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Money
$848.6K raised, $813.8K spent, $34.9K cash on hand (through Sep 30, 2026). Where it comes from
Who gives
8.3% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 43% from New Jersey · largest committee giver HIGHER HEIGHTS FOR AMERICA PAC, $3K
Outside groups
$2.1M supporting Way
Their wordsWhat does Way say they will do?
Tahesha Way’s words are not shown
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MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$848.6K
$848,649
Spent
$813.8K
$813,794
Cash on hand
$34.9K
$34,855
FEC filings, Oct 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00928804 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
96¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 4 reports ($813.8K of $848.6K). Cash on hand went from $85.4K on Jan 16, 2026 to $34.9K on Sep 30, 2026.
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
$200K$400K$600K
Jan ’26
Mar ’26
Jun ’26
Sep ’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
PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through Jan 16, 2026
$404,541
$319,138
$85,403
APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026
$440,855
$488,106
$38,152
JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026
$3,252
$4,089
$37,315
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026
$0
$2,460
$34,855
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 $848,649 reported receipts
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Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$760,10590%
Largest donors
Patricia Chambers3 contributions, latest Feb 11, 2026 · MORRISTOWN, NJ$8,500
Raymond G. Chambers3 contributions, latest Feb 11, 2026 · MORRISTOWN, NJ$8,500
Tom Coughlin3 contributions, latest Feb 11, 2026 · JACKSONVILLE, FL$6,500
Peter Harvey3 contributions, latest Feb 11, 2026 · SOMERSET, NJ$6,500
Donna Y. Ivery3 contributions, latest Feb 11, 2026 · EDGEWATER, NJ$6,500
Willie J. Ivery3 contributions, latest Feb 11, 2026 · HACKENSACK, NJ$6,500
Shari BlecherOne contribution on Jan 20, 2026 · ATTORNEY · LIEBERMAN BLECHER & SINKEVICH · PRINCETON, NJ$3,500
Jacques BlinbaumOne contribution on Jan 22, 2026 · EXECUTIVE · OLD COURT GROUP · NEW YORK, NY$3,500
Melissa BortnickOne contribution on Jan 26, 2026 · LAWYER · EPIC GAMES, INC. · SHORT HILLS, NJ$3,500
Ned BraunsteinOne contribution on Jan 14, 2026 · EXECUTIVE · REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS · HIGHLAND BEACH, FL$3,500
Judith CassellOne contribution on Jan 16, 2026 · RETIRED · NOT EMPLOYED · SECAUCUS, NJ$3,500
Joe CayreOne contribution on Jan 26, 2026 · RETIRED · NOT EMPLOYED · BROOKLYN, NY$3,500
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 564 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $759.1K.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$68,6948.1%
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$15,9001.9%
The 2 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 2 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $4K. 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.$3,9500.5%
Total reported receipts $848,649
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $772,705 placed by state
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under $13.3K
$13.3K+
$53.3K+
$119.8K+
$213K+
none
Outlined: New Jersey, home state
Home state and away
New Jersey 43%NJ 43%Elsewhere 57%
43% of the money placed by state came from inside New Jersey: $332.8K of $772.7K.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
New Jersey home261 contributions · 43%
$332,845
New York107 contributions · 24%
$187,250
California
Money from groups, by interest $2,127,076
What the committees giving to Way’s campaign or spending on ads about Way are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
For Way $2,127,076
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On the Democratic side by their own words, their main funder, or a published source a reviewer cites. A caucus’s PAC is here. A group with one cause is filed under that cause instead.$2.1M97%
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.$37.1K1.7%
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.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.$18K0.8%
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.$1K<0.1%
Outside spending $6,326,726 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 $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, 27% to named individuals, 29% to organizations, 19% 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
American Israel Public Affairs CommitteeOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind United Democracy Project
Forward Movement FoundationOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Dlga
$174.1K
David RosenPerson · Finance, Rubric Capital · behind The American Centerpoint PAC Inc.
$171.9K
Geosor Corp.Organization · behind The American Ideals PAC and Working Families Party PAC
$166.7K
Article One Action Fund
What the payments were for $798,761 itemized
The campaign also refunded $13,650 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.$528,23566%
Filed as
TV ADVERTISING$207,514
ADVERTISING - TELEVISION$162,112
ADVERTISING - DIGITAL$157,359
DIGITAL ADVERTISING$1,250
Paid to
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Buying Time7 payments · 45% of all spending
$369,626
Mvar Media, LLC13 payments · 19% of all spending
$155,109
Gusto13 payments · 7.7% of all spending
$62,330
Ripple Effect Strategies LLC2 payments · 4.2% of all spending
$34,293
Democracy Engine, Inc.23 payments · 3.4% of all spending
$27,281
Victory LAB Consulting LLC2 payments · 3.1% of all spending
$25,000
NR & R Strategies6 payments · 3% of all spending
$24,382
Moore Campaigns3 payments · 1.5% of all spending
$12,168
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 Way’s campaign say backs them?
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BallotWhen is Way on the ballot?
