$5.5M raised, $4.7M spent, $860.1K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
Who gives
1.8% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 79% from Florida · largest committee giver ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PAC, $10K
25 priorities from votestrada.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.
25 priorities · 3 parts · 29 quoted statements
Washington has become far too comfortable serving itself. Joe’s plan begins with three commonsense reforms to make Congress less profitable, less permanent, and finally accountable for the money it spends.
When members of Congress make suspiciously well-timed trades, the American people deserve answers. Joe supports serious investigations into potential congressional insider trading and real accountability whenever a public official uses privileged information or public office for personal financial gain.
Joe supports firm congressional term limits so new leaders can rise, new ideas can be heard, and public officials remember that they work for the people. Experience has value, but Washington was never supposed to become a lifetime career.
Central Florida families cannot spend without limits, ignore the bill, and leave the balance to their children. Congress should not be allowed to do it either.
Joe supports a balanced budget amendment requiring Washington to live within its means, confront wasteful spending, and make honest decisions about national priorities. The national debt clock should be a warning, not a scoreboard.
MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$5.5M
$5,512,075
Spent
$4.7M
$4,652,008
Cash on hand
$860.1K
$860,068
FEC filings, Apr 1, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00952713 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
84¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 4 reports ($4.7M of $5.5M). Cash on hand went from $4.1M on Jun 30, 2026 to $860.1K on Oct 14, 2026.
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
$2M$4M$6M
Jun ’26
Jul ’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
JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026
$5,134,560
$1,048,836
$4,085,724
PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through Jul 29, 2026
$114,080
$1,950,901
$2,248,903
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026
$185,898
$1,614,818
$819,983
PRE-GENERAL 2026 through Oct 14, 2026
$77,538
$37,453
$860,068
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 $5,512,075 reported receipts
Tap a row with to see who gave.
LoansMoney the campaign borrowed this cycle, from the candidate or a lender, which it may repay.$5,000,00091%
Who lent it
Joe Stradathe candidate’s own money · 3 loans · $5M not yet repaid$5,000,000
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.$406,3987.4%
EndorsementsWho does Strada’s campaign say backs them?
25 endorsers listed on Joe Strada’s own campaign site: 22 officials, 3 unions.
This is the campaign's claim, checked by an editor against its page; the endorsers have not confirmed it to us. Each name opens the campaign’s page with that name highlighted.
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 ↗
Buckeye Liberty PACOne contribution on Jul 24, 2026 · Organization · HUDSON, WI$5,000
EYE of the Tiger PACOne contribution on Jul 28, 2026 · Organization · WASHINGTON, DC$5,000
Bobby Good2 contributions, latest Jul 10, 2026 · OWNER · BRIAR TEAM · SANFORD, FL$5,000
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 253 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $448.4K.
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$95,7501.7%
Emmer for Congress2 receipts, latest Sep 22, 2026 · House campaign committee$4,000
The 12 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 57 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $124.8K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$7,4280.1%
Party committeesNational, state, and local committees of a political party.$2,500<0.1%
Total reported receipts $5,512,075
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 $448,398 placed by state
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under $14.2K
$14.2K+
$56.8K+
$127.8K+
$227.2K+
none
Outlined: Florida, home state
Home state and away
Florida 79%FL 79%Elsewhere 21%
79% of the money placed by state came from inside Florida: $355K of $448.4K.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
Florida home210 contributions · 79%
$355,038
Georgia7 contributions · 3.8%
$17,000
Texas7 contributions · 3.5%
$15,500
Pennsylvania4 contributions · 2.6%
$11,500
Illinois3 contributions · 1.9%
$8,500
Arkansas2 contributions · 1.6%
$7,000
District of Columbia2 contributions · 1.6%
$7,000
Wisconsin2 contributions · 1.6%
$7,000
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 20 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
Morgan & Morgan34 contributions · 9.2% of ranked
$39,500
HomemakerWritten instead of an employer · 10 contributions · 7.7% of ranked
$32,750
RetiredWritten instead of an employer · 14 contributions · 4.6% of ranked
$19,500
DR Horton16 contributions · 3.7% of ranked
$15,750
Baseline Property Group4 contributions · 3.3% of ranked
$14,000
Morgan & Morgan P A8 contributions · 2.6% of ranked
$11,000
Complete Outdooors3 contributions · 2.3% of ranked
$10,000
3MG Solutions2 contributions · 1.6% of ranked
$7,000
A further $21,000 came from donors whose answer names no employer (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 ($7,428) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Money from groups, by interest $408,123
What the committees giving to Strada’s campaign or spending on ads about Strada are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
For Strada $408,123
Tap a slice or a name to open it.
$408.1KTap a slice
On the Republican side by their own words, their main funder, or a published source a reviewer cites. A group with one cause is filed under that cause instead.$218.2K53%
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.$120.6K30%
Another candidate’s own campaign committee, or a joint fundraising committee. Money one campaign gives another counts here.$24K5.9%
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.$16.3K4%
Law firms’ PACs and groups of trial lawyers, such as the American Association for Justice.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.$9K2.2%
Developers, brokers, landlords and home builders, with their PACs and trade groups.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.$6K1.5%
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.$5K1.2%
$9K2.2%
“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 $432,222 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.
