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Money
$156.3K raised, $58.9K spent, $97.4K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
Who gives
28% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 68% from Louisiana · largest committee giver INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, $2.5K
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MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$156.3K
$156,334
Spent
$58.9K
$58,934
Cash on hand
$97.4K
$97,400
FEC filings, Aug 1, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00958322 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
38¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 2 reports ($58.9K of $156.3K). Cash on hand went from $70.7K on Sep 30, 2026 to $97.4K on Oct 14, 2026.
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Raised, spent and cash on hand by FEC report
Report
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026
$117,994
$47,332
$70,662
PRE-GENERAL 2026 through Oct 14, 2026
$38,340
$11,602
$97,400
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 $156,334 reported receipts
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Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$105,47567%
Largest donors
R. David Brown2 contributions, latest Aug 20, 2026 · ATTORNEY · SELF · PORT TOWNSEND, WA$7,000
Ebner ForbesOne contribution on Aug 11, 2026 · BEST EFFORTS · BATON ROUGE, LA$3,500
Lee ForbesOne contribution on Aug 19, 2026 · CIVIL ENGINEER · HEADWAY ENVIRONMENTAL · ADDISON, TX$3,500
Michael ForbesOne contribution on Aug 25, 2026 · BEST EFFORTS · MANDEVILLE, LA$3,500
Andrew KopplinOne contribution on Aug 10, 2026 · CEO · GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION · NEW ORLEANS, LA$3,500
Alan LeventhalOne contribution on Oct 6, 2026 · FOUNDER · BEACON CAPITAL PARTNERS · CHESTNUT HILL, MA$3,500
Sherry LeventhalOne contribution on Oct 8, 2026 · NOT EMPLOYED · CHESTNUT HILL, MA$3,500
Andrea NeighboursOne contribution on Aug 10, 2026 · WRITER · ANDREA NEIGHBOURS · NEW ORLEANS, LA$3,500
Orlin RogersOne contribution on Oct 28, 2026 · OWNER · HAMMOND DOWNS LLC · HAMMOND, LA$3,500
Fred SeigelOne contribution on Oct 6, 2026 · PRESIDENT · BEACON CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC · NORTH HAMPTON, NH$3,500
TerryOne contribution on Oct 28, 2026 · BEST EFFORTS · MOUNT IDA, AR$3,500
Sherrie WattsOne contribution on Oct 28, 2026 · BEST EFFORTS · HAMMOND, LA$3,500
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 136 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $119K.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$40,99126%
LoansMoney the campaign borrowed this cycle, from the candidate or a lender, which it may repay.$9,8566.3%
Who lent it
Patrick Wayne Forbesthe candidate’s own money · lent Aug 5, 2026 · $9.9K not yet repaid$9,856
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.
Other receiptsInterest, dividends and other income the committee files on a line of its own.$11<0.1%
Total reported receipts $156,334
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 $118,975 placed by state
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under $3.2K
$3.2K+
$12.9K+
$29K+
$51.6K+
none
Outlined: Louisiana, home state
Home state and away
Louisiana 68%LA 68%Elsewhere 32%
68% of the money placed by state came from inside Louisiana: $80.6K of $119K.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
Louisiana home98 contributions · 68%
$80,575
Massachusetts2 contributions · 5.9%
$7,000
Washington2 contributions · 5.9%
$7,000
Texas5 contributions · 4%
$4,800
Money from groups, by interest $2,500
What the committees giving to Forbes’s campaign or spending on ads about Forbes are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
For Forbes $2,500
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Unions of electricians, plumbers, carpenters, laborers and other construction trades.$2.5K100%
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 $3.6M 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, 73% to named individuals, 7.4% to organizations, 8.8% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 9.9% not itemized in the filings.
People and organizations the race's outside spending traces to
Name
Amount
Richard UihleinPerson · CEO, Uline · behind Club for Growth Action and American Principles Project PAC
$1.2M
Jeff YassPerson · Managing Director, SIG · behind Club for Growth Action
$844.3K
A Public Voice, IncOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Louisiana First Victory Fund
$285.8K
Peter A. ThielPerson · Chairman, Thiel Capital · behind Club for Growth Action
$76.8K
American Prosperity AllianceOrganization · behind Conservatives for American Excellence Inc.
$72K
Richard Gaby
What the payments were for $57,580 itemized
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Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$22,64539%
Filed as
DIRECT- MAIL SERVICES$6,200
POSTAGE$5,553
DIGITAL ARTWORK DESIGN$4,500
CAMPAIGN LOGO/ PRINTING EXPENSE$2,700
CAMPAIGN T-SHIRTS/PRINTING$1,392
CAMPAIGN SIGNS/SUPPLIES$1,316
CAMPAIGN PRINTING EXPENSE$884
CAMPAIGN PRINTING$100
Paid to
Tilt
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Tilt3 payments · 25% of all spending
$14,952
Ourso Beychock Inc.1 payment · 11% of all spending
$6,200
Usps2 payments · 9.4% of all spending
$5,553
Switchboard Public Benefit Corp1 payment · 8.2% of all spending
$4,858
Jason Redmond Strategies, LLC1 payment · 6.4% of all spending
$3,750
ActBlue8 payments · 5.9% of all spending
$3,456
Finke, Heather3 payments · 4.2% of all spending
$2,500
LA SEC of State1 payment · 3.9% of all spending
$2,275
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.
