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Candidates › VA-02 race › 2025–2026
I Independent nominee for U.S. House, VA-02
Has not served in Congress
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FEC filings, Jul 1, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00957233
22¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 2 reports ($1.9K of $8.3K). Cash on hand went from $4.8K on Sep 30, 2026 to $6.5K on Oct 14, 2026.
| Report | Raised in the period | Spent in the period | Cash on hand at its close |
|---|---|---|---|
| OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026 | $6,574 | $1,790 | $4,784 |
| PRE-GENERAL 2026 through Oct 14, 2026 | $1,775 | $62 | $6,497 |
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
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A donor who gave several times appears once. The 4 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 4 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $2.8K.
Total reported receipts $8,349
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
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54% of the money placed by state came from inside Virginia: $1.5K of $2.8K.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2 contributions · 54% | $1,500 |
| 1 contribution · 36% | $1,000 |
| 1 contribution · 10% | $287 |
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 3 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.
| Employer as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| 1 contribution · 36% of ranked | $1,000 |
| 1 contribution · 36% of ranked | $1,000 |
| Written instead of an employer · 2 contributions · 28% of ranked | $787 |
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 ($5,562) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| 1 contribution · 36% of ranked | $1,000 |
| 1 contribution · 36% of ranked | $1,000 |
| Written instead of an occupation · 2 contributions · 28% of ranked | $787 |
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 ($5,562) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
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.
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“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
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.
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, 37% to named individuals, 24% to organizations, 21% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 17% not itemized in the filings.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind HMP | $1.4M |
| Person · CEO, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. · behind America PAC and CLF and 1 more | $1M |
| Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind CLF | $903.8K |
| Person · Founder, Bloomberg Inc. · behind HMP and 314 Action Fund and 2 more | $492.9K |
| Person · Philanthropist, Self Employed · behind Dmfi PAC and Votevets | $427.1K |
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Total itemized disbursements $1,852
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 3 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 1 payment · 81% of all spending | $1,500 |
| 2 payments · 19% of all spending | $352 |
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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Lost · 4,828 votes (1.4%) · 3 of 4 · Full results ↗
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 ↗
Official FEC filing record for the current cycle. The priorities they publish are quoted from their own site, in their order.
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| $386.7K |
| Person · Physician, Adelson Drug Clinic · behind NO Going Back PAC Inc. and CLF | $325K |
| Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Giffords PAC | $309.5K |
| Person · Investments, Self-Employed · behind CLF | $295.3K |
| Organization · behind NO Going Back PAC Inc. | $258.1K |
| Person · Chairman, Hendricks Holding Co Inc. · behind NO Going Back PAC Inc. | $221.3K |
| Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Cffe PAC and HMP | $184.9K |
Read for the 19 largest groups of 39, 97% of the $17.6M 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.