Ohio U.S. House District 11

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.

• SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSuper PAC$10 for M Shontel Brown

Each campaign.

• M Shontel BrownFEC filing: M Shontel Brown · H2OH11169 ↗

  Sitting member of Congress · Shontel M. Brown

  In the U.S. House (OH-11) since 2021 · 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, Oversight and Government Reform, Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party · 3 subcommittees
  • 201 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 1 committee reported outside spending for or against them

  Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H2OH11169) 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

  $1.6M

  Spent

  $1.2M

  Cash on hand

  $1.2M

  • Individuals 36% $570K
  • PACs & other committees 63% $984K
  • Other receipts 0.8% $13K

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.

  Outside groups: $10 supporting · $0 opposing

  Biggest spenders supporting

  1. SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSuper PAC $10

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; AKA DFA-PACCooperative PAC · Dairy Farmers Of America, Inc. $10K
  2. MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSUnion PAC · International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers $10K
  3. UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUBUnion PAC $10K

  Where the money went $609K in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $609K of the $1.2M 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 21% $127K
  • Consultants & strategy 5% $31K
  • Staff & payroll 0.1% $557
  • Fundraising & processing fees 32% $193K
  • Polling, research & data 8% $50K
  • Travel, meals & events 18% $112K
  • Office, technology & overhead 2% $15K
  • Legal & compliance 6% $36K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 3% $18K
  • Other or unclassified 5% $28K

  Largest payees

  1. BALODIS GROUP, LLC $98K
  2. ADVANCED NETWORK STRATEGIES LLC $60K
  3. HUNTINGTON CONVENTION CENTER OF CLEVELAND $49K
  4. NGP VAN $44K
  5. QWESTCOM GRAPHICS INC $42K

  Paid to individuals: $22K, 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 (335 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: James Terrelle Hemphill, David Light, Cortney Peterson, Ardelia Holmes, Sean Freeman, Mike Kirchner.