$148,850 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Strada’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Stradaunder “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 $432.2K 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, 29% to named individuals, 64% to organizations, 3.7% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 1.1% to committees nothing more could be followed from, 2.4% not itemized in the filings.
People and organizations the race's outside spending traces to
Name
Amount
American Prosperity AllianceOrganization · behind Conservatives for American Excellence Inc.
$95.6K
Citizens Alliance Political ActionOrganization · behind Advance Liberty PAC
$41.1K
Kenneth GriffinPerson · Founder & CEO, Citadel · behind Conservatives for American Excellence Inc.
$34.8K
Paul SingerPerson · Co-CEO & President, Elliott Investment Management · behind Conservatives for American Excellence Inc. and American Liberty Foundation
$26.8K
Friends of Corey SimonOrganization · behind LET Freedom Ring
$23.5K
Florida CourageOrganization · behind LET Freedom Ring
$19.9K
Friends of Joe GrutersOrganization · behind Conservatives for American Excellence Inc.
$19.8K
American Liberty Action FundOrganization · behind American Liberty Foundation
$15.9K
Dennis A. GreenPerson · Retired · behind LET Freedom Ring
$11.7K
Anne K. GullquistPerson · Retired · behind LET Freedom Ring
$11.7K
Ardleigh Impact Corp.Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Conservatives for American Excellence Inc.
$8.7K
Lone Star Freedom Project, IncOrganization · behind Conservatives for American Excellence Inc.
$7.6K
Read for all 5 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 $4,651,601 itemized
Tap a row with to see what was paid for.
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$3,770,51481%
Filed as
MEDIA ADVERTISING$3,681,478
SOCIAL MEDIA PRODUCTION$55,011
DESIGN AD AND MAILING SERVICE$34,026
Paid to
Smart Madia Group, LLC$2,463,225
Smart Media Group, LLC$920,635
Merus Strategies LLC$331,643
On Target Messaging$55,011
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$396,7848.5%
Filed as
DIRECT MAILING$265,310
MAILERS$124,179
CAMPAIGN SOFTWARE/YARD SIGNS/PAMPHLETS$7,295
Paid to
Merus Strategies LLC$396,784
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$243,3585.2%
Filed as
DIRECT MAILING/CONSULTING$130,670
CONSULTING, SOFTWARE, & DIRECT MAIL SERVICES$59,881
COMMUNICATION CONSULTING$33,808
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING$15,000
ACCOUNTING SERVICE$4,000
Paid to
Merus Strategies LLC$190,551
Isaac Communications Inc$48,808
Robinson Gruters & Roberts$4,000
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$110,3232.4%
Filed as
PRIMARY ELECTION POLLING$66,130
ELECTION POLLING$26,193
SURVEY RESEARCH$18,000
Paid to
1892 LLC$92,323
Data Targeting, Inc$18,000
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$86,5341.9%
Filed as
PRODUCTION SET UP, CREW EQUIPMENT$74,134
PRODUCTION SET UP/EQUIPMENT$12,400
Paid to
Something Else Strategies, LLC$86,534
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$23,9180.5%
Filed as
TRANSACTION FEE$12,406
QUALIFYING FEE$10,440
BANK FEE$1,072
Paid to
Anedot$12,131
Florida Department of State$10,440
Truist$1,072
Democracy Engine$275
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$15,5310.3%
Filed as
TEXT MESSAGING SERVICE$9,353
IN-KIND - WEBSITE SERVICES$3,500
TEXT MESSAGING$2,678
Paid to
Electoral Communications Group LLC$12,031
Arthur, Austin$3,500
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
IN-KIND - CAMPAIGN SIGNAGE$2,475
Paid to
Perez, Hector$2,475
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$1,163<0.1%
Filed as
IN-KIND - CATERING$1,163
Paid to
Jones, Brian$1,163
Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$1,000<0.1%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION TO COMMITTEE$1,000
Paid to
Erin Huntley Campaign$1,000
Total itemized disbursements $4,651,601
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 173 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Smart Madia Group, LLC3 payments · 53% of all spending
$2,463,225
Smart Media Group, LLC1 payment · 20% of all spending
$920,635
Merus Strategies LLC8 payments · 20% of all spending
$918,978
1892 LLC3 payments · 2% of all spending
$92,323
Something Else Strategies, LLC2 payments · 1.9% of all spending
$86,534
On Target Messaging1 payment · 1.2% of all spending
$55,011
Isaac Communications Inc3 payments · 1% of all spending
$48,808
Data Targeting, Inc1 payment · 0.4% of all spending
$18,000
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
Attorney46 contributions · 13% of ranked
$53,663
Owner20 contributions · 9.5% of ranked
$40,475
CEO16 contributions · 9.4% of ranked
$40,000
HomemakerWritten instead of an occupation · 10 contributions · 7.7% of ranked
$32,750
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 14 contributions · 4.6% of ranked
$19,500
Real Estate10 contributions · 3.6% of ranked
$15,360
Homebuilder7 contributions · 2.9% of ranked
$12,500
Lawyer9 contributions · 2.7% of ranked
$11,500
A further $21,000 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 ($7,428) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
