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James Talarico

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

U.S. Senate — TexasDEMChallengerFEC S6TX00479
Direct answer · 2025–2026 cycle

How much has James Talarico raised?

$68,555,930.42 in total campaign receipts.

$65,585,741.88 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$68,555,930
Total spending$47,007,775
Cash on hand$21,548,155

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Office soughtU.S. Senate · TXFederal 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

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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

James Talarico 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 campaign summary

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

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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.

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Latest included independent expenditure

Most recent reported dissemination or expenditure date involving this candidate in the current FEC independent-expenditure 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

Election dates are transcribed from the FEC's calendar as published and are subject to change. The FEC does not administer elections; confirm dates and ballot status with the relevant state election authority.

Campaign money

James Talarico campaign finance details

FEC BULK DATA
2025–2026 federal-cycle totals through June 30, 2026.
MetricReported amountWhat it means
Total receipts$68,555,930.42All campaign receipts reported in the FEC summary, not only individual donations.
Individual contributions$65,585,741.88Contributions reported in the FEC individual-contribution category.
Candidate contributions$0.00Contributions from the candidate in the summary record.
Total disbursements$47,007,775.34Campaign spending and other disbursements reported for the cycle.
Cash on hand$21,548,155.08Reported 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$21,548,155.08Election.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 James Talarico

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$340,365.0090 transactions
Coordinated party spending$0.000 transactions
Independent spending to support$4,159,246.5340 transactions
Independent spending to oppose$1,140,555.9521 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

ADVANCING DEMOCRACY AND MOBILIZATION PAC3 itemized transactions · latest Apr 3, 2026
$12,000.00FEC filing ↗
LOBO PAC2 itemized transactions · latest Mar 6, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
SD PAC2 itemized transactions · latest Mar 3, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
MIDWEST REGION LABORERS' POLITICAL LEAGUE2 itemized transactions · latest Jun 4, 2026
A NEW DIRECTION PAC1 itemized transaction · latest Jun 30, 2026
ALL FOR OUR COUNTRY LEADERSHIP PAC1 itemized transaction · latest Jun 30, 2026
ALSOPAC1 itemized transaction · latest Jun 16, 2026
AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE1 itemized transaction · latest Jun 9, 2026
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE1 itemized transaction · latest Jun 2, 2026

Outside spenders reporting support or opposition

supportLONE STAR RISING PAC16 itemized transactions · latest Feb 25, 2026
$3,980,261.86FEC filing ↗
opposeFORWARD TEXAS4 itemized transactions · latest Feb 13, 2026
$500,023.93FEC filing ↗
opposePROTECTING AMERICA'S FUTURE12 itemized transactions · latest Aug 19, 2026
$287,210.66FEC filing ↗
opposeLONE STAR LIBERTY PAC1 itemized transaction · latest May 22, 2026
$200,000.00FEC filing ↗
opposeJEFFERSON RISING1 itemized transaction · latest Aug 3, 2026
$110,335.00FEC filing ↗
supportLATINO VICTORY FUND5 itemized transactions · latest Feb 26, 2026
$82,500.00FEC filing ↗
supportFORWARD BLUE2 itemized transactions · latest Jul 11, 2026
$50,000.00FEC filing ↗
opposeWIN IT BACK PAC3 itemized transactions · latest May 27, 2026
$42,986.36FEC filing ↗
supportFIELD TEAM 6, INC.12 itemized transactions · latest Jul 18, 2026
$27,109.67FEC filing ↗
supportEVERY STATE4 itemized transactions · latest Feb 24, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
supportDISRUPT1 itemized transaction · latest Mar 2, 2026
SPONSOR-LEVEL SOURCE ROWS61 reported communication-spending records

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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 James Talarico

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.

Itemized individual receipt activity over time

Monthly transaction activity from the FEC individual-contributions file. Current-cycle files can contain earlier-dated transactions; signed amendments, refunds, reattributions, and memo entries remain in the source-defined analysis.

13 months

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.

