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Money
$2M raised, $2M spent, -$12.6K cash on hand (through Jun 30, 2026). Where it comes from
Who gives
10% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 64% from New Jersey · largest committee giver AUTO CARE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, $5K
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MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$2M
$1,986,312
Spent
$2M
$1,998,898
Cash on hand
-$12.6K
-$12,586
FEC filings, Apr 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00902205 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
$1.01 has been spent for every dollar raised across 6 reports ($2M of $2M). Cash on hand went from $628.7K on Jun 30, 2025 to $0 on Jun 30, 2026.
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
$500K$1M$1.5M
Jun ’25
Sep ’25
Dec ’25
Mar ’26
May ’26
Jun ’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
JULY QUARTERLY 2025 through Jun 30, 2025
$700,533
$71,857
$628,677
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2025 through Sep 30, 2025
$308,244
$131,642
$805,278
YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025
$750,955
$132,649
$1,423,584
APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026
$101,822
$192,567
$1,332,839
PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through May 13, 2026
$99,806
$1,074,153
$358,492
JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026
$24,953
$396,031
$0
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 $1,986,312 reported receipts
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LoansMoney the campaign borrowed this cycle, from the candidate or a lender, which it may repay.$1,200,00060%
Who lent it
Brian Varelathe candidate’s own money · 4 loans · $1M not yet repaid$1,200,000
Each loan as the campaign’s report through Jun 30, 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.$685,04334%
Largest donors
Natalia Nunez6 contributions, latest Jun 19, 2026 · GASTONIA, NC$10,600
Yesenia Robles5 contributions, latest Jun 19, 2026 · NEWARK, NJ$10,600
Nelson Celi5 contributions, latest Jun 19, 2026 · ELIZABETH, NJ$10,550
Janeth Cucalon6 contributions, latest Jun 19, 2026 · VERONA, NJ$10,550
Jessica Verrilli8 contributions, latest Jun 24, 2026 · SUFFERN, NY$10,520
Luis Martinez5 contributions, latest Jun 19, 2026 · CLIFTON, NJ$10,510
Jorge Aguilera6 contributions, latest Jun 25, 2026 · NORTH BERGEN, NJ$10,500
Alicia Baez3 contributions, latest Jun 27, 2026 · RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ$10,500
Rajendra Bansal3 contributions, latest Jun 19, 2026 · TEQUESTA, FL$10,500
Conor Callahan3 contributions, latest Jun 24, 2026 · BROOKLYN, NY$10,500
Mackenzie Callahan3 contributions, latest Jun 23, 2026 · NORTH PALM BEACH, FL$10,500
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 664 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $650.5K.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$77,5923.9%
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$16,1510.8%
The 6 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 8 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $14.8K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
Refunds and rebatesMoney coming back to the campaign: rebates and refunds of what it spent.$7,4230.4%
Other receiptsInterest, dividends and other income the committee files on a line of its own.$94<0.1%
The candidateMoney the candidate gave their own campaign.$10<0.1%
Total reported receipts $1,986,312
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Jun 30, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $884,368 placed by state
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under $22.6K
$22.6K+
$90.4K+
$203.5K+
$361.7K+
none
Outlined: New Jersey, home state
Home state and away
New Jersey 64%NJ 64%Elsewhere 36%
64% of the money placed by state came from inside New Jersey: $565.2K of $884.4K.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
New Jersey home530 contributions · 64%
$565,183
Florida53 contributions · 17%
$151,808
New York56 contributions · 6.5%
$57,380
Money from groups, by interest $14,800
What the committees giving to Varela’s campaign or spending on ads about Varela are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
For Varela $14,800
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$14.8KTap a slice
$7.5K51%
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.$5K34%
Groups whose purpose is electing, or mobilizing voters for, candidates from a shared community: women, or Black, Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander candidates, among others. The community has to be an identity people share, not an age bracket or a political stance.$2K14%
Groups for voting rights, LGBTQ rights, criminal-justice change and the interests of tribal nations.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.$2501.7%
Groups that state an environmental or climate purpose, such as the political arm of the League of Conservation Voters.$500.3%
Outside spending $11,950,562 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.
Who stands behind the outside spending: the people and organizations its money traces to
Who stands behind the outside spending $11.6M 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, 37% to named individuals, 26% to organizations, 18% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 2.4% to committees nothing more could be followed from, 17% not itemized in the filings.
