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Money
$330.1K raised, $319.5K spent, $10.6K cash on hand (through Sep 30, 2026). Where it comes from
Who gives
26% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 41% from Virginia
Their wordsWhat does Bhatti say they will do?
Salaam Bhatti’s words are not shown
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MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$330.1K
$330,090
Spent
$319.5K
$319,483
Cash on hand
$10.6K
$10,607
FEC filings, Jul 17, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00912287 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
97¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 6 reports ($319.5K of $330.1K). Cash on hand went from $80.6K on Sep 30, 2025 to $10.6K on Sep 30, 2026.
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
$50K$100K$150K
Sep ’25
Dec ’25
Mar ’26
Jun ’26
Jul ’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
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2025 through Sep 30, 2025
$103,673
$23,062
$80,611
YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025
$24,681
$48,439
$56,853
APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026
$56,480
$87,870
$25,463
JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026
$87,620
$65,768
$47,315
PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through Jul 15, 2026
$26,935
$28,671
$45,579
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026
$30,701
$65,673
$10,607
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 $330,090 reported receipts
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Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$243,58774%
Farooq PadderOne contribution on Jul 17, 2025 · DOCTOR · COOPER HEALTH · MOORESTOWN, NJ$3,500
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 655 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $239.5K.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$84,48026%
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$1,7500.5%
Refunds and rebatesMoney coming back to the campaign: rebates and refunds of what it spent.$164<0.1%
The candidateMoney the candidate gave their own campaign.$110<0.1%
Total reported receipts $330,090
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 $239,896 placed by state
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under $3.9K
$3.9K+
$15.6K+
$35.1K+
$62.4K+
none
Outlined: Virginia, home state
Home state and away
Virginia 41%VA 41%Elsewhere 59%
41% of the money placed by state came from inside Virginia: $97.5K of $239.9K.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
Virginia home291 contributions · 41%
$97,451
California48 contributions · 10%
$24,545
Pennsylvania54 contributions · 8.8%
$21,155
Outside spending $16,982,091 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.
RRobert J. Wittman18 groups▲Supporting $1.2M▼Opposing $11MTotal $12.2M
Who stands behind the outside spending: the people and organizations its money traces to
Who stands behind the outside spending $16.8M 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, 20% to organizations, 39% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 14% not itemized in the filings.
People and organizations the race's outside spending traces to
Name
Amount
House Majority ForwardOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind HMP and SD 2026
$2.3M
League of Conservation Voters, Inc.Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind LCV Victory Fund
$1M
American Opportunity ActionOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Your Community PAC and HMP
$995.2K
Michael BloombergPerson · Founder, Bloomberg Inc. · behind HMP and LCV Victory Fund and 1 more
$637.7K
Jb PritzkerPerson · Governor, State of Illinois · behind Ready for the Fight
$609.8K
What the payments were for $310,534 itemized
The campaign also refunded $4,670 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
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Payroll and staffSalaries, wages, benefits, and payroll services.$78,36225%
Filed as
PAYROLL$46,017
CANDIDATE PAYROLL (<$238/DAY)$32,345
Paid to
Bhatti, ATA-UL-Salaam$34,524
Smith, Emily$33,707
Negash, David$5,288
Qureshi, Jeffrey$4,844
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Gusto49 payments · 33% of all spending
$106,095
BEE Compliance LLC13 payments · 15% of all spending
$48,194
NGP VAN20 payments · 5.9% of all spending
$18,962
Sole Strategies5 payments · 4.7% of all spending
$15,000
Garcia, Celestino4 payments · 3.7% of all spending
$11,750
ActBlue Technical Services102 payments · 3.5% of all spending
$11,274
Meta47 payments · 3.4% of all spending
$10,989
Disney Campaign Manager12 payments · 3.3% of all spending
$10,435
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 Bhatti’s campaign say backs them?
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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 ↗
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Illinois
52 contributions · 8.7%
$20,850
New York24 contributions · 5.2%
$12,400
Maryland31 contributions · 4.8%
$11,500
New Jersey23 contributions · 3.7%
$8,913
North Carolina11 contributions · 3.3%
$8,020
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 24 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
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 93 contributions · 18% of ranked
$43,875
Not employedWritten instead of an employer · 140 contributions · 15% of ranked
$34,924
Amazon4 contributions · 2.7% of ranked
$6,500
PA Dept Of State9 contributions · 1.6% of ranked
$3,835
Affiliated Managers Group1 contribution · 1.5% of ranked
$3,500
Brown Neri Smith & Khan LLP1 contribution · 1.5% of ranked
$3,500
Cooper Health1 contribution · 1.5% of ranked
$3,500
Kaiser Permanente3 contributions · 1.5% of ranked
$3,500
A further $385 came from donors whose answer names no employer (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 ($84,480) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
Physician50 contributions · 14% of ranked
$32,840
Not employedWritten instead of an occupation · 119 contributions · 13% of ranked
$30,274
Attorney48 contributions · 5% of ranked
$11,927
Software Engineer9 contributions · 3.6% of ranked
$8,650
Lawyer21 contributions · 3.3% of ranked
$7,900
Technical Program Manager6 contributions · 2.1% of ranked
$5,125
Doctor6 contributions · 2% of ranked
$4,675
Executive3 contributions · 1.8% of ranked
$4,250
A further $385 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 ($84,480) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
HMP▼ Opposes31 records, latest Oct 28, 2026$6,564,945
Support and oppose are each group’s own labels, not a judgment made here.
