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Who funds William Lawrence?

Michigan U.S. House District 7DemocratFiled as challengerFEC H6MI07298
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The money.

William LawrenceFEC filing: William Lawrence · H6MI07298 ↗
Raised
$4.1M
Spent
$3.5M
Cash on hand
$629K
Debts
$10K
  • Individuals 92% $3.8M
  • PACs & other committees 7% $295K
  • Party committees 0.1% $5,000
  • Candidate's own money & loans 0.3% $13K
  • Other receipts <0.1% $1,796

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $41K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $831K supporting · $3.7M opposing ($2.9M of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. NATIONAL NURSES UNITED FOR PATIENT PROTECTIONSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $400K
  2. WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $242K
  3. HMPHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $141K
  4. MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $30K
  5. PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC (super PAC account)98% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $10K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. CLFHybrid PAC (super PAC account)99% of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $2.8M
  2. CRUSH MAGA PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $909K
  3. NEW DEMOCRAT MAJORITYSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $48K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $10K
  2. PROGRESSIVE VOTERS OF AMERICALeadership PAC of Bernard Sanders $10K
  3. WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $10K
  4. SWING LEFTHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $9,910
  5. ROOTED IN COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC of Rashida Tlaib $8,000

Who gave.

Who gives $3.8M from individuals

24% in small-dollar gifts

$916K of $3.8M 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 $773K of the $2.9M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jul 15, 2026 for this campaign.

44% from Michigan · 56% from elsewhere

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

68% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Michigan $343K
  2. California $74K
  3. New York $52K
  4. District of Columbia $50K
  5. Arizona $35K
  6. Washington $33K
  7. Illinois $33K
  8. Pennsylvania $29K

Top employers named by donors

  1. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY $15K
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN $9,059
  3. STATE OF MICHIGAN $8,086
  4. INGHAM COUNTY $3,550
  5. SUNRISE MOVEMENT $2,750
  6. MSU $2,625
  7. WORKING FAMILIES PARTY $1,150
  8. CONSUMERS ENERGY $975
  9. SINGLE BARREL SOCIAL $750

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: $407K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $323K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jul 25, 2025 to Jul 15, 2026, net of refunds (2,197 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.

Outside spending including late reports: $4.4M for / $14M against · $8.0M in the final two weeks

That is $14M more than the $4.6M in regular reports alone. Source: FEC regular reports plus 24- and 48-hour reports they do not yet cover. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

$1.9M of the $15M on late reports was filed as an estimate. A 24- or 48-hour report is due within a day or two of the spending; the spender's later regular report carries the final cost.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • TV, radio & streaming TV 64% $9.8M
  • Digital ads 18% $2.7M
  • Ads, medium not stated 4% $657K
  • Mail, print & signs 5% $827K
  • Phones & texts 2% $290K
  • Canvassing & field 6% $946K
  • Ad production 0.8% $118K
  • Other or unclassified 0.1% $22K

Largest late spenders for

  1. NATIONAL NURSES UNITED FOR PATIENT PROTECTION $800K
  2. LCV VICTORY FUND $669K
  3. WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PAC $514K
  4. MICHIGAN SUNRISE PAC $497K
  5. HMP $420K

Largest late spenders against

  1. SAFETY & AFFORDABILITY PAC INC. $7.2M
  2. ROLLING SEA ACTION FUND $1.0M
  3. CRUSH MAGA PAC $909K
  4. CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION $598K
  5. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $462K

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 2, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (416 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗

Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Where it went.

Where the money went $724K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $724K of the $3.5M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 15, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 55% $400K
  • Consultants & strategy 17% $123K
  • Staff & payroll 0.2% $1,713
  • Fundraising & processing fees 13% $95K
  • Polling, research & data 1% $9,500
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $12K
  • Office, technology & overhead 6% $46K
  • Legal & compliance 5% $33K
  • Other or unclassified 0.7% $5,104

Largest payees

  1. MIDDLE SEAT CONSULTING $319K
  2. MOXIE MEDIA $31K
  3. POCKETBOOK STRATEGIES $30K
  4. LEFT RISING $28K
  5. GOOD RANT COMMUNICATIONS $28K

Paid to individuals: $102K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jul 25, 2025 to Jul 15, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (388 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.