OBANDO-DERSTINE, CAROL

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Pennsylvania · District 7 · Election 2026 · ChallengerH6PA07154

Overview

Raised: $593.3K
Spent: $592.5K
Cash on hand: $768
Debts owed: $35K

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.

Race forecast

Rating: Lean D
Predicted margin: D+3.6

VotePredictor forecasts this race between Bob Brooks (D) and Ryan Mackenzie (R) as of November 3, 2026, giving the Democrat a 76% chance. Carol Obando-Derstine is not one of the two candidates it forecasts. Based on 4 polls of the race, blended with its fundamentals.

The Democrat’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	67%
Oct 1, 2026	66%
Oct 6, 2026	67%
Oct 10, 2026	68%
Oct 16, 2026	68%
Oct 24, 2026	70%
Oct 25, 2026	71%
Oct 28, 2026	72%
Oct 30, 2026	75%
Oct 31, 2026	76%
Nov 3, 2026	76%

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).

1 receipt eligibility · 1 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $50,831
DELIVER STRATEGIES LLC received 59.5% of positive itemized operating spending in CAROL FOR PA's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: May 7, 2026
Foreign-address eligibility →Associated amount: $250
The filing uses FEC foreign-address code ZZ. A foreign address does not establish foreign-national status; verify eligibility without inferring citizenship from geography.
Evidence date: Apr 30, 2025

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 · Pennsylvania · District 7
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Challenger
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: CAROL FOR PA (C00903963)

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 Carol Obando-Derstine? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$353.8K
Unitemized individual contributions$131.5K
Other committees$53.1K
Transfers from affiliates$10.9K
Candidate contributions$9,302
Candidate loans$32.5K

Top contributors

OBANDO-DERSTINE, CAROL$29.2K10 contributions
OBANDO-DERSTINE, CAROL$12.6K4 contributions
HINDLE, CONSTANCE FLETCHERDemocraticDerived from contributions$11.5K5 contributions

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$550.5K
Contribution refunds$38.9K
Other disbursements$3,210

Largest operating payments

DELIVER STRATEGIES LLC$22.3KDIRECT MAIL SERVICES · May 6, 2026
DELIVER STRATEGIES LLC$19.8KDIRECT MAIL SERVICES · May 6, 2026
BLUEPRINT INTERACTIVE$17.7KDIGITAL CONSULTING · Oct 7, 2025
NGP VAN INC.$11.1KSOFTWARE · Jul 18, 2025
NGP VAN INC.$11.1KSOFTWARE · Jul 16, 2025
BLUEPRINT INTERACTIVE$10KLIST ACQUISITION · May 14, 2025
BLUEPRINT INTERACTIVE$10KTEXT MESSAGING SERVICES · May 2, 2025
SWITCHBOARD PUBLIC BENEFIT CORP$9,923DIGITAL CONSULTING · Jul 3, 2025
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Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Apr 25	$31,250	$0
May 25	$78,975	$0
Jun 25	$43,182	$0
Jul 25	$18,022	$0
Aug 25	$15,757	$0
Sep 25	$33,171	$0
Oct 25	$20,982	$0
Nov 25	$12,500	$0
Dec 25	$30,137	$0
Jan 26	$13,387	$0
Feb 26	$19,927	$0
Mar 26	$52,783	$0
Apr 26	$14,742	$0
May 26	$17,682	$2,000
Jun 26	$4,007	$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: Pennsylvania · District 7
Party affiliation: Democratic
Race status: Challenger
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026
Registered address: P.O. BOX 83 · ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania, 18105
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.

CAROL FOR PAC00903963 Authorized candidateOBANDO-DERSTINE, CAROLH6PA07154
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
CAROL FOR PAC00903963 Connected organization314 ACTION IMPACT SLATEReported 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.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: May 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026
Contribution refunds: $38,865
Debts owed by committees: $35,000
Last report: OCTOBER QUARTERLY

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hashb3c8acc70c106a66f0cefd5dec3491b030b4cb9f0d08e08bd1f6a7771f11bd2b

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OBANDO-DERSTINE, CAROL

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