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New Hampshire
2 contributions · 3.8%
$4,500
Arkansas2 contributions · 3.2%
$3,750
Virginia4 contributions · 1.8%
$2,100
Florida2 contributions · 1.7%
$2,000
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 16 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 · 32 contributions · 27% of ranked
$22,775
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 20 contributions · 20% of ranked
$17,000
Beacon Capital Partners2 contributions · 8.4% of ranked
$7,000
Andrea Neighbours1 contribution · 4.2% of ranked
$3,500
Greater NEW Orleans Foundation1 contribution · 4.2% of ranked
$3,500
Hammond Downs LLC1 contribution · 4.2% of ranked
$3,500
Headway Environmental1 contribution · 4.2% of ranked
$3,500
Lamar Advertising Company1 contribution · 2.4% of ranked
$2,000
A further $35,300 came from donors whose answer names no employer (Information requested), 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 ($40,991) 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 · 31 contributions · 27% of ranked
$22,525
Attorney6 contributions · 10% of ranked
$8,550
Consultant12 contributions · 7.3% of ranked
$6,100
CEO1 contribution · 4.2% of ranked
$3,500
Civil Engineer1 contribution · 4.2% of ranked
$3,500
Founder1 contribution · 4.2% of ranked
$3,500
Owner1 contribution · 4.2% of ranked
$3,500
President1 contribution · 4.2% of ranked
$3,500
A further $35,300 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (Information requested), 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 ($40,991) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Support and oppose are each group’s own labels, not a judgment made here.
$3,578,253 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Forbes’ own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Forbesunder “Other outside spending” in the full finance detail, but not for the rest of the field, so every other row is a floor.
Person · Trustee, Gaby Foundation · behind Club for Growth Action
$69.1K
Wampold CompaniesOrganization · behind Louisiana First Victory Fund
$43.3K
Champion Fiberglass Inc.Person · behind Club for Growth Action
$30.7K
Preserving The Repub Promise Inc.Person · behind Club for Growth Action
$28.1K
Kenneth GriffinPerson · Founder & CEO, Citadel · behind Conservatives for American Excellence Inc.
$26.2K
American Prosperity Group Inc.Organization · behind Club for Growth Action
$25.6K
John Douglas ArnoldPerson · Co-Founder, Arnold Ventures · behind Club for Growth Action
$25.6K
Read for all 6 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.
$7,200
Ourso Beychock Inc.$6,200
Usps$5,553
Rebel Graphix$1,416
Graphic Prints, LLC$1,392
East Printing$884
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$15,90328%
Filed as
CAMPAIGN CONSULTING$11,502
CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT$2,500
CAMPAIGN CONSULTING/ TEXT MESSAGING$1,901
Paid to
Tilt$7,752
Jason Redmond Strategies, LLC$3,750
Finke, Heather$2,500
Rougaroo Consulting LLC$1,901
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$8,00514%
Filed as
MESSAGING EXPENSE$4,858
CAMPAIGN WORKER$1,376
CAMPAIGN LAPTOP$762
CAMPAIGN PHOTOS$550
CAMPAIGN NETWORK$308
IT SUPPORT$150
Paid to
Switchboard Public Benefit Corp$4,858
Mann, Nicole$1,376
Best BUY$762
CLN Studio$550
Incomm LOW Voltage Solutions$308
Devcar Systems$150
Card paymentsPaid to a card processor with no itemisation filed beneath it, so the purchases behind it are not on the record.$3,4566%
Filed as
CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES$3,456
Paid to
ActBlue$3,456
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$2,2754%
Filed as
QUALIFYING FEE$2,275
Paid to
LA SEC of State$2,275
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$1,4902.6%
Filed as
ADVERTISING CONSULTING EXPENSE$1,490
Paid to
Pantograph Labs LLC$1,490
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$1,2852.2%
Filed as
EVENT SPONSORSHIP$785
ELECTION NIGHT VENUE RENT$500
Paid to
Franklin Associates$500
Southern University and A&M College$482
City of Central Chamber of Commerce$303
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$1,0811.9%
Filed as
WEBSITE EXPENSE$825
SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION$255
Paid to
Sprout Social$825
WIX.COM Ltd$255
Field and canvassingDoor-to-door canvassing, phone banks and calls to voters, petition and signature gathering, and get-out-the-vote work.$9121.6%
Filed as
CANVASSING$912
Paid to
Mann, Nicole$709
Martin, Lynne$203
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$3900.7%
Filed as
VOTER FILE$390
Paid to
Civitech PBC$390
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$1390.2%
Filed as
CAMPAIGN SUPPLIES$139
Paid to
Best BUY$139
Total itemized disbursements $57,580
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 43 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.