We have not found a campaign site for this candidate yet.
Money
$1.5M raised, $1.5M spent, $11.7K cash on hand (through Sep 30, 2026). Where it comes from
Who gives
31% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 11% from Missouri · largest committee giver MCARE (MUSLIM COMMUNITY ADVOCATES FOR TIGHTS & EMPOWERMENT) - FEDERAL, $5K
Outside groups
$80.3K supporting, $3.6M opposing Bush
Their wordsWhat does Bush say they will do?
Cori Bush’s words are not shown
We have not found a campaign site for this candidate yet.
MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$1.5M
$1,515,883
Spent
$1.5M
$1,526,530
Cash on hand
$11.7K
$11,687
FEC filings, Jan 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00922153 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
99¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 5 reports ($1.5M of $1.5M). Cash on hand went from $180.2K on Dec 31, 2025 to $12.4K on Sep 30, 2026.
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
$200K$400K$600K
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
YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025
$507,994
$327,769
$180,225
APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026
$310,495
$360,340
$130,381
JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026
$368,603
$293,717
$205,267
PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through Jul 15, 2026
$93,272
$200,106
$98,433
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026
$228,142
$314,218
$12,357
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 $1,515,883 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.$995,72066%
Largest donors
Eiad Musallet4 contributions, latest Apr 11, 2026 · BUSINESS OWNER · EL MERCADO · OVERLAND PARK, KS$12,000
Diane Shammas4 contributions, latest Dec 17, 2025 · NOT EMPLOYED · LAGUNA BEACH, CA$10,000
Mohammed Abdallah2 contributions, latest Jul 9, 2026 · CEO · HILLS PROPERTY, LLC · PALOS PARK, IL$7,000
Rehan Alvi2 contributions, latest May 3, 2026 · INVESTOR · ALVI CAPITAL · EL DORADO HILLS, CA$7,000
Issam Andoni2 contributions, latest Nov 2, 2025 · RETIRED · NOT EMPLOYED · OAKTON, VA$7,000
Jiham Andoni2 contributions, latest Nov 2, 2025 · RETIRED · NOT EMPLOYED · OAKTON, VA$7,000
Susan Bernstein2 contributions, latest Mar 23, 2026 · ARTIST · SELF EMPLOYED · CAMBRIDGE, MA$7,000
David Chami2 contributions, latest Dec 18, 2025 · ATTORNEY · CHAMI LAW FIRM · SCOTTSDALE, AZ$7,000
Liam Connell2 contributions, latest Dec 10, 2025 · NOT EMPLOYED · LAKE FOREST, IL$7,000
Ali El Siblani2 contributions, latest Jun 17, 2026 · NOT EMPLOYED · DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI$7,000
Lulu Faraj2 contributions, latest Dec 18, 2025 · PARALEGAL · CHAMI LAW FIRM · SCOTTSDALE, AZ$7,000
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 2,423 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $992.5K.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$451,79330%
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$40,2912.7%
Committees that gave
Mcare1 receipt, latest May 27, 2026 · PAC (nonqualified)$5,000
The 6 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 6 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $17K. 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.$19,8041.3%
TransfersMoney moved in from the candidate's other authorized committees, such as a joint fundraising committee.$8,2740.5%
Money moved in from the candidate’s other authorized committees, such as a joint fundraising committee. It was raised once and is reported again here on arrival. The 2 largest sources by total given are listed. In all, 2 transfers were filed this cycle, totaling $8.3K.
Other receiptsInterest, dividends and other income the committee files on a line of its own.$1<0.1%
Total reported receipts $1,515,883
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 $992,856 placed by state
Loading the map
Tap or hover over a state, or focus the map and use the arrow keys, to read its total. Ctrl or ⌘ and scroll to zoom.
under $8K
$8K+
$32.1K+
$72.2K+
$128.3K+
none
Outlined: Missouri, home state
Home state and away
Elsewhere 89%
11% of the money placed by state came from inside Missouri: $111.9K of $992.9K.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
California345 contributions · 20%
$200,517
Missouri home528 contributions · 11%
Money from groups, by interest $3,701,761
What the committees giving to Bush’s campaign or spending on ads about Bush are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
For Bush $97,255
Tap a slice or a name to open it.
