JOBS AGAIN PAC DBA EQUAL OPPORTUNITY NOWPAC with no sponsoring organization $5,000
  2. LA BAMBA PACLeadership PAC of Ritchie John Torres $2,500
  3. THE MPIRE STRIKES PACLeadership PAC of Jared Moskowitz $2,500
  4. FIGHTING BACK PACLeadership PAC of Brittany Louise Pettersen $2,000
  5. THREE RIVERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC of Kurt Schrader $1,000

Who gave.

Who gives $535K from individuals

20% in small-dollar gifts

$106K of $535K 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 21%. 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 $246K of the $429K the campaign reported itemizing through Mar 20, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Dec 16, 2025 for this campaign.

55% from North Carolina · 45% from elsewhere

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

100% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. North Carolina $135K
  2. California $21K
  3. New York $19K
  4. Virginia $8,900
  5. Ohio $7,250
  6. Wyoming $7,150
  7. Maryland $7,000
  8. Montana $7,000

Top employers named by donors

  1. US DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS $4,083

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: $251K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Mar 20, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 2, 2025 to Dec 16, 2025, net of refunds (788 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 Wiley Nickel.

Where it went.

Where the money went $620K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $620K of the $1.3M the campaign reported spending through Mar 20, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Mar 18, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 11% $71K
  • Consultants & strategy 16% $97K
  • Staff & payroll 48% $296K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 9% $53K
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $10K
  • Office, technology & overhead 8% $47K
  • Legal & compliance 8% $46K

Largest payees

  1. GUSTO $296K
  2. AUTHENTIC CAMPAIGNS $191K
  3. MBA CONSULTING GROUP $46K
  4. NGP VAN INC $27K
  5. ACTBLUE TECHNICAL SERVICES $19K

Paid to individuals: $11K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Mar 18, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (218 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.