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Who funds William Redpath?

Ohio U.S. SenateLibertarianFiled as challengerFEC S6OH00429
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The money.

William RedpathFEC filing: William Redpath · S6OH00429 ↗
Raised
$55K
Spent
$47K
Cash on hand
$8,255
Debts
$5,000
  • Individuals 53% $29K
  • PACs & other committees 3% $1,723
  • Party committees 11% $5,975
  • Candidate's own money & loans 33% $18K
  • Other receipts <0.1% $5

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.

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

Who gave.

Who gives $29K from individuals

12% in small-dollar gifts

$3,423 of $29K 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 $2,250 of the $26K the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 16, 2026 for this campaign.

0% from Ohio · 100% from elsewhere

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

Top states

  1. Virginia $1,000
  2. California $500
  3. Illinois $500
  4. Maryland $250

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $500. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $1,750, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Apr 9, 2026 to Jun 16, 2026, 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.

Outside spending including late reports: $1.9M for / $0 against · $1.1M in the final two weeks

Source: FEC 24- and 48-hour reports. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

$11K of the $1.9M 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

  • Digital ads <0.1% $536
  • Ads, medium not stated 75% $1.4M
  • Mail, print & signs 11% $208K
  • Phones & texts 3% $60K
  • Ad production 11% $219K

Largest late spenders for

  1. BUCKEYE FREEDOM PAC $1.9M
  2. PRINCIPLED PATRIOTS PAC $10K
  3. STARKFREEDOM PAC $536

Latest dissemination on these reports: October 30, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (46 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 $23K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $23K of the $47K the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 18, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 13% $3,000
  • Consultants & strategy 38% $8,800
  • Legal & compliance 15% $3,525
  • Other or unclassified 34% $7,715

Largest payees

  1. LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF OHIO FEDERAL FUND $4,975
  2. ADVANCED MICRO TARGETING, INC. $3,525

Paid to individuals: $15K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 20, 2026 to Jun 18, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (17 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.