BANKS, JAMES E. HON.

RepublicanFEC reportedRepublican candidate · U.S. Senate · Indiana · Statewide · Election 2030 · IncumbentS4IN00196

Overview

Raised: $2.7Mvs $7.3M 2023–2024
Spent: $1.9Mvs $6.1M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $3.4Mvs $2.6M 2023–2024
Debts owed: $28.7Kvs $151.2K 2023–2024

FEC candidate summary 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.

Compliance review indicators

3 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: Nov 5, 2026 · Index refreshed: Nov 5, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Nov 5, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 2026).

1 receipt eligibility · 2 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $269,539
TAG LLC received 62.5% of positive itemized operating spending in BANKS FOR SENATE's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Jun 24, 2025
LLC or partnership eligibility →Associated amount: $1,000
Reported contributor appears to be an LLC or partnership. Verify permissible tax status, written eligibility notice, member or partner attribution, and contribution limits.
Evidence date: Jul 30, 2025
Financial integrity review →Associated amount: $0
The FEC issued 1 notice(s) to BANKS FOR SENATE about reports it had not filed, most recently on 2026-05-07, and no filing covering those periods appears in the loaded archive.
Evidence date: May 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. Senate · Indiana · Statewide
Reported party: Republican
Election year: 2030
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: BANKS FOR SENATE (C00577999)

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

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$761.5K
Unitemized individual contributions$373.9K
Other committees$593.8K
Transfers from affiliates$780.9K

Top contributors

TEAM BANKSRepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$336.1K10 contributions
BANKS VICTORY FUNDRepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$319.3K20 contributions
PORTER, GRANT R.

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$1.7M
Contribution refunds$33.7K

Largest operating payments

TAG LLC$92.6KADVERTISING · May 23, 2025
TAG LLC$75KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Jul 15, 2025
TAG LLC$74.1KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · May 23, 2025
TAG LLC$50KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Apr 10, 2025
GRAND VALLEY CONSULTING$38.3KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Jul 15, 2025
GRAND VALLEY CONSULTING$33.3KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Aug 14, 2025
GRAND VALLEY CONSULTING$28.1KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Oct 6, 2025
GRAND VALLEY CONSULTING$25KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Sep 8, 2025
GRAND VALLEY CONSULTING$24.9KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Dec 23, 2025

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$11,389	$0
Feb 25	$13,562	$0
Mar 25	$112,239	$25
Apr 25	$24,521	$2,000
May 25	$37,870	$0
Jun 25	$216,756	$0
Jul 25	$39,032	$0
Aug 25	$68,300	$0
Sep 25	$64,264	$0
Oct 25	$69,268	$0
Nov 25	$34,347	$0
Dec 25	$126,989	$0
Jan 26	$71,715	$0
Feb 26	$16,403	$5,903
Mar 26	$250,424	$0
Apr 26	$119,868	$44
May 26	$25,664	$0
Jun 26	$113,279	$0

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2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. Senate
State / district: Indiana · Statewide
Party affiliation: Republican
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2030
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: PO BOX 11431 · FORT WAYNE, Indiana, 46858
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.

BANKS VICTORY FUNDC00734913 Joint fundraising participantBANKS FOR SENATEC00577999
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1860217Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
HOUSE CONSERVATIVES TRUSTC00803759 Joint fundraising participantJIM BANKS FOR CONGRESS, INC.C00577999
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1567264Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
2024 THUNE REPUBLICAN SENATE VICTORYC00837435 Joint fundraising participantBANKS FOR SENATEC00577999
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1802753Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
RECLAIM THE MAJORITYC00872101 Joint fundraising participantBANKS FOR SENATEC00577999
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1812417Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
TEAM BANKSC00902486 Joint fundraising participantBANKS FOR SENATEC00577999
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1887115Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
BANKS FOR SENATEC00577999 Authorized candidateBANKS, JAMES E HON.H6IN03229
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate master: reported principal campaign committee (CAND_PCC). The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
BANKS FOR SENATEC00577999 Authorized candidateBANKS, JAMES E. HON.S4IN00196
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
BANKS FOR SENATEC00577999 Connected organizationBANKS 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.
BUILDING A NATIONAL KNOWLEDGEABLE SECURITY PACC00832469 Leadership PAC sponsorBANKS, JAMES E. HON.S4IN00196
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1684406Official 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 Sep 30, 2026
Contribution refunds: $33,699
Debts owed by committees: $28,714
Last report: Not reported

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hashdad373394a460d6bc294e099e7bbc3e54c3981118b8a451ef44879a11ec70251

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BANKS, JAMES E. HON.

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