$97.3KTap a slice
Groups that state a purpose of raising workers’ pay and economic fairness that are not a union or a union’s PAC.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.$37.6K39%
$30.5K31%
$13.1K13%
PACs a politician sponsors or runs: a leadership PAC (the FEC’s designation D), a committee the FEC lists as sponsored by a candidate, or a super PAC the politician’s own team runs and press reports tie to them. One that exists only for that politician’s own race is under Groups spending on one race.$7K7.2%
$5K5.1%
$2.5K2.6%
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.$1.5K1.5%
Outside spending $4,719,793 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 $4.7M 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, 19% to named individuals, 17% to organizations, 31% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 32% 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
$829.8K
Opportunity Forward AllianceOrganization · behind New Democrat Majority
$536.9K
Effective Governing CoalitionOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind New Democrat Majority
$359.6K
Democracy MattersOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Project 218
$143.6K
Chain Bridge BankOrganization · behind United Democracy Project
$98.1K
Center ForwardOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Center Forward Committee
What the payments were for $1,467,330 itemized
The campaign also refunded $841 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
Tap a row with to see what was paid for.
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$312,27321%
Filed as
DIGITAL CONSULTING$174,436
CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT CONSULTING$52,409
COMPLIANCE CONSULTING
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Gusto61 payments · 31% of all spending
$469,146
Mosaic Communications3 payments · 9.7% of all spending
$148,500
Uplift21 payments · 7.8% of all spending
$118,940
Unbought Power10 payments · 7.5% of all spending
$114,036
PPL PWR, LLC7 payments · 3.6% of all spending
$55,196
ActBlue Technical Services62 payments · 3.4% of all spending
$51,422
Bush-Merritts, Cori13 payments · 3.2% of all spending
$49,360
Egret Strategies5 payments · 2.6% of all spending
$39,159
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 Bush’s campaign say backs them?
Not read yet
We have not found a campaign site for Cori Bush yet.
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.
Campaign pages read 0 pages
No campaign pages quoted
We have not found a campaign site for this candidate yet.
$111,933
Florida95 contributions · 11%
$106,981
Illinois218 contributions · 8.9%
$88,557
New York199 contributions · 6.2%
$61,822
Virginia114 contributions · 5.4%
$53,405
Massachusetts104 contributions · 4.7%
$46,197
District of Columbia50 contributions · 4.6%
$45,638
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 38 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 · 961 contributions · 32% of ranked
$287,385
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 323 contributions · 14% of ranked
$121,284
Chami LAW Firm4 contributions · 1.6% of ranked
$14,000
Jamy Properties LLC4 contributions · 1.6% of ranked
$14,000
Partnership For Democracy And Educatio4 contributions · 1.6% of ranked
$14,000
EL Mercado4 contributions · 1.3% of ranked
$12,000
Orlando Health3 contributions · 1.2% of ranked
$10,500
Alvi Capital2 contributions · 0.8% of ranked
$7,000
A further $2,550 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 ($451,793) 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 · 886 contributions · 25% of ranked
$241,950
Physician139 contributions · 11% of ranked
$108,782
Attorney112 contributions · 6.1% of ranked
$59,473
Business Owner32 contributions · 4.9% of ranked
$47,850
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 56 contributions · 4.4% of ranked
$43,135
CEO16 contributions · 3.8% of ranked
$37,282
Engineer116 contributions · 3.1% of ranked
$30,752
Manager26 contributions · 2.4% of ranked
$23,475
A further $3,800 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (N/A, blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 occupation 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 ($451,793) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
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.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.
Clearly political, but nothing yet shows a cause or a side: not their own words, their funders or a published source.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 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.
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.
Against Bush $3,604,506
Tap a slice or a name to open it.
$3.6MTap a slice
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.$2.4M68%
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.$1.2M32%
“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.
$1,035,033 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Bush’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Bushunder “Other outside spending” in the full finance detail, but not for the rest of the field, so every other row is a floor.
$75.3K
Paul SingerPerson · Founder, Elliott Investment Management · behind United Democracy Project
$71.9K
Haim SabanPerson · CEO, Saban Capital Group · behind United Democracy Project
$55.3K
Manzanita Action FundOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind United Democracy Project
$44.3K
Blair FrankPerson · Portfolio Manager, Capital Group · behind United Democracy Project
$41.5K
Marc RowanPerson · Investments, Apollo Management · behind United Democracy Project
$41.5K
Sanford GrossmanPerson · Retired · behind United Democracy Project
$34.6K
Read for the 9 largest groups of 11, 99.6% of the $4.7M 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.
