$2.8M raised, $2.7M spent, $145.8K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
Who gives
2.4% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 66% from Georgia · largest committee giver AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC), $15K
Outside groups
$782.8K supporting, $40.1K opposing Cowan
Their wordsWhat does Cowan say they will do?
5 priorities from cowanforcongress.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
5 priorities · 5 quoted statements
Fix the problems created by Obamacare — lower premiums, expand choices, and put patients back in charge of their own care. No more band-aids. Real, lasting solutions.
Get real results on affordability by delivering meaningful tax relief for families and small businesses, investing in American workers, and strengthening domestic industries — not selling our future to foreign adversaries.
Require proof of citizenship to vote, secure our election infrastructure, and demand full transparency in how ballots are cast and counted — make it easy to vote and impossible to cheat.
Clean up Washington by banning Congressional stock trading, strengthening ethics rules, and fighting for term limits — it’s not supposed to be a career.
MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$2.8M
$2,824,606
Spent
$2.7M
$2,678,788
Cash on hand
$145.8K
$145,818
FEC filings, Jan 1, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00938175 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
95¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 6 reports ($2.7M of $2.8M). Cash on hand went from $1.4M on Mar 31, 2026 to $145.8K on Oct 14, 2026.
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
$1M$2M
Mar ’26
Apr ’26
May ’26
Jun ’26
Sep ’26
Oct ’26
Raised, spent and cash on hand by FEC report
Report
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026
$1,739,445
$369,687
$1,369,758
PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through Apr 29, 2026
$163,862
$1,228,249
$305,370
PRE-RUN-OFF 2026 through May 27, 2026
$242,579
$340,661
$207,288
JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026
$201,911
$391,570
$17,630
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026
$438,486
$190,261
$265,854
PRE-GENERAL 2026 through Oct 14, 2026
$38,324
$158,360
$145,818
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
Where the money came from $2,824,606 reported receipts
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LoansMoney the campaign borrowed this cycle, from the candidate or a lender, which it may repay.$1,750,02062%
Who lent it
John Cowanthe candidate’s own money · 6 loans · $1.8M not yet repaid$1,750,000
Each loan as the campaign’s report through Oct 14, 2026 lists it, with what is still owed. A loan from an earlier cycle can appear here, and one repaid in full drops off the report, so the list need not add up to the row.
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$603,95821%
Largest donors
Kevin Foley4 contributions, latest Oct 2, 2026 · NEUROSURGEON · SEMMES-MURPHEY CLINIC · MEMPHIS, TN$17,410
Keith Raziano3 contributions, latest Apr 7, 2026 · PHYSICIAN · THE PHYSICIANS · ATLANTA, GA$11,074
Every contest for this seat that named this candidate, most recent last; a result is shown once the race is called. Election dates and results from civicAPI (civicapi.org). civicAPI aggregates results from Secretaries of State and equivalent election bodies, and makes its own race calls. civicapi.org ↗
E. Wright Ledbetter3 contributions, latest May 10, 2026 · COO · LEDBETTER PROPERTIES, LLC. · ROME, GA$7,286
Brian Brown2 contributions, latest Jul 8, 2026 · ATTORNEY · ZAREMBA BROWN, PLLC · NEW YORK, NY$7,000
Jim OwensOne contribution on Feb 16, 2026 · RETIRED · NONE · ROME, GA$7,000
Howard Rich2 contributions, latest Jun 16, 2026 · BALA CYNWYD, PA$7,000
Matt SewellOne contribution on Feb 16, 2026 · BUSINESS OPERATOR · SUNRISE MFG INC · EL DORADO HILLS, CA$7,000
Bret Tanner2 contributions, latest Aug 18, 2026 · OPERATIONS MANAGER · ARYLESSENCE, INC. · CANTON, GA$7,000
John Tanner2 contributions, latest Aug 18, 2026 · CEO · ARYLESSENCE, INC. · ROSWELL, GA$7,000
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 466 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $604.3K.
