FEC filing · Reported office: U.S. House · Texas · District 18

Reported spending supporting Christian Menefee

Protect Progress reported $568,744.00 in independent expenditures supporting Christian Menefee.

Reported amount$568,744.00

IE-Menefee-Media Buy

Reported support
One filing row · 2026 cycle

Source snapshot: August 24, 2026. Later filings or amendments may change the record.

Follow the reported spending

Who, what, and why this record exists.

Filing identifiers ↓
What was reported?
IE-Menefee-Media BuyOriginal purpose text supplied by the filer.
Who was the payee?
Targeted Platform Media LLCThe named payee, not necessarily the publisher or platform.
Which election?
Runoff2026 reporting cycle. The filing’s election designation is not proof of ballot qualification.
Candidate party in this filing
DEMOCRATIC PARTYFiler-supplied affiliation, not an independent check of current status.
Three different dates

When was it reported?

DisseminationMay 11, 2026

Reported date the communication was distributed.

ExpenditureMay 8, 2026

Expenditure date supplied by the filer.

Received by the FECMay 12, 2026

Receipt date for the report, not the ad’s publication date.

These fields describe different events and are shown as reported—not combined into a single “ad date.” FEC field definitions ↗

Read the record correctly

Outside spending, not a donation to the candidate.

The FEC defines an independent expenditure as spending on a communication advocating a candidate’s election or defeat, made independently of the candidate or party. That is the category reported here—not proof that the FEC has verified every claim in this filing.

How the FEC defines independent expenditures ↗

A finance row is not the ad itself.

This connected record does not include the ad’s text, video, impressions, audience, or verified platform. Purpose and payee names alone cannot establish those details, effectiveness, coordination, or wrongdoing.

Support or opposition is the filer’s reported designation, not Election.org’s position.

Keep following the source trail

From the August 24, 2026 snapshot; this is not a complete or live spending total. Dates below use dissemination, then expenditure, then receipt when earlier fields are absent.

Source details & filing identifiers

Identifiers let you match this row to the original source. They are not additional spending amounts.

Spender FEC ID
C00848440
Candidate FEC ID
H6TX18232
FEC file number
1974358
Transaction ID
V60A0425B5AFF854586B
Filing image
202605129866924134
Amendment code
N
Previous file number
Not reported
Election code
R
Reported district code
18
Office code
H
Election.org ID
eop-ad-1ogke2l

Source snapshot checked August 24, 2026. The filing links lead to the FEC; access and availability are controlled by that agency. Original and amended reports can overlap, so these rows should not be summed as a verified total without reconciliation.