Campaign donations, fundraising, spending, and cash on hand from the latest included Federal Election Commission filings.
U.S. House — Texas District 9DEMChallengerFEC H4TX06232
Direct answer · 2025–2026 cycle
How much has James Buford raised?
$72,951.00 in total campaign receipts.
$16,651.00 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$72,951
Total spending$72,986
Cash on hand$0
Official sourceFederal Election Commission · data through .
This chronology combines dated FEC filing coverage with the official 2026 congressional election calendar. It does not predict qualification, outcomes, or whether a conditional runoff will occur.
Scheduled primary election
Congressional primary date listed in the FEC's 2026 calendar.
Official election schedule · schedule subject to change
Latest included campaign summary
End date of the candidate financial summary in Election.org's current FEC bulk-data release.
FEC · included source coverage
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
Federal general election
Election schedule for the verified seat, not proof of this person's ballot qualification. State and local election officials administer elections.
Official election schedule · schedule subject to change
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Campaign money
James Buford campaign finance details
FEC BULK DATA
2025–2026 federal-cycle totals through April 1, 2026.
Metric
Reported amount
What it means
Total receipts
$72,951.00
All campaign receipts reported in the FEC summary, not only individual donations.
Individual contributions
$16,651.00
Contributions reported in the FEC individual-contribution category.
Candidate contributions
$56,300.00
Contributions from the candidate in the summary record.
Total disbursements
$72,985.60
Campaign spending and other disbursements reported for the cycle.
Cash on hand
$0.00
Reported campaign cash remaining at the end of the covered period.
Debts owed by campaign
$0.00
Outstanding debts the campaign reported owing.
Net cash after reported debt
$0.00
Election.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.
Money graph · dates, geography, and operating expenditures
How money moved through James Buford
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.
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.
3 published categories
Advertising Expenses12 current organization-payment rows$64,988.76
Administrative/Salary/Overhead Expenses1 current organization-payment row$3,250.00
Campaign Materials6 current organization-payment rows$3,167.09
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.
1558 Brand Agency6 current itemized payments · latest 2026-02-16
$58,881.00
Keepers Press2 current itemized payments · latest 2025-12-06
$4,156.81
James Buford For Congress1 current itemized payment · latest 2025-11-18
$3,250.00
Cool Dog Graphics2 current itemized payments · latest 2026-01-15
$1,870.55
Tractor Supply4 current itemized payments · latest 2025-12-12
$1,572.49
Ellis County Press3 current itemized payments · latest 2026-02-11
$1,175.00
Office Depot1 current itemized payment · latest 2026-01-05
$500.00
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.
Transparent calculations
What the reported totals show
22.8%Individual-contribution shareIndividual contributions ÷ total receipts
100.0%Spending-to-receipts ratioTotal disbursements ÷ total receipts
$0.00Net 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.
Other FEC records in the Texas U.S. House District 9 race
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