People and organizations the race's outside spending traces to
Name
Amount
American Action NetworkOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Land I Love PAC and CLF
$1.3M
Elon MuskPerson · CEO, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. · behind America PAC and Land I Love PAC and 3 more
$1.1M
American Prosperity AllianceOrganization · behind Real Change PAC
$573.8K
Timothy MellonPerson · Investments, Self-Employed · behind Land I Love PAC and CLF
$438.5K
Robert GuidryPerson · Partner, Pointe Resort LLC · behind Land I Love PAC
$301.8K
What the payments were for $1,552,094 itemized
The campaign also refunded $244,024 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
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Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$437,33628%
Filed as
ADVERTISEMENT PLACEMENT$360,979
VIDEO SHOOT COSTS$47,520
VIDEO PRODUCTION COSTS$26,100
IN-KIND PROMOTIONAL VIDEO$1,000
VIDEOSHOOT EXPENSES$987
INKIND: ADVERTISEMENT PRODUCTION
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
AMS Communications13 payments · 22% of all spending
$435,005
Bluewest Media LLC5 payments · 18% of all spending
$360,979
Bcom Solutions9 payments · 4.3% of all spending
$86,413
Shell, Emmett39 payments · 3.7% of all spending
$74,814
Putnam Partners2 payments · 3.7% of all spending
$73,620
Lake Research Partners5 payments · 3.1% of all spending
$61,349
Efficient Strategies11 payments · 2.3% of all spending
$45,300
Berger Hirschberg Strategies7 payments · 2.1% of all spending
$42,377
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.
EndorsementsWho does Varela’s campaign say backs them?
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June 2, 2026 · Result · Each pollster's last poll ending in the 21 days before the vote, read for the two leading finishers; the median leaves out polls a side paid for; a margin is compared once 95% is reported
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California27 contributions · 2.6%
$23,325
Illinois8 contributions · 1.5%
$13,000
District of Columbia23 contributions · 1.4%
$12,500
North Carolina18 contributions · 1.3%
$11,877
Arizona4 contributions · 1.2%
$10,750
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 25 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
Not employedWritten instead of an employer · 231 contributions · 26% of ranked
$167,674
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 92 contributions · 26% of ranked
$165,732
CME Associates3 contributions · 1.7% of ranked
$10,500
Guardy's Pharmacy3 contributions · 1.1% of ranked
$7,050
Harker4 contributions · 1.1% of ranked
$7,050
Daughter Of Israel4 contributions · 1.1% of ranked
$7,025
DON Neco Transport3 contributions · 1.1% of ranked
$7,025
Omnia3 contributions · 1.1% of ranked
$7,005
A further $248,556 came from donors whose answer names no employer (N/A, 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 ($77,592) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
Not employedWritten instead of an occupation · 244 contributions · 28% of ranked
$178,905
Construction11 contributions · 4.6% of ranked
$29,750
Attorney19 contributions · 2.9% of ranked
$18,750
CEO7 contributions · 2.6% of ranked
$16,750
Engineer5 contributions · 2.5% of ranked
$16,500
Physician13 contributions · 1.6% of ranked
$10,350
Realtor5 contributions · 1.5% of ranked
$10,000
Sales15 contributions · 1.5% of ranked
$9,575
A further $233,825 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (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 ($77,592) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
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.
Clearly political, but nothing yet shows a cause or a side: not their own words, their funders or a published source.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.
“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
Land I Love PAC▼ Opposes3 records, latest Sep 29, 2026$4,142,753
CLF▼ Opposes4 records, latest Oct 7, 2026$2,104,641
Votevets▲ Supports15 records, latest Nov 1, 2026$1,031,954
Real Change PAC▼ Opposes9 records, latest May 28, 2026$660,676
Support and oppose are each group’s own labels, not a judgment made here.
$11,950,562 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Varela’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Varelaunder “Other outside spending” in the full finance detail, but not for the rest of the field, so every other row is a floor.
Person · Physician, Adelson Drug Clinic · behind Land I Love PAC and CLF and 2 more
$219.9K
Michael BloombergPerson · Executive, Bloomberg, LP · behind 314 Action Fund and Votevets and 1 more
$181.2K
Paul E. SingerPerson · President, EMC · behind Land I Love PAC and CLF
$167K
Opportunity Action FundOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Cffe PAC
$163.3K
GiffordsOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Giffords PAC
$127K
Article One Action FundOrganization · behind Article One PAC
$118K
Altria Client Services LLCOrganization · behind Land I Love PAC and CLF
$109.6K
Read for the 18 largest groups of 44, 97% of the $12M 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.
