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Candidates › West Virginia U.S. Senate race › 2025–2026
DemocraticU.S. SenateWest Virginia
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Jeffrey V. Kessler’s words are not shown
Campaign committee · 2025–2026 · latest available filing · Official FEC bulk data
99¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 3 reports ($72K of $72.6K). Cash on hand went from $14.2K on Mar 31, 2026 to $0 on Jun 30, 2026.
| Report | Raised in the period | Spent in the period | Cash on hand at its close |
|---|---|---|---|
| APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026 | $30,191 | $15,335 | $14,233 |
| PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through Apr 22, 2026 | $25,482 | $3,881 | $36,456 |
| TERMINATION REPORT 2026 through Jun 30, 2026 | $16,927 | $52,760 | $0 |
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
No receipts reported
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93% of the money placed by state came from inside West Virginia: $41.8K of $44.9K.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 38 contributions · 93% | $41,750 |
| 2 contributions · 6.7% | $3,000 |
| 1 contribution · 0.2% | $100 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an employer · 7 contributions · 27% of ranked | $10,600 |
| 3 contributions · 21% of ranked | $8,400 |
| Written instead of an employer · 5 contributions · 15% of ranked | $5,750 |
| Written instead of an employer · 13 contributions · 12% of ranked | $4,700 |
| 1 contribution · 6.4% of ranked | $2,500 |
| 1 contribution · 5.1% of ranked | $2,000 |
| 1 contribution · 2.5% of ranked | $1,000 |
| 1 contribution · 2.5% of ranked | $1,000 |
A further $5,600 came from donors whose answer names no employer (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.
| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an occupation · 6 contributions · 26% of ranked | $10,100 |
| 3 contributions · 21% of ranked | $8,400 |
| 7 contributions · 20% of ranked | $7,750 |
| Written instead of an occupation · 13 contributions · 12% of ranked | $4,700 |
| 2 contributions · 7.6% of ranked | $3,000 |
| 1 contribution · 5.1% of ranked | $2,000 |
| 2 contributions · 2.5% of ranked | $1,000 |
| 1 contribution · 2.5% of ranked | $1,000 |
A further $5,600 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.
What the committees giving to Kessler’s campaign or spending on ads about Kessler 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, 36% to named individuals, 59% to organizations, 3.3% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 1.6% not itemized in the filings.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| Organization · behind Take ME Home WV Action | $380.1K |
| Person · Co-Founder, Andreessen Horowitz · behind American Mission | $64.9K |
| Person · Cofounder and GP, Andreessen Horowitz · behind American Mission | $64.9K |
| Person · behind American Mission | $32.5K |
| Person · President and Co-Founder, Openai · behind American Mission | $32.5K |
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| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 4 payments | $52,397 |
| 2 payments | $6,432 |
| 2 payments | $4,000 |
| 4 payments | $1,316 |
| 1 payment | $1,000 |
| 16 payments | $743 |
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 · 25,085 votes (27%) · 2 of 5 · 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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| $21.4K |
| Person · Investments, JW Childs Assoc · behind Take ME Home WV Action | $11.2K |
| Person · Real Estate Developer, Arcland · behind Take ME Home WV Action | $11.2K |
| Person · General Counsel, Staverton Partners LLC · behind Take ME Home WV Action | $4.3K |
| Person · Businessman, Acme General Corp · behind Take ME Home WV Action | $4.3K |
| Person · Consultant, Civic Service Inc · behind Take ME Home WV Action | $4.3K |
| Organization · behind American Mission | $2.3K |
Read for the 4 largest groups of 5, 99% of the $655.1K 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.
Total itemized disbursements $65,889
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.
All 29 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.