Feb 5, 2026
Special election · New Jersey U.S. House 11 Democratic Special Primary
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53 contributions · 8.6%
$66,525
Florida38 contributions · 8.1%
$62,835
Texas17 contributions · 2.3%
$18,050
Illinois8 contributions · 1.8%
$13,950
Pennsylvania10 contributions · 1.5%
$11,500
Georgia5 contributions · 1.4%
$10,500
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 30 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 · 168 contributions · 30% of ranked
$216,425
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 48 contributions · 8.9% of ranked
$63,710
RetiredWritten instead of an employer · 22 contributions · 5.5% of ranked
$39,350
Sompo2 contributions · 1% of ranked
$7,000
Valcor Engineering Corp2 contributions · 1% of ranked
$7,000
Brach Eichler2 contributions · 0.8% of ranked
$5,500
Hackensack Meridian Health3 contributions · 0.8% of ranked
$5,500
Patterson Belknap2 contributions · 0.7% of ranked
$5,000
A further $14,600 came from donors whose answer names no employer (None, blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 employer spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. 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 ($68,694) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 109 contributions · 22% of ranked
$169,350
Attorney73 contributions · 13% of ranked
$98,400
Not employedWritten instead of an occupation · 79 contributions · 11% of ranked
$81,825
Real Estate28 contributions · 5.7% of ranked
$43,020
Finance15 contributions · 3.7% of ranked
$27,700
CEO13 contributions · 2.9% of ranked
$22,000
Executive11 contributions · 2.6% of ranked
$20,050
Lawyer10 contributions · 2.3% of ranked
$17,100
A further $14,600 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (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 ($68,694) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
“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.
$4,203,650 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Way’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Wayunder “Other outside spending” in the full finance detail, but not for the rest of the field, so every other row is a floor.
Organization · behind Article One PAC
$162.9K
Fund for Policy ReformOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind The American Ideals PAC and Working Families Party PAC
$160.3K
Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association IncOrganization · behind Dlga
$88.4K
Guzman FoundationOrganization · behind Article One PAC
$77.2K
Chain Bridge BankOrganization · behind United Democracy Project
$73.2K
Paul SingerPerson · Founder, Elliott Investment Management · behind United Democracy Project
$53.6K
Opportunity Forward AllianceOrganization · behind Article One PAC
$46.3K
Read for the 17 largest groups of 20, 94% of the $6.3M 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.
Buying Time
$369,626
Mvar Media, LLC$130,859
Victory LAB Consulting LLC$25,000
B26 Strategies LLC$1,500
Public Ruckus Creative, LLC$1,250
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$59,1367.4%
Filed as
TEXTING$35,338
SOFTWARE$23,099
NGP VAN SOFTWARE 1 WEEK$300
TEXTING SERVICES$257
REIMBURSEMENT - SOFTWARE$131
REIMBURSEMENT - WEB HOSTING$12
Paid to
Ripple Effect Strategies LLC$20,703
NR & R Strategies$15,048
Circuit Texting LLC$8,938
NGP VAN Inc.$7,346
Switchboard Public Benefit Corp$5,697
Libra Labs, LLC$752
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$48,7756.1%
Filed as
DIGITAL CONSULTING$22,750
COMPLIANCE CONSULTING$11,750
STRATEGIC PLANNING CONSULTING$5,000
ADMINISTRATIVE CONSULTING$4,942
CAMPAIGN STRATEGY CONSULTING$4,333
Paid to
Mvar Media, LLC$21,250
The Money Wheel$11,750
NR & R Strategies$9,333
Rojas, Abigail$3,684
B26 Strategies LLC$1,500
Brown, Sean L$1,258
Payroll and staffSalaries, wages, benefits, and payroll services.$40,1645%
Filed as
PAYROLL$40,164
Paid to
Scher, Maxwell L$18,902
Epstein, David L$16,611
Baker, Estina L$4,652
Card paymentsPaid to a card processor with no itemisation filed beneath it, so the purchases behind it are not on the record.$37,7114.7%
Filed as
CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEE$37,711
Paid to
Democracy Engine, Inc.$27,281
ActBlue Technical Services$10,430
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$23,3702.9%
Filed as
PAYROLL TAXES$21,534
BANK CHARGES & FEES$1,205
PAYROLL PROCESSING FEES$515
PAYROLL PROCESSING FEE$116
Paid to
Gusto$22,165
Amalgamated Bank$1,205
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$18,6792.3%
Filed as
PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICES$15,168
MEALS$3,510
Paid to
Moore Campaigns$12,168
Mvar Media, LLC$3,000
Francesco's$2,998
The Brookdale$512
Field and canvassingDoor-to-door canvassing, phone banks and calls to voters, petition and signature gathering, and get-out-the-vote work.$18,5202.3%
Filed as
CANVASSING SERVICES$7,500
PETITIONING SERVICES$6,020
IN-KIND - PETITION COLLECTION$5,000
Paid to
North Shore Strategies, LLC$7,500
Gray Group, Inc.$6,020
Dlga PAC$5,000
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$17,7402.2%
Filed as
CAMPAIGN EVENT SUPPLIES$15,090
FUNDRAISING EXPENSE$1,900
EVENT SUPPLIES$750
Paid to
Ripple Effect Strategies LLC$13,590
Wcum - Woman's Club of Montclair$1,900
KHI Rivers ENT LLC$1,000
Bowden, Linda$750
Valarie Adams LLC$500
Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$3,8500.5%
Filed as
POLITICAL DONATION$2,850
CONTRIBUTION TO COMMITTEE$1,000
Paid to
Cory Booker for Senate$1,500
WES Moore for Maryland$1,000
Nellie POU for Congress$1,000
Passaic County Democratic Committee$350
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$1,1100.1%
Filed as
PRINTING$1,110
Paid to
Melvin Enterprises LLC$910
Gray Group, Inc.$201
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$774<0.1%
Filed as
STIPEND$750
REIMBURSEMENT - VENDORS THAT AGGREGATE ABOVE $200 LISTED BELOW$24
Paid to
ST. Jules, Bebe$750
Way, Tahesha$24
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$697<0.1%
Filed as
TRAVEL$697
Paid to
United Airlines, Inc.$697
Total itemized disbursements $798,761
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 Sep 30, 2026.
All 158 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
6 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $40,861 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.