2026 federal candidate · official FEC data

Colby Watson

Campaign donations, fundraising, spending, and cash on hand from the latest included Federal Election Commission filings.

U.S. House — North Carolina District 8DEMChallengerFEC H6NC08202
Direct answer · 2025–2026 cycle

How much has Colby Watson raised?

$39,569.45 in total campaign receipts.

$10,409.45 is reported as individual contributions. Total receipts can also include transfers, offsets, loans, and other FEC receipt categories, so it is broader than donations alone.

Total receipts$39,569
Total spending$37,232
Cash on hand$2,343

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Office soughtU.S. House · NC-08Federal Election Commission
Filing classificationChallengerFEC candidate master
Current public officeNo matching current federal roleNo role inferred
Campaign websiteNot listed in a connected official sourceCoverage gap
Experience and education

Standardized candidate CV

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No source-complete CV located.

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Statements and official actions over time

Sourced issue positions

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HousingNo sourced public position located.

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Economy & taxesNo sourced public position located.

No statement or official action in this release's connected sources has been assigned to this issue.

EducationNo sourced public position located.

No statement or official action in this release's connected sources has been assigned to this issue.

Public safetyNo sourced public position located.

No statement or official action in this release's connected sources has been assigned to this issue.

ImmigrationNo sourced public position located.

No statement or official action in this release's connected sources has been assigned to this issue.

Health careNo sourced public position located.

No statement or official action in this release's connected sources has been assigned to this issue.

TransportationNo sourced public position located.

No statement or official action in this release's connected sources has been assigned to this issue.

Energy & climateNo sourced public position located.

No statement or official action in this release's connected sources has been assigned to this issue.

AbortionNo sourced public position located.

No statement or official action in this release's connected sources has been assigned to this issue.

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Endorsements

CAMPAIGN-REPORTED
No sourced public endorsements located.

This does not mean the candidate has no endorsements; it means none have entered a connected, attributable source.

Filing-driven activity & election calendar

Colby Watson 2026 timeline

REAL DATES

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Scheduled primary election

Congressional primary date listed in the FEC's 2026 calendar.

FEC election-date calendar · schedule subject to change
Scheduled runoff, if required

Runoff date listed in the FEC's 2026 congressional calendar; whether it applies depends on the election outcome and state rules.

FEC election-date calendar · schedule subject to change
Latest included PAC or party transaction

Most recent itemized direct contribution or coordinated-party-expenditure row involving this candidate in the current FEC transaction release.

FEC · included source coverage
Latest included campaign summary

End date of the candidate financial summary in Election.org's current FEC bulk-data release.

FEC · included source coverage
Federal general election

Scheduled 2026 federal general-election date. State and local election officials administer elections and determine ballot access.

FEC election-date calendar · schedule subject to change

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House Clerk · personal filings

Personal financial disclosure filings

2 NAME/DISTRICT MATCHES

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Campaign money

Colby Watson campaign finance details

FEC BULK DATA
2025–2026 federal-cycle totals through June 30, 2026.
MetricReported amountWhat it means
Total receipts$39,569.45All campaign receipts reported in the FEC summary, not only individual donations.
Individual contributions$10,409.45Contributions reported in the FEC individual-contribution category.
Candidate contributions$25,460.00Contributions from the candidate in the summary record.
Total disbursements$37,231.59Campaign spending and other disbursements reported for the cycle.
Cash on hand$2,342.86Reported campaign cash remaining at the end of the covered period.
Debts owed by campaign$0.00Outstanding debts the campaign reported owing.
Net cash after reported debt$2,342.86Election.org calculation: cash on hand minus debts owed by the campaign.

Dollar amounts preserve the cents in the FEC record. These figures are campaign-finance totals, not personal wealth, polling, odds, endorsements, or Election.org scores. “Not reported” means the current bulk file contains no summary; it does not mean zero.

Who gave · who spent · what the filing says

PAC contributions and outside spending involving Colby Watson

FEC ITEMIZED DATA

Direct campaign support and independent spending are not combined. Support and opposition below are the positions reported by the spender to the Federal Election Commission.

