2026 federal candidate · official FEC data

Joe Kaufman

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

U.S. House — Florida District 25REPChallengerFEC H2FL20043
Direct answer · 2025–2026 cycle

How much has Joe Kaufman raised?

$632,264.36 in total campaign receipts.

$632,264.36 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$632,264
Total spending$158,935
Cash on hand$528,123

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Office soughtU.S. House · FL-25Federal 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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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.

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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.

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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.

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Filing-driven activity & election calendar

Joe Kaufman 2026 timeline

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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 campaign summary

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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
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

Joe Kaufman campaign finance details

FEC BULK DATA
2025–2026 federal-cycle totals through July 29, 2026.
MetricReported amountWhat it means
Total receipts$632,264.36All campaign receipts reported in the FEC summary, not only individual donations.
Individual contributions$632,264.36Contributions reported in the FEC individual-contribution category.
Candidate contributions$0.00Contributions from the candidate in the summary record.
Total disbursements$158,934.71Campaign spending and other disbursements reported for the cycle.
Cash on hand$528,123.11Reported campaign cash remaining at the end of the covered period.
Debts owed by campaign$89,862.53Outstanding debts the campaign reported owing.
Net cash after reported debt$438,260.58Election.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 Joe Kaufman

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$1,000.001 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

FREEDOM'S DEFENSE FUND1 itemized transaction · latest Feb 11, 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 Joe Kaufman

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.

16 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 Florida
Florida102 distinct reported contributors · 298 rows$131,531.0045.6%
New York13 distinct reported contributors · 62 rows$24,192.008.4%
California49 distinct reported contributors · 166 rows$21,253.007.4%
Pennsylvania25 distinct reported contributors · 152 rows$19,489.006.8%
Texas30 distinct reported contributors · 143 rows$17,131.005.9%
Massachusetts15 distinct reported contributors · 66 rows$7,880.002.7%
Tennessee9 distinct reported contributors · 47 rows$6,235.002.2%
Alabama6 distinct reported contributors · 24 rows$5,905.002.0%
New Jersey11 distinct reported contributors · 84 rows$5,605.001.9%
Virginia10 distinct reported contributors · 37 rows$5,375.001.9%
Iowa9 distinct reported contributors · 35 rows$4,330.001.5%
Michigan10 distinct reported contributors · 29 rows$4,139.001.4%

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 reported171 current organization-payment rows$153,054.63

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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Direct Support Services12 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-02
$48,279.39
Consolidated Mailing Services10 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-02
$22,359.33
Usps11 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-29
$12,625.18
Department Of State1 current itemized payment · latest 2026-06-30
$10,400.00
Planet Direct Incorporated3 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-07
$8,436.82
Snf Contracting4 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-29
$6,648.00
Capitol Caging Corporation7 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-02
$4,537.72
Direct Support Systems2 current itemized payments · latest 2026-03-05
$4,320.19
Mailers Mailhouse1 current itemized payment · latest 2026-06-30
$4,109.00
Direct Support Systems Incorporated4 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-14
$3,704.84
Legacy Lists Incorporated Brokerage2 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-02
$3,005.82
T Mobile13 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-20
$2,839.69
First Virginia Community Bank33 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-26
$2,575.88
Integram1 current itemized payment · latest 2026-02-26
$2,299.12
Peerly Com1 current itemized payment · latest 2026-05-29
$1,957.80

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 Joe Kaufman

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.

United Franchise Group5 distinct reported contributors · 10 current itemized transactions
$32,000.00
Retire16 distinct reported contributors · 62 current itemized transactions
$2,775.00

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

100.0%Individual-contribution shareIndividual contributions ÷ total receipts
25.1%Spending-to-receipts ratioTotal disbursements ÷ total receipts
$438,260.58Net 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
Joe Kaufman
Office sought
U.S. House — Florida District 25
Party affiliation
REP
Incumbency
Challenger
Candidate status
Current candidate
Principal committee
JOE KAUFMAN FOR CONGRESS
FEC candidate ID
H2FL20043
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