CAVANAUGH, JOHN
DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Nebraska · District 2 · Election 2026 · Open seatH6NE02190
Overview
- Raised
- $1.4M
- Spent
- $1.4M
- Cash on hand
- $11.8K
- Debts owed
- $0
OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Sep 30, 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.
Candidate & race
- Office & constituency
- U.S. House · Nebraska · District 2
- Reported party
- Democratic
- Election year
- 2026
- Race status
- Open seat
- Candidate status
- Current candidate
- Principal campaign committee
- JOHN CAVANAUGH FOR CONGRESS (C00907246)
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
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Sources
- Itemized individual contributions$1M
- Unitemized individual contributions$173.1K
- Other committees$165.5K
- Party committees$385
Top contributors
- BLAUWET, ROGERDemocraticDerived from contributions$7,0002 contributions
- CROUNSE, JAMES FDemocraticDerived from contributions$7,0003 contributions
- DENNISON, ROBERTDemocraticDerived from contributions
Money out
Spending by kind
- Operating expenditures$1.3M
- Contribution refunds$79.1K
- Other disbursements$5,300
Largest operating payments
- SCREEN STRATEGIES MEDIA$137.1KTELEVISION ADVERTISING · Feb 26, 2026
- SCREEN STRATEGIES MEDIA$78.5KTELEVISION ADVERTISING · Mar 19, 2026
- SCREEN STRATEGIES MEDIA$65KADVERTISING - TELEVISION · Apr 2, 2026
- SCREEN STRATEGIES MEDIA$61.9KADVERTISING - TELEVISION · Apr 9, 2026
- SCREEN STRATEGIES MEDIA$60KADVERTISING - TELEVISION · Apr 16, 2026
- SCREEN STRATEGIES MEDIA$50KADVERTISING - TELEVISION · May 1, 2026
- SCREEN STRATEGIES MEDIA$50KADVERTISING - TELEVISION · Apr 24, 2026
- SCREEN STRATEGIES MEDIA$47.6KTELEVISION ADVERTISING · Mar 25, 2026
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2025–2026 election cycle · dated records
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Records
Registration
- Office sought
- U.S. House
- State / district
- Nebraska · District 2
- Party affiliation
- Democratic
- Race status
- Open seat
- Candidate status
- Current candidate
- Election year
- 2026
- Registration snapshot cycle
- 2025–2026
- Cycles loaded
- 2026
- Registered address
- 6035 BINNEY STREET · OMAHA, Nebraska, 68104
- Compliance screening
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Relationships
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Reconciliation
- Coverage
- Jun 3, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026
- Contribution refunds
- $79,086
- Debts owed by committees
- $0
- Last report
- OCTOBER QUARTERLY
Source and provenance
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