$41,455
MARKETING CONSULTING AND EXPENSES$14,485
LEGAL$10,972
STRATEGY CONSULTING$8,000
DESIGN CONSULTING$4,185
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING$3,000
POLITICAL STRATEGY CONSULTING$2,680
HR CONSULTING$650
Paid to
Uplift$118,940
PPL PWR, LLC$55,196
Egret Strategies$39,159
Rising Blue Consulting, Inc$25,649
Chatterbox Consulting$21,985
MBA Consulting Group$15,806
Payroll and staffSalaries, wages, benefits, and payroll services.$235,36516%
Filed as
SALARY$229,038
STAFF TIME & TEXTING$3,150
PAYROLL SERVICES$2,736
STAFF TIME$441
Paid to
Bush-Merritts, Cori$46,347
Meneses, Adriana$41,258
Carroll, Julian$30,092
Spaulding, Stephany$29,116
Cook, Benjamin$28,315
Merritts, Cortney$18,190
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$159,01011%
Filed as
PAYROLL TAXES$156,707
BANK FEE$2,003
FILING FEES$300
Paid to
Gusto$156,707
Amalgamated Bank$2,003
Missouri SOS$300
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$139,6009.5%
Filed as
TV BUY$88,500
VIDEO PRODUCTION$36,900
VIDEO PRODUCTION SERVICES$14,200
Paid to
Mosaic Communications$88,500
Durning Productions$36,900
FTCTV, LLC$11,700
Owen Ragland$2,500
Not broken out by the committeeReported as a lump sum, with memo entries pointed to for the detail. Where those entries were filed and read, this page counts the payees they name instead; what is left here was never itemised.$128,4628.8%
Filed as
PAYROLL - SEE BELOW IF ITEMIZED$127,012
TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT - SEE BELOW IF ITEMIZED$1,205
OFFICE SUPPLIES REIMBURSEMENT - SEE BELOW IF ITEMIZED$183
TRAVEL & SUPPLIES REIMBURSEMENT - SEE BELOW IF ITEMIZED$62
Paid to
Gusto$127,012
Woods, Chrystian$623
Bush-Merritts, Cori$582
Spaulding, Stephany$183
Roberts, Zorro$62
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$124,2658.5%
Filed as
FUNDRAISING CONSULTING$114,534
EVENT SPACE RENTAL$3,822
CATERING$2,254
EVENT CATERING$1,287
EVENT EQUIPMENT$1,043
EVENT ENTERTAINMENT$600
EVENT PRODUCTION SERVICES$250
EVENT PERFORMANCE SERVICES$250
EVENT TICKETS$225
Paid to
Unbought Power$114,036
Ezcater$1,346
Family Haven Event Center LLC$1,337
Shehadeh, Jalal$1,287
Guitar Center$1,043
Dugan, LO$1,000
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$82,1855.6%
Filed as
TRAVEL$82,185
Paid to
Southwest Airlines$20,483
Turo$16,822
Delta Air Lines$4,468
Airbnb$3,203
BOOKING.COM$2,913
The ST. Louis American$2,820
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$67,9144.6%
Filed as
DIGITAL BUY$60,000
DIGITAL PRODUCTION$5,595
DIGITAL SERVICES$927
COPYWRITING$900
INTERNET$492
Paid to
Mosaic Communications$60,000
COX, Monica$5,595
L2, Inc.$927
Gadeon, Nathalie$900
Spectrum$492
Card paymentsPaid to a card processor with no itemisation filed beneath it, so the purchases behind it are not on the record.$52,5203.6%
Filed as
CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES$52,520
Paid to
ActBlue Technical Services$51,422
A New Policy PAC$783
Shopify$315
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$49,4283.4%
Filed as
PRINTING$49,360
SHIPPING$67
Paid to
The INK Spot$22,940
Marks Quick Printing$13,525
O.R. Pechman Sign Co.$7,037
Pelican Printing$3,412
Brick City Printing$1,039
Campaigns & Elections$596
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$39,6282.7%
Filed as
SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION$28,739
TEXTING$10,156
WEB HOSTING$733
Paid to
Scale to Win$10,156
NGP VAN, Inc.$6,598
Ramp$4,935
Google$3,478
Switchboard$2,925
Missouri Democratic State Committee$2,500
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$36,8232.5%
Filed as
RENT$9,679
PHOTOGRAPHY$8,675
OFFICE SUPPLIES$7,190
INSURANCE$6,946
STORAGE$1,856
UTILITIES$1,325
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES$500
SECURITY$428
FACILITY RENTAL$226
Paid to
Paddock Equity Investors, LLC$9,679
Girl Louie LLC$7,200
Clarke & Sampson$6,946
Public Storage$1,856
Walmart$1,171
Ameren$1,150
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$30,2702.1%
Filed as
RESEARCH CONSULTING$30,270
Paid to
HIT Strategies$30,270
Field and canvassingDoor-to-door canvassing, phone banks and calls to voters, petition and signature gathering, and get-out-the-vote work.$9,5870.7%
Filed as
CANVASSING SERVICES$8,297
CANVASSING$1,290
Paid to
Our Revolution$8,297
Beard, Joel$765
Hoskins, Ted$525
Total itemized disbursements $1,467,330
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 829 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
17 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $192,991 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.