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$331,50012%
The 12 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 115 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $326.3K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
TransfersMoney moved in from the candidate's other authorized committees, such as a joint fundraising committee.$123,9964.4%
Money moved in from the candidate’s other authorized committees, such as a joint fundraising committee. It was raised once and is reported again here on arrival. The largest of the sources is listed. In all, 7 transfers were filed this cycle, totaling $124K.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$15,1070.5%
Refunds and rebatesMoney coming back to the campaign: rebates and refunds of what it spent.$25<0.1%
Total reported receipts $2,824,606
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $604,343 placed by state
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under $15.9K
$15.9K+
$63.7K+
$143.3K+
$254.7K+
none
Outlined: Georgia, home state
Home state and away
Georgia 66%GA 66%Elsewhere 34%
66% of the money placed by state came from inside Georgia: $398K of $604.3K.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
Georgia home313 contributions · 66%
$398,002
Florida29 contributions · 5.5%
$33,282
Tennessee10 contributions · 4.2%
$25,303
New York7 contributions · 3.1%
$18,500
California7 contributions · 2.5%
$15,266
Indiana11 contributions · 2.5%
$15,165
Texas8 contributions · 2.2%
$13,353
North Carolina11 contributions · 2.1%
$12,847
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 28 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
Donors’ employers as filed
Donors’ employers
Employer as filed
Amount
Arylessence INC7 contributions · 5.6% of ranked
$24,500
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 28 contributions · 4.1% of ranked
$17,992
Semmes-murphey Clinic4 contributions · 3.9% of ranked
$17,410
RetiredWritten instead of an employer · 12 contributions · 3% of ranked
$13,300
The Physicians3 contributions · 2.5% of ranked
$11,074
Ledbetter Properties LLC6 contributions · 2.2% of ranked
$9,598
Medicraft3 contributions · 2% of ranked
$8,786
Sunrise MFG INC1 contribution · 1.6% of ranked
$7,000
A further $155,618 came from donors whose answer names no employer (Information requested, None, blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 employer spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($15,107) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Money from groups, by interest $1,149,182
What the committees giving to Cowan’s campaign or spending on ads about Cowan are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
For Cowan $1,109,086
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Groups that state a purpose of making AI safer or limiting it. Groups the AI industry runs are under Tech & AI.$758.6K68%
Physicians, dentists and other health professionals, whose PACs are usually run by a professional association.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$119.5K11%
PACs a politician sponsors or runs: a leadership PAC (the FEC’s designation D), a committee the FEC lists as sponsored by a candidate, or a super PAC the politician’s own team runs and press reports tie to them. One that exists only for that politician’s own race is under Groups spending on one race.$65.5K5.9%
Another candidate’s own campaign committee, or a joint fundraising committee. Money one campaign gives another counts here.$31.2K2.8%
Groups that state a purpose on health-care policy or on retirees’ and seniors’ interests.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$30.1K2.7%
Airlines, railroads, trucking, shipping, car makers and car dealers, with their PACs and associations. Transportation unions are under Labor unions.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$15K1.4%
Groups that state a pro-Israel purpose, and the groups AIPAC’s network funds or runs, such as United Democracy Project. Placed by their own words, a stated tie to that network, or their main funder.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$10K0.9%
$79.1K7.1%
Against Cowan $40,096
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Committees that state no purpose of their own and get half or more of their money from one person who gave $1 million or more. The person is named beside the committee.$22.5K56%
Groups set up for one candidate or one race: no parent organization, and 80% or more of their spending on that race, for a candidate, against their rival, or both. A group that is part of an older organization (a trade, union or caucus PAC, or a party leaders’ super PAC shell) stays in its own place even when it spends on one race, and one that has spread across races is filed by its side.$17.6K44%
“Proposed” marks money from groups whose place is not yet reviewed by a person. Each group is placed by its filings and its own words, never by which party it backs. Every interest · How groups are placed
Outside spending $1,346,323 across this race
Money groups spent on their own, not through a campaign. Each ad is filed against the candidate it names, so money attacking an opponent shows on the opponent’s row. Open a candidate to see who spent it.
Support and oppose are each group’s own labels, not a judgment made here.
$523,427 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Cowan’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Cowanunder “Other outside spending” in the full finance detail, but not for the rest of the field, so every other row is a floor.
Who stands behind the outside spending: the people and organizations its money traces to
Who stands behind the outside spending $1.3M traced back through the groups that spent it
Each group that spent in this race is followed to where its own money came from, and what it spent is split by those shares: a group whose money was 60% one person's counts as 60% of its spending theirs. Of what traced, 17% to named individuals, 75% to organizations, 1% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 6.4% not itemized in the filings.
People and organizations the race's outside spending traces to
Name
Amount
Public First Action, IncOrganization · behind Defending Our Values PAC
$439.3K
Public First ActionOrganization · behind Defending Our Values PAC
$272.2K
GOPAC IncOrganization · behind GOPAC Election Fund
$234.9K
Richard UihleinPerson · CEO, Uline · behind TEA Party Patriots Citizens Fund and American Values First
$40K
Jason T. DickersonPerson · Investment Manager, Quest · behind Georgians for Common Sense
Leon Rachel CorpOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind WFW Action Fund Inc
$8.9K
Read for all 8 groups that spent. Shares are of what each group received, not a record of which dollar went where; an organization that need not name its donors ends the trail; a person who gave by more than one route is counted once here. It shows who stood behind the money, not what it was for.
What the payments were for $2,670,402 itemized
The campaign also refunded $6,500 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
Tap a row with to see what was paid for.
