2026 outside spending · who is behind it
Who is behind PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT?
In FEC filings processed so far, PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT reported $2.9M in independent expenditures in 2026 House and Senate races: $2.9M supporting and $0 opposing candidates, across 40 candidates. The filer designated 92% of it for the general election.
Who it spent for and against.
Independent expenditures are, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate. Spending for a candidate is the group's own advertising or outreach, not a contribution to the campaign.
Supporting · $2.9M
- Samuel Kelley Forstag Democrat · Montana U.S. House District 1$342K
- Mitchell Berman Democrat · Wisconsin U.S. House District 1$212K
- Elaine Luria Democrat · Virginia U.S. House District 2$210K
- Roy Cooper Democrat · North Carolina U.S. Senate$157K
- Sherrod Brown Democrat · Ohio U.S. Senate$144K
- Shannon Leigh Taylor Democrat · Virginia U.S. House District 1$133K
- Amish Shah Democrat · Arizona U.S. House District 1$127K
- Rebecca Bennett Democrat · New Jersey U.S. House District 7$119K
- Don Davis Democrat · North Carolina U.S. House District 1$109K
- Joanna Mendoza Democrat · Arizona U.S. House District 6$99K
- Brian Poindexter Democrat · Ohio U.S. House District 7$98K
- James Talarico Democrat · Texas U.S. Senate$94K
- Rebecca Cooke Democrat · Wisconsin U.S. House District 3$89K
- Kathy Castor Democrat · Florida U.S. House District 14$78K
- Jamie Ager Democrat · North Carolina U.S. House District 11$65K
- Marcy M.C. Kaptur Democrat · Ohio U.S. House District 9$54K
- Bobby Pulido Democrat · Texas U.S. House District 15$53K
- Abdul El-Sayed Democrat · Michigan U.S. Senate$52K
- Denise Powell Democrat · Nebraska U.S. House District 2$48K
- Dan Osborn Independent · Nebraska U.S. Senate$48K
- Jonathan Michael Nez Democrat · Arizona U.S. House District 2$47K
- Johnny Garcia Democrat · Texas U.S. House District 35$47K
- Joshua Turek Democrat · Iowa U.S. Senate$44K
- Paige Cognetti Democrat · Pennsylvania U.S. House District 8$41K
- Darren Soto Democrat · Florida U.S. House District 9$41K
- Christina Hines Democrat · Michigan U.S. House District 10$40K
- Christina Bohannan Democrat · Iowa U.S. House District 1$27K
- Pia Dandiya Democrat · Florida U.S. House District 22$25K
- Leela J Gray Democrat · Florida U.S. House District 13$24K
- Bob Brooks Democrat · Pennsylvania U.S. House District 7$23K
- Jared Moskowitz Democrat · Florida U.S. House District 25$23K
- Robert J Harvie Democrat · Pennsylvania U.S. House District 1$22K
- Jacob Johnson Democratic-Farmer-Labor · Minnesota U.S. House District 1$21K
- Sarah Trone Garriott Democrat · Iowa U.S. House District 3$20K
- Shomari C. Figures Democrat · Alabama U.S. House District 2$15K
- Matt Dunlap Democrat · Maine U.S. House District 2$15K
- Troy Dale Jackson Democrat · Maine U.S. Senate$15K
- Sean McCann Democrat · Michigan U.S. House District 4$12K
- Lindsay James Democrat · Iowa U.S. House District 2$10K
- William Lawrence Democrat · Michigan U.S. House District 7$10K
Opposing · $0
No spending opposing a candidate among the candidates listed here.
Who funds it.
Listed: organizations and committees that gave this group at least $10K this cycle, and individuals who gave it at least $250K (counting contributions of $5,000 or more), named and employed as filed with the FEC. Smaller donors are not named here and no address is shown.
These funders account for $19M of the $27M in itemized receipts this group reported for the cycle (70%). Receipts include transfers from other committees and can include refunds or loans.
Committees
- STOP REPUBLICANS Hybrid PAC (super PAC account) · FEC C00633404$6.1M
- PROGRESSIVE TAKEOVER ↗ Hybrid PAC (super PAC account) · FEC C00659599$3.5M
- STOP THESE OPPRESSIVE PEOPLE: TYRANTS RACISTS UNQUALIFIEDS MISOGYNISTS PROPAGANDISTS (STOP TRUMP) ↗ Hybrid PAC (super PAC account) · FEC C00847673$3.0M
- DEM TURNOUT 2026 ↗ Hybrid PAC (super PAC account) · FEC C00894295$1.7M
- DEMOCRACYFIRST PAC Hybrid PAC (super PAC account) · FEC C00808998$1.5M
- STOP REPUBLICANS 2026 ↗ Hybrid PAC (super PAC account) · FEC C00939843$425K
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT 2026 ↗ Hybrid PAC (super PAC account) · FEC C00946772$400K
- DEM TURNOUT FUND ↗ Hybrid PAC (super PAC account) · FEC C00889808$100K
Organizations
- DEMOCRACY FIRST PAC Organization, as filed$745K
- DEM TURNOUT 2024 Organization, as filed$630K
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT 527 COMMITTEE Organization, as filed$433K
- AMALGAMATED BANK Organization, as filed$384K
- CIBC BANK Organization, as filed$108K
- EQUILAR, INC Organization, as filed$102K
- RALLY BY RELENTLESS Organization, as filed$57K
- STOP REPUBLICANS NON-CONTRIBUTION Organization, as filed$40K
- DEM TURNOUT 2026 NON CONTRIBUTION Organization, as filed$20K
- CELCO Organization, as filed$11K
Gives to other outside groups.
Outside groups that reported PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT among their funders this cycle.
- STOP REPUBLICANS $2.5M
- DEMOCRATIC GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUND $580K
- DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE $15K
- CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PAC $2.1M in outside spending$10K
What this does not show.
A gift to an outside group is not a gift to any candidate, and nothing here shows that a funder chose, saw or approved a particular ad. When a funder is a nonprofit, a company or another group, the FEC record names that donor and stops: the people and companies who fund it are not shown unless it reports them to the FEC. Groups that do not file with the FEC, state-level groups and late 24- and 48-hour reports are not included.
FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Outside spending is independent expenditures for or against named 2026 House and Senate candidates, itemized by committees in the FEC bulk files, primaries included, with the general-election share as each filer designated it. Funders are itemized receipts in the FEC bulk files for the cycle. Late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs, independent expenditures reported by groups that are not political committees, state-level groups and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor, agreement or wrongdoing.
