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Money
$369.7K raised, $294.5K spent, $75.2K cash on hand (through Jun 3, 2026). Where it comes from
Who gives
8.9% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 65% from Maryland · largest committee giver ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, $5K
Outside groups
$135.5K supporting Baker,
Their wordsWhat does Baker, say they will do?
Rushern L. Baker, III’s words are not shown
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MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$369.7K
$369,665
Spent
$294.5K
$294,460
Cash on hand
$75.2K
$75,204
FEC filings, Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 3, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00940692 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
80¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 2 reports ($294.5K of $369.7K). Cash on hand went from $169.9K on Mar 31, 2026 to $75.2K on Jun 3, 2026.
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$100K$200K$300K
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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
APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026
$202,871
$32,972
$169,899
PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through Jun 3, 2026
$166,794
$261,489
$75,204
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 $369,665 reported receipts
Tap a row with to see who gave.
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$296,67380%
Joe Benitez2 contributions, latest May 20, 2026 · DEVELOPER · SELF · SAN JUAN, PR$7,000
Elizabeth J. Buck3 contributions, latest Mar 31, 2026 · NOT EMPLOYED · ANNAPOLIS, MD$5,000
Geoffrey Pohanka3 contributions, latest Jun 1, 2026 · AUTO DEALER · POHANKA · VIENNA, VA$4,000
Lawrence Rubin2 contributions, latest May 12, 2026 · NOT EMPLOYED · POTOMAC, MD$4,000
Katherine Debarros10 contributions, latest May 26, 2026 · SECURITY · PGCPS · FT WASHINGTON, MD$3,550
Avi BernsteinOne contribution on Mar 30, 2026 · REAL ESTATE · BDMG · PIKESVILLE, MD$3,500
Charles BrodyOne contribution on Apr 30, 2026 · INVESTOR · SELF EMPLOYED · NEW YORK, NY$3,500
Daniel CarrillloOne contribution on Mar 31, 2026 · SELF EMPLOYED · DANIEL CARRILLO · WASHINGTON, DC$3,500
Michael J. ChiaramonteOne contribution on Mar 29, 2026 · NOT EMPLOYED · ALEXANDRIA, VA$3,500
Eleanora KurbanOne contribution on May 21, 2026 · NURSE · UNEMPLOYED · ANNAPOLIS, MD$3,500
Chanda MaciasOne contribution on Mar 25, 2026 · RETAIL · NATIONAL HOLISTIC · FORT WASHINGTON, MD$3,500
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 393 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $285K.
LoansMoney the campaign borrowed this cycle, from the candidate or a lender, which it may repay.$30,5008.3%
Who lent it
Rushern Bakerthe candidate’s own money · 2 loans · $25.5K not yet repaid$30,500
Each loan as the campaign’s report through Jun 3, 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.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$29,0427.9%
The candidateMoney the candidate gave their own campaign.$11,4503.1%
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$2,0000.5%
Committees that gave
Ernst & Young PAC1 receipt, latest Apr 23, 2026 · PAC (qualified)$5,000
The 5 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 5 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $11.5K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
Total reported receipts $369,665
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Jun 3, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $286,295 placed by state
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under $7.4K
$7.4K+
$29.8K+
$67K+
$119K+
none
Outlined: Maryland, home state
Home state and away
Maryland 65%MD 65%Elsewhere 35%
65% of the money placed by state came from inside Maryland: $186K of $286.3K.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
Maryland home263 contributions · 65%
$186,010
District of Columbia55 contributions · 12%
$34,634
Virginia24 contributions · 7.1%
$20,301
California11 contributions · 6.2%
Money from groups, by interest $149,549
What the committees giving to Baker,’s campaign or spending on ads about Baker, are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
For Baker, $149,549
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$135.5K91%
Accounting, consulting and staffing firms, and business associations that name no single industry.$5K3.3%
Health insurers and their trade groups. Other insurance is under Finance & real estate.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.$2.5K1.7%
$2.5K1.7%
Building and heavy-construction contractors, engineering and design firms, and their associations. Home builders are under Real estate.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.$2K1.3%
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.$1K0.7%
$1K0.7%
Outside spending $12,504,570 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.
DRushern L. Baker IIIthis candidate1 group▲Supporting $135.5K▼Opposing $0Total $135.5K
Who stands behind the outside spending: the people and organizations its money traces to
Who stands behind the outside spending $12.5M 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, 13% to named individuals, 48% to organizations, 14% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 25% not itemized in the filings.
People and organizations the race's outside spending traces to
Name
Amount
FairshakeOrganization · behind Protect Progress
$5.4M
American Israel Public Affairs CommitteeOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind United Democracy Project
$1.5M
Let It ResoundOrganization · behind Rolling Sea Action Fund
$212.2K
Chain Bridge BankOrganization · behind United Democracy Project
$180.3K
Democracy MattersOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Project 218
$143.6K
Paul SingerPerson · Founder, Elliott Investment Management · behind United Democracy Project
What the payments were for $281,542 itemized
The campaign also refunded $7,428 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
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Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$68,55924%
Filed as
MAIL PRINTING, PRODUCTION & POSTAGE$62,030
PRINTING$4,135
CAMPAIGN SIGN INSTALLATION$1,792
SIGN DELIVERY SERVICES$602
Paid to
The Pivot Group, Inc.$62,030
Sydar of DC LLC$4,135
Robinson, Kelvin$1,792
Adams, James a JR$602
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
The Pivot Group, Inc.2 payments · 22% of all spending
$64,530
Beltway Solutions Group, LLC2 payments · 16% of all spending
$48,000
Watershed Strategy, Inc.2 payments · 8.5% of all spending
$25,078
Reflex Strategy Sale Group4 payments · 7.9% of all spending
$23,300
ADP LLC5 payments · 6.9% of all spending
$20,384
Sage Media Planning & Placement, Inc.1 payment · 6.5% of all spending
$19,198
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research Inc1 payment · 6.2% of all spending
$18,300
Sena Kozar Strategies2 payments · 5.5% of all spending
$16,288
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 Baker,’s campaign say backs them?