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$1,760,15166%
Filed as
MEDIA PLACEMENT/PRODUCTION$1,569,859
MEDIA BUY$150,075
ADVERTISING$18,029
CAMPAIGN STRATEGY/ADVERTISING$15,188
IN-KIND:ADVERTISING$7,000
Paid to
Strategic Impact$1,719,934
Outfront Media$15,579
New Prospect Strategies$15,188
Horton, Hunter MR.$3,500
Horton, Michel MRS.$3,500
Logney Outdoor$2,450
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$425,60016%
Filed as
RESEARCH/PRINTING$299,100
RESEARCH$126,500
Paid to
New Prospect Strategies$299,100
Guidant Polling & Strategy, LLC$96,500
Percipient Strategies, LLC$30,000
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$219,6828.2%
Filed as
DIRECT MARKETING$95,725
CAMPAIGN STRATEGY/LIST ACQUISITION$66,917
FUNDRAISING CONSULTING$47,321
EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY$3,300
EVENT CATERING$2,503
IN-KIND:EVENT CATERING$1,717
EVENT SUPPLIES$1,290
EVENT FACILITY RENTAL$330
EVENT TICKETS$311
EVENT SUPPLY RENTAL$270
Paid to
New Prospect Strategies$162,642
Artemis Fundraising$47,321
Andy Calvert Photography LLC$3,300
Governor's GUN Club$1,290
Choate BBQ$1,272
Scott's Walk UP BAR-B-Q$1,231
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$137,2065.1%
Filed as
FIELD CONSULTING$46,675
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING$28,630
GRASSROOTS CONSULTING$26,040
COMPLIANCE CONSULTING$14,269
CAMPAIGN STRATEGY$14,000
STRATEGIC CONSULTING$7,592
Paid to
Tidwell, Scott$34,115
Creekside Creative LLC$28,630
Chris CON Consulting LLC$26,040
Professional Data Services Inc$14,269
Strategic Impact$14,000
Soha, Michael Andy$12,560
Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$53,2452%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION TO COMMITTEE$53,245
Paid to
NRCC$50,000
Cowan, John$3,245
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$31,6311.2%
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$21,6140.8%
Filed as
TRANSACTION FEES$12,335
QUALIFYING FEE$5,220
CC TRANSACTION FEES$3,859
BANK FEE$160
BANK FEES$40
Paid to
WinRed Technical Services LLC$11,812
Georgia Republican Party Inc.$5,220
Anedot$3,322
Democracy Engine$1,060
Classic City Bank$200
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$8,4000.3%
Filed as
SOFTWARE$8,400
Paid to
Aristotle International, Inc.$8,400
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$4,9330.2%
Filed as
MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT$3,008
TRAVEL EXPENSE$1,207
LODGING$718
Paid to
Tidwell, Scott$3,008
Hyatt$718
Quiktrip$402
Uber Technologies$333
Airport Star Shuttle$210
Circle K$151
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$3,5910.1%
Filed as
FACILITY RENTAL$3,536
OFFICE SUPPLIES$55
Paid to
Savoy Auto Museum$3,536
Kroger$55
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$2,475<0.1%
Filed as
PROMOTIONAL ITEMS-HATS$1,163
PROMOTIONAL ITEMS-BUMPER STICKERS$969
MEETING EXPENSE$343
Paid to
Sweet Surprises$1,163
Staples$969
Sidelines Grillle$299
Scott's Walk UP BAR-B-Q$44
Not broken out by the committeeReported as a lump sum, with memo entries pointed to for the detail. Where those entries were filed and read, this page counts the payees they name instead; what is left here was never itemised.$1,873<0.1%
Filed as
SEE MEMO$1,873
Paid to
Cowan, John$1,630
Tidwell, Scott$242
Total itemized disbursements $2,670,402
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
All 264 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
7 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $15,142 in all, are counted under the payee and purpose they name rather than under the processor that was paid. The total is the same either way.
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Strategic Impact11 payments · 65% of all spending
$1,733,934
New Prospect Strategies18 payments · 18% of all spending
$476,929
Guidant Polling & Strategy, LLC3 payments · 3.6% of all spending
$96,500
NRCC1 payment · 1.9% of all spending
$50,000
Artemis Fundraising5 payments · 1.8% of all spending
$47,321
Tidwell, Scott30 payments · 1.4% of all spending
$38,589
Outfront Media4 payments · 1.4% of all spending
$36,452
Percipient Strategies, LLC3 payments · 1.1% of all spending
$30,000
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
Physician104 contributions · 21% of ranked
$105,788
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 48 contributions · 12% of ranked
$63,146
Neurosurgeon28 contributions · 9.3% of ranked
$48,145
CEO14 contributions · 5.5% of ranked
$28,097
Attorney25 contributions · 5.3% of ranked
$27,063
President10 contributions · 3.7% of ranked
$19,260
HomemakerWritten instead of an occupation · 4 contributions · 2.7% of ranked
$14,000
Owner10 contributions · 2.6% of ranked
$13,156
A further $89,272 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (Information requested, blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($15,107) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
