Direct answer
What did this FEC row report?
Strong PAC reported $3,940.00 in independent-expenditure activity supporting Carlos Jr. De La Cruz. The filer supplied purpose text “TEXT MESSAGING” and named payee BALLAST LLC.
Open official FEC filing ↗FEC independent expenditure · Texas District 35
Strong PAC
supporting Carlos Jr. De La Cruz
SUPPORT$3,940.00February 18, 2026
SUPPORT
Filer-supplied fields
Reported communication-spending record
- Spender
- Strong PAC
- Spender FEC ID
- C00937094
- Named candidate
- Carlos Jr. De La Cruz
- Candidate FEC ID
- H6TX35087
- Reported position
- SUPPORT
- Amount
- $3,940.00
- Purpose text
- TEXT MESSAGING
- Payee
- BALLAST LLC
- Expenditure date
- February 18, 2026
- Dissemination date
- February 18, 2026
- Receipt date
- February 18, 2026
- Election type
- P
- Office
- H · Texas District 35
- Candidate party
- REPUBLICAN PARTY
- FEC file number
- 1947554
- Transaction ID
- SE.4163
- Amendment indicator
- N
- Election.org ID
- eop-ad-091c3wi
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Same exact FEC candidate ID
Other reported independent expenditures involving Carlos Jr. De La Cruz
SUPPORTDEFEND AMERICAN JOBS$35,210.92 · May 20, 2026 →SUPPORTDEFENDING OUR VALUES PAC$17,560.78 · May 20, 2026 →SUPPORTDEFEND AMERICAN JOBS$501,252.73 · May 19, 2026 →SUPPORTDEFEND AMERICAN JOBS$9,500.00 · May 19, 2026 →SUPPORTDEFEND AMERICAN JOBS$35,210.92 · May 18, 2026 →SUPPORTDEFENDING OUR VALUES PAC$17,560.77 · May 18, 2026 →OPPOSEPROTECT AND SERVE PAC$12,284.53 · May 18, 2026 →SUPPORTDEFEND AMERICAN JOBS$35,210.92 · May 15, 2026 →
Same exact FEC spender ID
Other rows reported by Strong PAC
SUPPORTRichard Brattin$3,000.00 · Aug 3, 2026 →OPPOSETaylor Burks$88,470.00 · Jul 24, 2026 →OPPOSETaylor Burks$5,000.00 · Jul 24, 2026 →SUPPORTSam Dr Mccown$405,205.19 · May 28, 2026 →SUPPORTSam Dr Mccown$100,000.00 · May 28, 2026 →SUPPORTSam Dr Mccown$15,000.00 · May 28, 2026 →SUPPORTJace Yarbrough$211,125.94 · Feb 25, 2026 →SUPPORTJace Yarbrough$29,625.00 · Feb 25, 2026 →