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$17,750
Puerto Rico2 contributions · 2.4%
$7,000
New York5 contributions · 1.5%
$4,300
Georgia7 contributions · 1.1%
$3,250
Florida5 contributions · 0.9%
$2,500
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 21 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 · 111 contributions · 29% of ranked
$77,151
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 31 contributions · 9.8% of ranked
$26,275
BNY Mellon Wealth Managememt2 contributions · 3% of ranked
$8,000
RetiredWritten instead of an employer · 4 contributions · 1.8% of ranked
$4,900
Pohanka3 contributions · 1.5% of ranked
$4,000
PGCPS11 contributions · 1.4% of ranked
$3,800
BDMG1 contribution · 1.3% of ranked
$3,500
CSA Group1 contribution · 1.3% of ranked
$3,500
A further $18,775 came from donors whose answer names no employer (N/A, 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 ($29,042) 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 · 110 contributions · 27% of ranked
$73,651
Attorney28 contributions · 5.2% of ranked
$14,000
Consultant18 contributions · 4.3% of ranked
$11,535
Self-employedWritten instead of an occupation · 7 contributions · 3.8% of ranked
$10,250
Real Estate6 contributions · 3.1% of ranked
$8,500
President14 contributions · 3% of ranked
$8,200
CEO11 contributions · 3% of ranked
$8,000
Wealth MGMT2 contributions · 3% of ranked
$8,000
A further $15,775 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 ($29,042) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
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.
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.
Nothing yet says what these committees are: no statement, site, government record or funder we can use. Their money counts here until a source turns up. We do not guess.
“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
Support and oppose are each group’s own labels, not a judgment made here.
$12,369,021 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Baker,’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Baker,under “Other outside spending” in the full finance detail, but not for the rest of the field, so every other row is a floor.
$132.1K
Haim SabanPerson · CEO, Saban Capital Group · behind United Democracy Project
$101.6K
Manzanita Action FundOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind United Democracy Project
$81.3K
Blair FrankPerson · Portfolio Manager, Capital Group · behind United Democracy Project
$76.2K
Marc RowanPerson · Investments, Apollo Management · behind United Democracy Project
$76.2K
Sanford GrossmanPerson · Retired · behind United Democracy Project
$63.5K
Alan HartmanPerson · Banker, Centerview Partners · behind United Democracy Project
$63.5K
Read for all 12 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.
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$60,56322%
Filed as
TV ADVERTISING$25,078
ADVERTISING$19,198
VIDEOGRAPHY SERVICES$16,288
Paid to
Watershed Strategy, Inc.$25,078
Sage Media Planning & Placement, Inc.$19,198
Sena Kozar Strategies$16,288
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$48,00017%
Filed as
CAMPAIGN CONSULTING & WEB DESIGN SERVICES$32,000
CAMPAIGN CONSULTING$16,000
Paid to
Beltway Solutions Group, LLC$48,000
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$29,40510%
Filed as
FUNDRAISING AND STRATEGY CONSULTING$13,300
FUNDRAISING$6,500
FUNDRAISING CONSULTING$3,605
FUNDRAISING.$3,500
FUNDRAISING SUBSCRIPTION$1,500
TICKET TO FUNDRAISING GALA$500
SLATE SUPPORT EVENT REGISTRATION$500
Paid to
Reflex Strategy Sale Group$23,300
Grassroots Analytics$3,605
Libra Labs, LLC$1,500
Calvert County Democratic Central Committee$500
Friends of Jeffrie Long$500
Payroll and staffSalaries, wages, benefits, and payroll services.$20,5097.3%
Filed as
SALARY$18,838
CAMPAIGN STAFF VEHICLE RENTAL$1,670
Paid to
Roche, Daniel$10,820
Gilmore, Mckinley$8,018
Budget Rent a Car$1,670
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$18,3006.5%
Filed as
POLLING$18,300
Paid to
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research Inc$18,300
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$17,5226.2%
Filed as
PAYROLL TAXES$12,279
COMPLIANCE FEE$4,750
BANK SERVICE FEE$270
PAYROLL FEES$222
Paid to
ADP LLC$12,502
Kalik and Associates$4,750
Fulton Bank$270
Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$10,7943.8%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION PROCESSING FEE.$5,692
STATE PARTY CONTRIBUTION$4,500
CONTRIBUTION PROCESSING FEE$602
Paid to
ActBlue$6,294
Democratic State Central Committee of Maryland$4,500
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$5,3911.9%
Filed as
CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE$5,051
BUSINESS CARDS$340
Paid to
Color Pro Graphic$5,051
Sydar of DC LLC$340
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$2,5000.9%
Filed as
PHOTOGRAPHY$2,500
Paid to
The Pivot Group, Inc.$2,500
Total itemized disbursements $281,542
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 3, 2026.
All 50 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, $7,883 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.