2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Zelda Briarwood?
The money.
- Raised
- $39K
- Spent
- $40K
- Cash on hand
- $17
- Debts
- $1,500
- Individuals 56% $22K
- PACs & other committees 0.6% $250
- Candidate's own money & loans 43% $17K
Campaign totals through Mar 31, 2026.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $22K from individuals
21% in small-dollar gifts
$4,657 of $22K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
90% from North Carolina · 10% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- North Carolina $16K
- Massachusetts $1,250
- Georgia $251
- Texas $250
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $6,150. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $11K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Mar 31, 2026. Itemized gifts dated May 18, 2025 to Mar 7, 2026, net of refunds (32 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 Zelda Briarwood.
Where it went.
Where the money went $39K in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 1% $381
- Consultants & strategy 93% $36K
- Fundraising & processing fees 0.7% $288
- Office, technology & overhead 1% $394
- Other or unclassified 5% $1,819
Largest payees
- PTGR STRATEGIES $34K
- ASHEVILLE VIDEO MARKETING $2,000
- NC STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS $1,740
- ACTBLUE $603
- VISTAPRINT $381
Payments dated May 14, 2025 to Mar 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (46 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.
- Jamie AgerDemocrat · $5.4M raised · $317K outside
- Chuck EdwardsRepublican · $980K raised · $693K outside
- Jennifer BalkcomRepublican · $357K raised · $1.8M outside
- Richard HudspethDemocrat · $217K raised
- Morris D. DavisDemocrat · $111K raised
- Christopher John HarjesDemocrat · $74K raised
- Adam R. SmithRepublican · $67K raised
- Jacob LawrenceDemocrat · $43K raised
- Lee WhippleDemocrat · $2,882 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.