$750
Paid to
Bluewest Media LLC$360,979
Putnam Partners$73,620
Cologna, Edward$1,000
Novick, Joey$750
Walgreens$683
Target$303
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$431,48028%
Filed as
PRINT AND MAIL PRODUCTION$426,810
PRINTING: PALM CARDS$4,050
PRINTING CAMPAIGN MATERIALS$342
MAILING MATERIALS - ENVELOPES, ADDRESS AND RETURN LABELS$143
LAWN SIGNS$135
Paid to
AMS Communications$430,860
Minuteman Press$342
Staples$143
East Coast Media LLC$135
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$213,23814%
Filed as
GENERAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTING$130,593
FIELD CONSULTING$28,771
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING$27,490
CAMPAIGN CONSULTING$15,385
STRATEGIC ADVICE AND MAIL CONSULTING$5,000
COMPLIANCE/ REPORTING/ FILING SERVICES$4,500
COMPLIANCE SERVICES$1,500
Paid to
Shell, Emmett$74,443
Efficient Strategies$45,300
Pucino, Brett$27,490
Meister, James$21,828
Decotiis Strategies$11,385
Sells, Kira$6,943
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$170,70811%
Filed as
DIGITAL SERVICES$128,406
PRESS AND POLITICAL OUTREACH SERVICES$34,194
CAMPAIGN GEAR - T SHIRTS$2,597
IN KIND - COMEDY SHOW HOST$1,500
LETTERHEAD$719
PURCHASING CAMPAIGN PINS$646
IN KIND - COMEDY SHOW PERFORMANCE$500
CAMPAIGN GEAR - HATS$469
IN-KIND - MEET AND GREET EXPENSES$450
BUSINESS CARDS$397
ENVELOPES$362
INTERNSHIP BONUS$200
Paid to
Bcom Solutions$86,413
Dewey Square Group$34,194
Authentic Campaigns$29,993
Roots to Results$12,000
The Blank Workshop$3,066
Novick, Joey$1,500
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$138,3378.9%
Filed as
FUNDRAISING CONSULTING$74,958
FUNDRAISING SERVICES$42,377
FIELD AND FINANCE CONSULTING$9,426
EVENT EXPENSES$7,201
INKIND - CATERING$1,472
SUPPLIES FOR CAMPAIGN EVENT$862
EVENT SUPPLIES$740
INKIND - EVENT EXPENSES$500
EVENT EXPENSES - MUSIC$450
EVENT CATERING$263
INKIND: FUNDRAISING SERVICES$50
NAME TAGS FOR EVENT$38
Paid to
Berger Hirschberg Strategies$42,377
Caulfield, Jacqueline$32,881
Hole, Sarah$19,846
Dean, Christopher$14,538
Perlowin, Jake$9,426
H&P Consulting$7,000
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$83,2265.4%
Filed as
POLLING SERVICES$61,043
RESEARCH SERVICES$14,983
DATA SERVICES$7,200
Paid to
Lake Research Partners$61,043
Jones Mandel$14,983
Grassroots Analytics$7,200
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$41,1052.6%
Filed as
CRM SOFTWARE SERVICES$26,113
DIALER AND TEXTING SERVICES$10,620
TEXTING SERVICES$2,453
SOFTWARE$1,050
EMAIL SERVICES$869
Paid to
NGP VAN$27,163
Scale to Win$10,620
Switchboard$2,453
Google Workspace$869
Card paymentsPaid to a card processor with no itemisation filed beneath it, so the purchases behind it are not on the record.$18,3521.2%
Filed as
CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES$18,352
Paid to
ActBlue Technical Services$18,352
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$8,1070.5%
Filed as
LEGAL FEES$7,855
BANK FEE/ BANK CHARGE$252
Paid to
Sandler Reiff$7,855
Amalgamated Bank$252
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$6,3610.4%
Filed as
PHOTOGRAPHY EXPENSES$4,145
REIMBURSEMENT FOR CAMPAIGN SUPPLIES$743
REIMBURSEMENT: CAMPAIGN SUPPLIES$511
OFFICE SUPPLIES$449
SUPPLIES REIMBURSEMENT$371
CAMPAIGN SUPPLIES REIMBURSEMENT$127
CLIPBOARS FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES$16
Paid to
AMS Communications$4,145
Hole, Sarah$516
Staples$465
Caulfield, Jacqueline$440
Meister, James$424
Shell, Emmett$371
Field and canvassingDoor-to-door canvassing, phone banks and calls to voters, petition and signature gathering, and get-out-the-vote work.$3,5370.2%
Filed as
CANVASSING LITERATURE$2,452
CANVASSING$1,085
Paid to
East Coast Media LLC$2,452
Elweshahy, Yousif$465
Efobi, Oscar$310
Garcia, Dylan$240
Vargens Newell, Christian$70
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$306<0.1%
Filed as
TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENTS$306
Paid to
Lake Research Partners$306
Total itemized disbursements $1,552,094
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 Jun 30, 2026.
All 516 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
3 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $1,340 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.