2026 federal candidate · official FEC data

Michael Whatley

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

U.S. Senate — North CarolinaREPOpen seatFEC S6NC00415
Direct answer · 2025–2026 cycle

How much has Michael Whatley raised?

$11,272,504.49 in total campaign receipts.

$5,465,481.76 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$11,272,504
Total spending$7,810,806
Cash on hand$3,461,698

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Office soughtU.S. Senate · NCFederal Election Commission
Filing classificationOpen seatFEC 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

Michael Whatley 2026 timeline

REAL DATES

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Scheduled primary election

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

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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.

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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.

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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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Campaign money

Michael Whatley campaign finance details

FEC BULK DATA
2025–2026 federal-cycle totals through June 30, 2026.
MetricReported amountWhat it means
Total receipts$11,272,504.49All campaign receipts reported in the FEC summary, not only individual donations.
Individual contributions$5,465,481.76Contributions reported in the FEC individual-contribution category.
Candidate contributions$0.00Contributions from the candidate in the summary record.
Total disbursements$7,810,806.43Campaign spending and other disbursements reported for the cycle.
Cash on hand$3,461,698.06Reported campaign cash remaining at the end of the covered period.
Debts owed by campaign$46,927.61Outstanding debts the campaign reported owing.
Net cash after reported debt$3,414,770.45Election.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 Michael Whatley

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$968,521.00222 transactions
Coordinated party spending$0.000 transactions
Independent spending to support$5,025,708.0760 transactions
Independent spending to oppose$7,145,242.0816 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

NRSC1 itemized transaction · latest Jul 30, 2025
$62,000.00FEC filing ↗
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)10 itemized transactions · latest Jun 1, 2026
$30,021.00FEC filing ↗
1890 PAC2 itemized transactions · latest Feb 10, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
ALABAMA FIRST PAC2 itemized transactions · latest Jul 31, 2025
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
AMERICAN EXCELLENCE PAC2 itemized transactions · latest Sep 12, 2025
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
ARKANSAS FOR LEADERSHIP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARKPAC)2 itemized transactions · latest Mar 23, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
BIG SKY OPPORTUNITY PAC2 itemized transactions · latest Oct 16, 2025
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2 itemized transactions · latest Sep 3, 2025
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
BUILDING UP DEMOCRACY'S DREAM2 itemized transactions · latest Aug 1, 2025
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗

Outside spenders reporting support or opposition

opposeWINSENATE16 itemized transactions · latest Aug 21, 2026
$7,145,242.08FEC filing ↗
$4,367,543.22FEC filing ↗
supportSLF PAC9 itemized transactions · latest Jun 4, 2026
$657,772.54FEC filing ↗
supportRED SENATE7 itemized transactions · latest Apr 12, 2026
SPONSOR-LEVEL SOURCE ROWS76 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 Michael Whatley

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.

11 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.

54.4% outside North Carolina
North Carolina1,922 distinct reported contributors · 6,906 rows$1,524,797.0045.6%
Florida331 distinct reported contributors · 7,779 rows$301,556.009.0%
California365 distinct reported contributors · 4,109 rows$278,993.008.3%
Texas297 distinct reported contributors · 9,269 rows$214,633.006.4%
Virginia142 distinct reported contributors · 2,792 rows$151,505.004.5%
New Jersey94 distinct reported contributors · 1,426 rows$78,911.002.4%
Michigan59 distinct reported contributors · 910 rows$75,518.002.3%
Minnesota48 distinct reported contributors · 609 rows$48,206.001.4%
Colorado52 distinct reported contributors · 1,058 rows$45,950.001.4%
Illinois93 distinct reported contributors · 2,104 rows$44,223.001.3%
South Carolina69 distinct reported contributors · 2,056 rows$44,041.001.3%
District of Columbia19 distinct reported contributors · 182 rows$37,462.001.1%

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 reported773 current organization-payment rows$7,124,256.07
Administrative/Salary/Overhead Expenses143 current organization-payment rows$225,547.86

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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Strategic Media Services4 current itemized payments · latest 2026-02-23
$2,487,062.47
Red Beacon Strategies LLC14 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-22
$1,105,681.67
Big Dog Strategies LLC18 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-02
$873,626.69
Convergence Media LLC5 current itemized payments · latest 2026-04-21
$577,631.28
Fabrizio Lee And Associates LLC4 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-28
$349,200.00
Grassroots Targeting6 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-02
$188,500.00
Coefficient2 current itemized payments · latest 2026-04-29
$169,476.90
Indie Group LLC8 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-10
$150,000.00
Winred Technical Services227 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-30
$135,362.17
Percipient Strategies LLC7 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-02
$117,500.00
Red Curve Solutions LLC12 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-10
$115,994.26
Lcc Incorporated3 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-11
$112,238.20
Dickinson Wright PLLC10 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-28
$106,823.50
Emd Consulting LLC9 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-23
$91,736.00
Future Tense Agency3 current itemized payments · latest 2025-12-10
$78,889.02

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 Michael Whatley

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.

Entrepreneur58 distinct reported contributors · 498 current itemized transactions
$41,340.00
Blackstone9 distinct reported contributors · 11 current itemized transactions
$34,000.00

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

48.5%Individual-contribution shareIndividual contributions ÷ total receipts
69.3%Spending-to-receipts ratioTotal disbursements ÷ total receipts
$3,414,770.45Net 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
Michael Whatley
Office sought
U.S. Senate — North Carolina
Party affiliation
REP
Incumbency
Open seat
Candidate status
Current candidate
Principal committee
WHATLEY FOR SENATE
FEC candidate ID
S6NC00415
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