$16,982,091 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Bhatti’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Bhattiunder “Other outside spending” in the full finance detail, but not for the rest of the field, so every other row is a floor.
American Action NetworkOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind CLF
$389.3K
Commonwealth Action Fund IncOrganization · behind Commonwealth Action PAC
$359.5K
NRDC Action FundOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind NRDC Action Votes
$298.5K
Sixteen Thirty FundOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Your Community PAC and AB PAC and 1 more
$282.7K
Thomas KlingensteinPerson · Investment Counselor, Cohen Klingenstein LLC · behind Civic Renewal Fund Inc.
$258.5K
Choose Freedom Inc.Organization · behind Civic Renewal Fund Inc.
$258.5K
Opportunity Action FundOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Cffe PAC and HMP
$249.2K
Read for the 19 largest groups of 29, 99% of the $17M 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.
Consulting and strategy
Strategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.
$56,59418%
Filed as
COMPLIANCE CONSULTING$48,194
DIGITAL CONSULTING$7,950
POLITICAL CONSULTING$450
Paid to
BEE Compliance LLC$48,194
Modern BAY LLC$7,950
Green, Brandon$450
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$42,75314%
Filed as
PAYROLL TAXES$26,806
PROCESSING FEES$11,352
FILING FEES$3,480
PAYROLL PROCESSING FEES$927
BANK FEE$187
Paid to
Gusto$27,733
ActBlue Technical Services$11,274
Virginia Department of the Treasury$3,480
Amalgamated Bank$187
Democracy Engine$78
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$31,41410%
Filed as
DIGITAL ADS$13,678
PAID MEDIA BUY - TV$9,163
VIDEO PRODUCTION SERVICES AND TRAVEL$4,988
ADVERTISING - DIGITAL$1,914
ADVERTISING - TV$1,272
VIDEO PRODUCTION SERVICES$400
Paid to
Meta$10,989
Disney Campaign Manager$10,435
Mosaic Communications LLC$4,988
Google$4,278
Duchene, Donovan$400
Blue Virginia$325
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$30,4989.8%
Filed as
FUNDRAISING CONSULTING$26,750
EVENT SPACE RENTAL, FOOD, BEVERAGES$1,551
CATERING$1,183
CATERING AND EVENT SPACE RENTAL$400
EVENT SPACE RENTAL$274
EVENT TICKETS$215
EVENT TICKET$125
Paid to
Sole Strategies$15,000
Garcia, Celestino$11,750
Bastani, Alex$1,551
Shawarma Makers$775
Mughal Oasis Restaurant$408
Wynne, Eileen$400
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$28,8229.3%
Filed as
SOFTWARE$20,140
TEXTING$7,882
WEBSITE$800
Paid to
NGP VAN$18,962
Switchboard$7,882
Blueshiftte$800
Mailchimp$616
Canva$300
Google$262
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$18,9566.1%
Filed as
PRINTING$11,884
GRAPHIC DESIGN SERVICES$4,900
POSTAGE$1,242
YARD SIGNS$930
Paid to
Polished Creative$4,900
Printersmark Inc$3,925
Printersmark, Inc.$3,821
The Blue Deal LLC$2,355
ZIPPITYPRINT.COM$1,745
Signrocket Yard Signs$930
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$15,7425.1%
Filed as
DATA SERVICES$7,142
POLLING$6,000
VOTER LIST$2,600
Paid to
Democratic Party of Virginia$7,142
MDW Communications LLC$6,000
Ahmed, Shukoor$2,600
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$3,2711.1%
Filed as
COACHING SERVICES$1,800
CAMPAIGN MERCHANDISE$1,471
Paid to
Duffy, Andrew$1,800
QUE Tee's Print Shop$1,471
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$2,7420.9%
Filed as
PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICES$1,575
OFFICE SUPPLIES$629
RENT$400
MEALS$138
Paid to
Dwayne Morris Photography$1,575
Staples$583
RBG Pilafian Properties LLC$400
Morgan, Mary$138
Amazon$46
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$1,3810.4%
Filed as
LODGING$1,381
Paid to
Extended Stay$1,381
Total itemized disbursements $310,534
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 391 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
19 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $78,362 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.