Mississippi U.S. House District 1

The count.

Checking the election sources…

Side by side.

Raised excludes transfers between a candidate's own committees. Shares are of that total. Filings appear in order of money raised; this includes primary candidates who are no longer running.

Who spent from outside.

The largest independent spenders in this race, summed from each candidate's five largest spenders on each side.

• VOTE COURAGE 4 DEMOCRACY FUNDSuper PAC$18K for Cliff Johnson

Each campaign.

• John Trent KellyFEC filing: John Trent Kelly · H6MS01131 ↗

  Sitting member of Congress · Trent Kelly

  In the U.S. House (MS-1) since 2015 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 3 committees: Agriculture, Armed Services, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence · 6 subcommittees
  • 165 committees reported contributions to them this cycle

  Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H6MS01131) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

  Raised

  $1.3M

  Spent

  $1.1M

  Cash on hand

  $834K

  • Individuals 48% $631K
  • PACs & other committees 51% $675K
  • Other receipts 0.3% $4,561

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $3,910 moved between the candidate's own committees.

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

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. ARPACMembership group PAC $13K
  2. AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)Trade association PAC · American Bankers Association (aba) $10K
  3. AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PACTrade association PAC · America'S Credit Unions $10K

  Where the money went $707K in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $707K of the $1.1M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 4% $27K
  • Consultants & strategy 21% $146K
  • Staff & payroll 1% $8,500
  • Fundraising & processing fees 21% $150K
  • Travel, meals & events 4% $31K
  • Legal & compliance 2% $13K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 20% $140K
  • Other or unclassified 27% $192K

  Largest payees

  1. BALDWIN & ASSOCIATES, INC. $158K
  2. FIRST BANKCARD $125K
  3. NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE $123K
  4. FUNDRAISING INC $113K
  5. CITI CARDS $66K

  Paid to individuals: $53K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (215 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.

• Cliff JohnsonFEC filing: Cliff Johnson · H6MS01313 ↗

  Raised

  $849K

  Spent

  $759K

  Cash on hand

  $89K

  • Individuals 94% $797K
  • PACs & other committees 2% $15K
  • Party committees <0.1% $200
  • Candidate's own money & loans 4% $35K
  • Other receipts 0.2% $2,022

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.

  Outside groups: $18K supporting · $0 opposing

  Biggest spenders supporting

  1. VOTE COURAGE 4 DEMOCRACY FUNDSuper PAC $18K

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEEUnion PAC · Communications Workers Of America $3,000
  2. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)Membership group PAC · American Association For Justice (aaj) $2,500
  3. GROUNDWORK PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $2,500

  Where the money went $396K in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $396K of the $759K the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 44% $173K
  • Consultants & strategy 15% $60K
  • Staff & payroll 11% $45K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 17% $67K
  • Polling, research & data 3% $10K
  • Travel, meals & events 0.1% $372
  • Office, technology & overhead 4% $14K
  • Legal & compliance 6% $24K
  • Other or unclassified 0.7% $2,585

  Largest payees

  1. THE PIVOT GROUP INC $81K
  2. GUSTO $43K
  3. DLC CONSULTING LLC $43K
  4. MALBERT MEDIA $41K
  5. SAGE MEDIA PLANNING & PLACEMENT INC $34K

  Paid to individuals: $25K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Oct 2, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (219 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.

• Kelvin Oneal BuckFEC filing: Kelvin Oneal Buck · H6MS01305 ↗

  Raised

  $36K

  Spent

  $38K

  Cash on hand

  $-1,455

  Debts

  $16K

  • Individuals 56% $20K
  • Candidate's own money & loans 17% $6,000
  • Other receipts 28% $10K

  Campaign totals through Mar 31, 2026.

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

  Where the money went $27K in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $27K of the $38K the campaign reported spending through Mar 31, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Mar 9, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 35% $9,194
  • Consultants & strategy 45% $12K
  • Staff & payroll 3% $700
  • Travel, meals & events 6% $1,620
  • Office, technology & overhead 3% $877
  • Legal & compliance 2% $500
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 2% $600
  • Other or unclassified 4% $1,058

  Largest payees

  1. JAMES HULL-MULTI MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS GROUP $7,300
  2. JAMES HULL-MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS GROUP $4,800
  3. COPY CRITTERS $1,448
  4. R & B SPECIALTY PRINTING $1,277
  5. CUMULUS BROADCASTING $1,000

  Paid to individuals: $6,350, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Oct 17, 2025 to Mar 9, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (31 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.

Also registered for this seat, with no campaign summary or outside spending in the bulk file: Montravius Hall.