COWAN, JOHN

RepublicanFEC reportedRepublican candidate · U.S. House · Georgia · District 11 · Election 2026 · Open seatH0GA14048

Overview

Raised: $2.8M
Spent: $2.7M
Cash on hand: $145.8K
Debts owed: $1.8M

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Oct 14, 2026, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Race forecast

Chance of winning: 94%
Rating: Likely R
Predicted margin: R+9.4

VotePredictor gives John Cowan a 94% chance of winning as of November 3, 2026. Based on 1 poll of the race, blended with its fundamentals.

John Cowan’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	99%
Oct 1, 2026	99%
Oct 6, 2026	99%
Oct 10, 2026	99%
Oct 16, 2026	98%
Oct 24, 2026	93%
Oct 25, 2026	94%
Oct 31, 2026	94%
Nov 3, 2026	94%

As VotePredictor published it each day since September 25, 2026, including changes to its model.

Forecast by VotePredictor , updated daily. Its probabilities stay between 1% and 99%; no race is called before it is decided.

Compliance review indicators

4 open

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).

1 receipt eligibility · 3 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $279,962
STRATEGIC IMPACT received 71.5% of positive itemized operating spending in FRIENDS OF JOHN COWAN's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Jun 16, 2026
Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $243,051
NEW PROSPECT STRATEGIES received 65.8% of positive itemized operating spending in FRIENDS OF JOHN COWAN's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Mar 31, 2026
Apparent corporate or labor receipt →Associated amount: $500
Reported organization name appears incorporated, a bank, or a labor organization; direct treasury contributions to candidate committees are generally prohibited. Verify entity form and source of funds.
Evidence date: Mar 3, 2026
Financial integrity review →Associated amount: $0
The FEC issued 3 notice(s) to FRIENDS OF JOHN COWAN about reports it had not filed, most recently on 2026-08-27, and no filing covering those periods appears in the loaded archive.
Evidence date: Aug 27, 2026

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

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Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. House · Georgia · District 11
Reported party: Republican
Election year: 2026
Race status: Open seat
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF JOHN COWAN (C00938175)

The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.

Money in

Who's funding John Cowan? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$604K
Unitemized individual contributions$15.1K
Other committees$331.5K
Transfers from affiliates$124K
Candidate loans$1.8M

Top contributors

COWAN, JOHN$1.8M7 contributions
COWAN VICTORY COMMITTEERepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$124K7 contributions
FOLEY, KEVIN DR.$10.5K2 contributions
MARTIN, RACHEL

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$2.6M
Loan repayments$20
Contribution refunds$6,500
Other disbursements$54.2K

Largest operating payments

STRATEGIC IMPACT$623.2KMEDIA PLACEMENT/PRODUCTION · Apr 20, 2026
STRATEGIC IMPACT$496.7KMEDIA PLACEMENT/PRODUCTION · Apr 2, 2026
STRATEGIC IMPACT$160KMEDIA PLACEMENT/PRODUCTION · May 26, 2026
STRATEGIC IMPACT$150KMEDIA PLACEMENT/PRODUCTION · Jun 2, 2026
STRATEGIC IMPACT$100KMEDIA PLACEMENT/PRODUCTION · Jun 4, 2026
NEW PROSPECT STRATEGIES$58.4KRESEARCH/PRINTING · Apr 30, 2026
NEW PROSPECT STRATEGIES$55.5KRESEARCH/PRINTING · May 13, 2026
NEW PROSPECT STRATEGIES

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Feb 26	$1,566,520	$0
Mar 26	$147,443	$0
Apr 26	$127,127	$3,265
May 26	$223,566	$0
Jun 26	$143,546	$0

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2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: Georgia · District 11
Party affiliation: Republican
Race status: Open seat
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026
Registered address: 3 HOLMES AVENUE NW · ROME, Georgia, 30165
Compliance screening: View review flags

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

COWAN VICTORY COMMITTEEC00940700 Joint fundraising participantFRIENDS OF JOHN COWANC00938175
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1989243Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
THE 218 FUNDC00963363 Joint fundraising participantFRIENDS OF JOHN COWANC00938175
FEC reportedObserved: Oct 11, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion. Observed in the FEC API; the public FEC registration page is linked for inspection.
FRIENDS OF JOHN COWANC00938175 Authorized candidateCOWAN, JOHNH0GA14048
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
FRIENDS OF JOHN COWANC00938175 Connected organizationCOWAN VICTORY COMMITTEEReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
BRAINDOC PACC00940635 Leadership PAC sponsorCOWAN, JOHNH0GA14048
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1957248Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jan 1, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $6,500
Debts owed by committees: $1,774,962
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hashe53cdff67ce4539f928e0834905c8396a1d006f8c0cc71de5d6168725f2241d4

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COWAN, JOHN

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