Direct committee contributions$7,000.003 transactions
Coordinated party spending$0.000 transactions
Independent spending to support$0.000 transactions
Independent spending to oppose$0.000 transactions
Direct contribution

Money reported as given to a candidate or candidate committee. It enters the recipient committee’s campaign-finance record.

Coordinated party expenditure

Party spending reported in the FEC’s coordinated-expenditure category. It is separate from a direct contribution.

Independent expenditure

Outside spending expressly supporting or opposing a candidate. By definition, it is not made in coordination with the candidate or party.

Federal committees reporting direct contributions

NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC PARTY - FEDERAL2 itemized transactions · latest Feb 14, 2026
PRICE FOR CONGRESS1 itemized transaction · latest Jun 28, 2026

Source: FEC contributions-from-committees-to-candidates and independent-expenditure bulk files, checked Aug 24, 2026. Committee transactions retain only the latest filing version for stable transaction IDs. Independent-expenditure rows from superseded filings are removed through the FEC previous-filing chain. Memo entries remain included because the FEC bulk-file documentation instructs analysts to include them.

Money graph · dates, geography, and operating expenditures

How money moved through Colby Watson

FEC ITEMIZED FILES

These panels show privacy-thresholded itemized individual-receipt activity and amendment-normalized operating expenditures. They are descriptive slices of filings—not a complete substitute for the official financial summary.

Where itemized contributor addresses were reported

State is taken from the contributor address on the FEC row. It does not prove residence, citizenship, employer location, or the ultimate economic source of funds.

0.0% outside North Carolina
North Carolina8 distinct reported contributors · 14 rows$3,350.00100.0%

Only committee/state groups with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published. The percentages use only the displayed dataset’s publishable, state-coded itemized rows; they are not a percentage of all campaign receipts.

Reported operating-expenditure categories

FEC filer-selected categories from Schedule B operating expenditures. Memo-code X rows are excluded because the FEC says they are not included in the itemization total.

2 published categories
Category not reported20 current organization-payment rows$26,014.67
Campaign Materials2 current organization-payment rows$881.44

Top organization payees in operating expenditures

Organization payees only. Election.org excludes individual payees and conservatively normalizes names; similar names are not asserted to be one legal entity.

Browse vendor graph →
Mint Hill Express9 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-17
$8,406.79
Signs On The Cheap1 current itemized payment · latest 2026-05-22
$4,603.81
Scale To Win2 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-02
$4,028.00
North Carolina Democratic Party1 current itemized payment · latest 2025-12-03
$3,000.00
Black Political Caucus Of Charlotte Mecklenburg1 current itemized payment · latest 2026-02-02
$2,000.00
Minuteman Press2 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-09
$1,922.61
North Carolina State Board Of Elections1 current itemized payment · latest 2025-12-05
$1,740.00
Cotton Gin Printing1 current itemized payment · latest 2026-06-11
$628.99
Actblue Technical Services2 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-30
$266.45
Apparelinbags Com1 current itemized payment · latest 2026-03-02
$220.76
Wix Com1 current itemized payment · latest 2026-02-24
$78.70

Source: FEC operating expenditures bulk file, checked 2026-08-24. These totals cover published current organization-payment rows after amendment normalization and are not equivalent to the committee’s total disbursements.

Transparent calculations

What the reported totals show

26.3%Individual-contribution shareIndividual contributions ÷ total receipts
94.1%Spending-to-receipts ratioTotal disbursements ÷ total receipts
$2,342.86Net cash after debtCash on hand − debts owed by campaign

These are Election.org calculations from the displayed FEC totals, included to make the filing easier to understand. They are descriptive, not a score or comparison.

Official record

Candidate filing details

2026 CYCLE
Candidate
Colby Watson
Office sought
U.S. House — North Carolina District 8
Party affiliation
DEM
Incumbency
Challenger
Candidate status
Current candidate
Principal committee
COLBY WATSON FOR CONGRESS
FEC candidate ID
H6NC08202
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