CARTER, TROY A. SR.

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Louisiana · District 2 · Election 2026 · IncumbentH2LA02149

Overview

Raised: $1.9Mvs $2M 2023–2024
Spent: $1.8Mvs $1.9M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $630.5Kvs $509.4K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $24.9Kvs $24.9K 2023–2024

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

Rating: Safe D
Predicted margin: D+55.0

VotePredictor forecasts this race as of October 30, 2026, giving the Democrat a 99% chance. Troy Carter is not one of the two candidates it forecasts. No polls of the race: based on the district's lean, incumbency and the national environment, with published race ratings.

The Democrat’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	99%
Oct 30, 2026	99%

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

2 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).

0 receipt eligibility · 2 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $148,740
AMERICAN EXPRESS received 55.6% of positive itemized operating spending in TROY CARTER FOR CONGRESS's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Dec 12, 2025
Financial integrity review →Associated amount: $0
The FEC issued 3 notice(s) to TROY CARTER FOR CONGRESS about reports it had not filed, most recently on 2026-10-07, and no filing covering those periods appears in the loaded archive.
Evidence date: Oct 7, 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 · Louisiana · District 2
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: TROY CARTER FOR CONGRESS (C00763649)

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 Troy Carter? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$557.4K
Unitemized individual contributions$8,818
Other committees$1.2M
Other receipts$230

Top contributors

TROY CARTER VICTORY FUNDDemocraticInferred from FEC-reported participants$176.1K3 contributions
AK-CHIN INDIAN COMMUNITY73% Democratic / 26% Republican · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$7,0002 contributions
DINKLER, AYAME

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$1.7M
Contribution refunds$11.5K
Other disbursements$157.2K

Largest operating payments

AMERICAN EXPRESS$66.8KCREDIT CARD PAYMENT · Dec 10, 2025
VICTORIA COULON CONSULTING$39KMEDIA BUY · Apr 29, 2026
AMERICAN EXPRESS$33.5KCREDIT CARD PAYMENT · May 6, 2026
AMERICAN EXPRESS$32.7KCREDIT CARD PAYMENT · Apr 27, 2026
LOGO EXPRESS MARKETING INC.$31.4KCAMPAIGN MERCHANDISE · Jun 2, 2025
ANGERHOLZER BROZ CONSULTING LLC$30.1KREIMBURSABLE EXPENSES · May 22, 2025
AMERICAN EXPRESS$28.9KCREDIT CARD PAYMENT · Feb 26, 2026
ENGLISH TURN GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB$28.8KFUNDRAISER VENUE EXPENSE · Jul 7, 2026

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$1,000	$0
Feb 25	$7,850	$50,000
Mar 25	$9,800	$55,000
Apr 25	$14,905	$0
May 25	$18,850	$0
Jun 25	$83,438	$0
Jul 25	$19,825	$0
Aug 25	$23,525	$0
Sep 25	$35,607	$0
Oct 25	$28,350	$0
Nov 25	$13,250	$0
Dec 25	$35,050	$0
Jan 26	$10,000	$0
Feb 26	$6,050	$0
Mar 26	$38,723	$11,000
Apr 26	$22,750	$0
May 26	$25,750	$0
Jun 26	$32,950	$0
Jul 26	$22,000	$0

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Financial timeline

2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: Louisiana · District 2
Party affiliation: Democratic
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: PO BOX 50730 · NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, 70150
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.

TROY CARTER VICTORY FUNDC00888156 Joint fundraising participantTROY CARTER FOR CONGRESSC00763649
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1869580Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
TROY CARTER FOR CONGRESSC00763649 Authorized candidateCARTER, TROY A. SR.H2LA02149
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
TROY CARTER FOR CONGRESSC00763649 Connected organizationTROY CARTER VICTORY FUNDReported 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.
BUILD THE BENCH PACC00794198 Leadership PAC sponsorCARTER, TROY A. SR.H2LA02149
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1880807Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $11,500
Debts owed by committees: $24,914
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash2c180d18e37c1b8af4d54deb0e257a0341459a2193e329613cdee0789e19e4a0

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CARTER, TROY A. SR.

Overview

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Candidate & race

Money in

Sources

Top contributors

Money out

Spending by kind

Largest operating payments

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Records

FEC-reported relationships

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