44.4% outside Texas
Texas27,503 distinct reported contributors · 107,744 rows$16,685,220.0055.6%
California5,138 distinct reported contributors · 15,987 rows$3,258,615.0010.9%
New York1,854 distinct reported contributors · 5,055 rows$1,427,252.004.8%
Massachusetts1,074 distinct reported contributors · 3,100 rows$802,332.002.7%
Washington1,197 distinct reported contributors · 3,892 rows$649,899.002.2%
Florida1,211 distinct reported contributors · 4,069 rows$569,958.001.9%
Illinois897 distinct reported contributors · 2,729 rows$496,310.001.7%
Virginia840 distinct reported contributors · 2,621 rows$468,241.001.6%
Maryland771 distinct reported contributors · 2,324 rows$459,167.001.5%
Colorado851 distinct reported contributors · 2,978 rows$448,218.001.5%
District of Columbia535 distinct reported contributors · 1,321 rows$366,087.001.2%
Connecticut407 distinct reported contributors · 1,329 rows$308,901.001.0%

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.

1 published categories
Category not reported824 current organization-payment rows$45,913,171.32

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.

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Aisle 51837 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-18
$18,080,338.48
Thematic Campaigns29 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-26
$16,040,585.96
Actblue Technical Services62 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-30
$2,203,786.13
Payroll Data Processing41 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-15
$2,171,597.32
Bumperactive Com21 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-29
$1,351,839.45
Impact Research14 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-26
$1,110,854.78
Mission Control Incorporated6 current itemized payments · latest 2026-03-02
$776,762.83
American Express8 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-25
$545,694.31
Qct Production LLC5 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-26
$386,988.17
Ngp Van Incorporated14 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-25
$265,619.81
Cat Eye Studios7 current itemized payments · latest 2026-03-04
$254,179.93
Scale To Win11 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-02
$230,492.03
Numero43 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-30
$196,092.16
Mba Consulting Group10 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-28
$167,840.76
Kep Strategies11 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-15
$162,831.00

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.

Aggregated individual giving · privacy threshold applied

Reported employers among contributors to James Talarico

FEC SCHEDULE A
This is not company money.

These totals combine itemized contributions from individuals who reported the same employer. They do not show that the employer directed, funded, or endorsed any contribution.

Google98 distinct reported contributors · 229 current itemized transactions
$74,341.00
University Of Texas170 distinct reported contributors · 502 current itemized transactions
$73,078.00
Baylor College Of Medicine71 distinct reported contributors · 217 current itemized transactions
$49,567.00
Apple94 distinct reported contributors · 334 current itemized transactions
$46,576.00
Gjerset And Lorenz5 distinct reported contributors · 23 current itemized transactions
$34,587.00
Jackson Walker LLP16 distinct reported contributors · 57 current itemized transactions
$25,755.00
State Of Texas58 distinct reported contributors · 204 current itemized transactions
$22,039.00
Texas A And M University56 distinct reported contributors · 172 current itemized transactions
$21,559.00
Bain Capital7 distinct reported contributors · 7 current itemized transactions
$21,500.00
Bgr Group10 distinct reported contributors · 13 current itemized transactions
$21,133.00
Houston Methodist23 distinct reported contributors · 66 current itemized transactions
$21,068.00
Susman Godfrey LLP11 distinct reported contributors · 16 current itemized transactions
$20,850.00
Amazon37 distinct reported contributors · 117 current itemized transactions
$19,930.00
Va Medical Center27 distinct reported contributors · 86 current itemized transactions
$19,410.00
Kirkland And Ellis LLP14 distinct reported contributors · 24 current itemized transactions
$18,300.00

Only employer/recipient groups with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published, with at most 50 groups per recipient committee. Individual names and addresses are not included. Totals are net current-file amounts after amendment normalization and may include refunds, reattributions, or memo entries.

Transparent calculations

What the reported totals show

95.7%Individual-contribution shareIndividual contributions ÷ total receipts
68.6%Spending-to-receipts ratioTotal disbursements ÷ total receipts
$21,548,155.08Net 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
James Talarico
Office sought
U.S. Senate — Texas
Party affiliation
DEM
Incumbency
Challenger
Candidate status
Current candidate
Principal committee
TALARICO FOR TEXAS
FEC candidate ID
S6TX00479
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