$338.3K raised, $261.6K spent, $76.7K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
Who gives
3% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 5.7% from Iowa · largest committee giver FORWARD PARTY, $5K
Outside groups
$198.9K supporting Bridgford
Their wordsWhat does Bridgford say they will do?
4 priorities from bridgfordforiowa.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.
4 priorities · 4 quoted statements
for everyday Iowans—bringing fiscal sanity to Washington to tackle inflation, housing, and healthcare, so middle-class families can get ahead.
We must stop the devastating closure of clinics and loss of doctors in our rural and mid-size communities. By mandating absolute price transparency and enacting aggressive PBM reform to eliminate shadowy middle-men, we can guarantee affordable, accessible care for every Iowan while restoring the honest free-market competition and high quality our families deserve.
As someone raised on a 7th-generation family farm, I know our producers and small businesses are being squeezed by corporate monopolies, foreign land grabs, and erratic trade policies. I will fight to aggressively enforce ag antitrust laws, legally ban adversaries like China from buying our land, and secure permanent, nationwide year-round E15.
MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$338.3K
$338,285
Spent
$261.6K
$261,555
Cash on hand
$76.7K
$76,730
FEC filings, Apr 1, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00947432 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
77¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 3 reports ($261.6K of $338.3K). Cash on hand went from $124.9K on Jun 30, 2026 to $76.7K on Oct 14, 2026.
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
$100K$200K
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
JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026
$189,523
$64,664
$124,859
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026
$148,447
$177,398
$95,908
PRE-GENERAL 2026 through Oct 14, 2026
$315
$19,493
$76,730
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 $338,285 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.$150,00044%
Who lent it
Michael Bridgfordthe candidate’s own money · 3 loans · $150K not yet repaid$150,000
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.
The candidateMoney the candidate gave their own campaign.$99,02829%
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$81,75224%
Largest donors
Kimberly Dickson Stravinski2 contributions, latest May 29, 2026 · NOT EMPLOYED · DALLAS, TX$7,000
David Richard Masson2 contributions, latest Apr 20, 2026 · OWNER · GREEN LANTERN STABLES · LEXINGTON, KY
EndorsementsWho does Bridgford’s campaign say backs them?
No endorsers named
We read Michael Bridgford’s endorsement pages and found no endorser named on them.
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 ↗
Scott BridgfordOne contribution on Apr 17, 2026 · FINANCIAL ADVISOR · SELF · KISSIMMEE, FL$3,500
Samantha Elliott2 contributions, latest Aug 10, 2026 · NOT EMPLOYED · DALLAS, TX$3,500
Stewart Elliott2 contributions, latest Aug 10, 2026 · PARTNER · YAMPA CAPITAL PARTNERS · DALLAS, TX$3,500
Chris RuferOne contribution on Apr 22, 2026 · OWNER · MORNING STAR COMPANY · WOODLAND, CA$3,500
David SokolOne contribution on Aug 1, 2026 · RETIRED · NONE · FORT LAUDERDALE, FL$3,500
John WojtasOne contribution on Aug 12, 2026 · DIRECTOR · ICC TEXAS · PLANO, TX$3,000
Donna LloydOne contribution on Jul 1, 2026 · RETIRED · NOT EMPLOYED · ALEDO, IL$2,500
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 49 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $66.6K.
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$5,0001.5%
The 2 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 2 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $5.1K. 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.$2,5050.7%
Total reported receipts $338,285
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 $66,600 placed by state
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under $680
$680+
$2.7K+
$6.1K+
$10.9K+
none
Outlined: Iowa, home state
Home state and away
Elsewhere 94%
5.7% of the money placed by state came from inside Iowa: $3.8K of $66.6K.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
Texas7 contributions · 26%
$17,000
Kentucky4 contributions · 21%
$14,000
Florida6 contributions · 18%
$12,250
Illinois6 contributions · 11%
$7,350
California3 contributions · 6.4%
$4,250
Iowa home10 contributions · 5.7%
$3,800
Arizona2 contributions · 3%
$2,000
Pennsylvania1 contribution · 3%
$2,000
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 15 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 · 13 contributions · 29% of ranked
$16,700
Green Lantern Stables4 contributions · 24% of ranked
$14,000
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 2 contributions · 7.7% of ranked
$4,500
Morning Star Company1 contribution · 6% of ranked
$3,500
RetiredWritten instead of an employer · 1 contribution · 6% of ranked
$3,500
Yampa Capital Partners2 contributions · 6% of ranked
$3,500
ICC Texas1 contribution · 5.1% of ranked
$3,000
DCI Group2 contributions · 3.4% of ranked
$2,000
A further $8,100 came from donors whose answer names no employer (None, 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 ($2,505) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Money from groups, by interest $203,983
What the committees giving to Bridgford’s campaign or spending on ads about Bridgford are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
For Bridgford $203,983
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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.$158.6K78%
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.$45.4K22%
“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 $18,992,329 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.
$18,793,446 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Bridgford’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Bridgfordunder “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 $18M 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, 44% to named individuals, 17% to organizations, 23% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 15% not itemized in the filings.
People and organizations the race's outside spending traces to
Name
Amount
Michael BloombergPerson · Founder, Bloomberg Inc. · behind Everytown for GUN Safety Victory Fund and 314 Action Fund and 4 more
$3.6M
American Action NetworkOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind CLF
$1.2M
Everytown for GUN Safety Action Fund IncOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Everytown for GUN Safety Victory Fund
$895.3K
Elon MuskPerson · CEO, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. · behind CLF and America PAC and 1 more
Connie BallmerPerson · Philanthropist, Retired · behind Everytown for GUN Safety Victory Fund and HMP
$394.5K
League of Conservation Voters, Inc.Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind LCV Victory Fund
$357.9K
Opportunity Action FundOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Cffe PAC and HMP
$258.2K
House Majority ForwardOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind HMP and SD 2026
$242.7K
314 ActionOrganization · behind 314 Action Fund
$215.6K
Miriam AdelsonPerson · Physician, Adelson Drug Clinic · behind CLF and NO Going Back PAC Inc.
$214.9K
Koch Inc.Organization · behind Americans for Prosperity Action, Inc. DBA CVA Action & DBA Libre Action
$178K
Read for the 20 largest groups of 57, 95% of the $19M 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 $255,191 itemized
Tap a row with to see what was paid for.
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$82,63932%
Filed as
STRATEGIC CONSULTING$62,035
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING$10,105
COMPLIANCE SERVICE$9,000
IN-KIND:STRATEGIC CONSULTING$1,500
Paid to
Petersen, Patricia$26,535
The Lawrence Group$15,000
Peterson, Patricia$12,000
Terry, Shawn$10,105
JFL Consulting LLC$9,000
Centri Analytics LLC$8,500
Field and canvassingDoor-to-door canvassing, phone banks and calls to voters, petition and signature gathering, and get-out-the-vote work.$66,61626%
Filed as
FIELD ORGANIZER$47,799
IN-KIND:PHONE CALLING SERVICE$10,310
SIGNATURE COLLECTION$6,563
IN-KIND:SIGNATURE GATHERING, MEALS AND TRAVEL EXPENSES FROM VENDORS ALL LESS THAN $200$1,548
BAGS FOR CANVASSING$396
Paid to
Ludlow, Kasey$15,854
Sakati, Sidra$15,008
Bridgford, Michael$11,858
Herrera, Cielo$10,136
Hargrave, Abigail$2,553
Lucillis, Connor$2,536
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$62,13724%
Filed as
IN-KIND:ADVERTISING THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER$22,196
IN-KIND:ADVERTISING$15,710
IN-KIND:ADVERTISING THROUGHOUT AUGUST$9,201
IN-KIND:INKIND ADVERTISING THROUGHOUT JULY$5,126
VIDEO SERVICES$3,095
ADVERTISING$2,100
IN-KIND:ADVERTISING THROUGHOUT PERIOD$1,939
IN-KIND:ADVERTISING THROUGHOUT PRIMARY PERIOD$1,688
IN-KIND:MEDIA CONSULTING$600
COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA SUPPLIES$253
COMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA SUPPLIES$230
Paid to
Bridgford, Michael$55,860
Thompson, Miles$3,095
Motion Media$1,575
Centri Analytics LLC$600
The Observer$525
The Camera Corner$483
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$18,5347.3%
Filed as
IN-KIND:DATABASE SERVICE$14,667
DATABASE SOFTWARE$2,250
IN-KIND:EMAIL AND PHONE SERVICE$718
IN-KIND:TEXTING SERVICE$450
IN-KIND:WEBSITE HOSTING$345
REIMBURSEMENT: DATABASE SUBSCRIPTION$105
Paid to
Bridgford, Michael$16,179
Aristotle$2,250
Centri Analytics LLC$105
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$8,1173.2%
Filed as
IN-KIND:LODGING$2,322
IN-KIND:GAS FOR TRANSPORTATION AROUND DISTRICT THROUGHOUT REPORTING PERIOD$1,463
IN-KIND:AIRLINE TICKETS$805
IN-KIND:LODGING FOR CONFERENCE$758
TRAVEL$622
IN-KIND:CAR REPAIR FOR TRAVEL THROUGHOUT DISTRICT$536
IN-KIND:GAS FOR TRANSPORTATION THROUGHOUT PRIMARY PERIOD$491
IN-KIND:TRAVEL$445
AIRLINE TICKETS$378
IN-KIND:GAS FOR TRANSPORTATION AROUND DISTRICT$166
MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT$132
Paid to
Bridgford, Michael$6,292
United Airlines$1,000
Centri Analytics LLC$693
Klish, Donovan$132
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$5,2792.1%
Filed as
PRINTING$2,574
DESIGN AND PRINTING$1,272
YARD SIGNS$1,075
IN-KIND:DESIGN AND PRINTING$166
IN-KIND:POSTAGE$135
DESIGN$57
Paid to
IMPRINT.COM$2,574
Canva$1,329
ZEE Signs$697
Signs 4 USA$378
Bridgford, Michael$301
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$4,0081.6%
Filed as
IN-KIND:TRAVEL EXPENSES, OFFICE AND EVENT SUPPLIES DURING REPORTING PERIOD. ALL VENDORS UNDER $200$2,710
CATERING FOR FUNDRAISER$762
EVENT SUPPLIES$271
CATERING FOR TEAM MEETING$265
Paid to
Bridgford, Michael$2,710
Pebble Creek Golf Club$762
Cardboard Cutout Standees$271
The Hawkeye Restaurant$265
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$3,7201.5%
Filed as
CAMPAIGN T-SHIRTS AND COLLATERAL$1,582
IN-KIND:TEAM DINNER$702
IN-KIND:CAMPAIGN T-SHIRTS$506
RECRUITMENT SERVICE$503
IN-KIND:RECRUITMENT SERVICE$238
IN-KIND:CAMPAIGN VALIDATION SERVICE$190
Paid to
Bridgford, Michael$1,635
Custom INK$1,582
Handshake$503
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$2,3260.9%
Filed as
IN-KIND:VOTER LIST$2,326
Paid to
Bridgford, Michael$2,326
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$6940.3%
Filed as
ONLINE PROCESSING FEES$694
Paid to
Nation Builder Payments$694
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$6610.3%
Filed as
IN-KIND:OFFICE SUPPLIES$362
SUPPLIES$283
OFFICE SUPPLIES$17
Paid to
Bridgford, Michael$362
Amazon$316
Apple-$17
Payroll and staffSalaries, wages, benefits, and payroll services.$4590.2%
Filed as
IN-KIND:LODGING AND STAFF SUBSISTENCE MEALS$459
Paid to
Centri Analytics LLC$459
Total itemized disbursements $255,191
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 183 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
1 payment was reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $622 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
Bridgford, Michael46 payments · 38% of all spending
$99,023
Petersen, Patricia6 payments · 10% of all spending
$26,535
Ludlow, Kasey4 payments · 6.1% of all spending
$15,854
Sakati, Sidra5 payments · 5.7% of all spending
$15,008
The Lawrence Group4 payments · 5.7% of all spending
$15,000
Peterson, Patricia3 payments · 4.8% of all spending
$12,622
Centri Analytics LLC7 payments · 4% of all spending
$10,357
Herrera, Cielo5 payments · 3.9% of all spending
$10,136
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
Owner7 contributions · 28% of ranked
$18,250
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 9 contributions · 18% of ranked
$12,200
Not employedWritten instead of an occupation · 7 contributions · 18% of ranked
$12,000
Partner4 contributions · 8.3% of ranked
$5,500
Financial Advisor1 contribution · 5.3% of ranked
$3,500
Retired Farmer1 contribution · 5.3% of ranked
$3,500
Director1 contribution · 4.5% of ranked
$3,000
Executive1 contribution · 3% of ranked
$2,000
A further $600 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 ($2,505) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
CLF▼ Opposes16 records, latest Oct 6, 2026$5,058,094
