KENNEDY, JOHN NEELY

RepublicanFEC reportedRepublican candidate · U.S. Senate · Louisiana · Statewide · Election 2028 · IncumbentS4LA00065

Overview

Raised: $11.9Mvs $15.6M 2023–2024
Spent: $8.3Mvs $9.6M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $19.5Mvs $15.9M 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 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

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).

0 receipt eligibility · 4 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $1,276,944
TAG LLC received 79.4% of positive itemized operating spending in JOHN KENNEDY FOR US's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Jun 29, 2026
Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $983,129
TAG LLC received 76.1% of positive itemized operating spending in JOHN KENNEDY FOR US's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Mar 12, 2025
Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $815,907
TAG LLC received 73.1% of positive itemized operating spending in JOHN KENNEDY FOR US's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Mar 12, 2026
Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $629,896
TAG LLC received 66.9% of positive itemized operating spending in JOHN KENNEDY FOR US's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Dec 17, 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. Senate · Louisiana · Statewide
Reported party: Republican
Election year: 2028
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: JOHN KENNEDY FOR US (C00608398)

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$4.8M
Unitemized individual contributions$5.8M
Other committees$120.1K
Transfers from affiliates$331.4K

Top contributors

FRIENDS OF KENNEDY90% Republican-aligned activity · 10% unclassifiedInferred from activity$263.5K9 contributions
KENNEDY-GRAHAM VICTORY FUNDRepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$46.4K2 contributions
DUGAN, JAMES R. II

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$7.1M
Contribution refunds$322.2K

Largest operating payments

TAG LLC$411.5KDIGITAL MEDIA EXPENSE · Apr 22, 2026
TAG LLC$333.6KDIGITAL MEDIA EXPENSE · Mar 12, 2025
TAG LLC$321.8KDIGITAL MEDIA EXPENSE · May 19, 2026
TAG LLC$291.8KDIGITAL MEDIA EXPENSE · Jun 29, 2026
TAG LLC$284.4KDIGITAL MEDIA EXPENSE · Mar 12, 2026
TAG LLC$219.5KDIGITAL MEDIA EXPENSE · Jan 15, 2025
TAG LLC$203.9KDIGITAL MEDIA EXPENSE · Dec 1, 2025
TAG LLC$198.3KDIGITAL MEDIA COMMISSION FEE · Jan 14, 2026
TAG LLC$162.2KDIGITAL MEDIA EXPENSE · Feb 12, 2026

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$183,781	$0
Feb 25	$170,749	$0
Mar 25	$185,628	$0
Apr 25	$263,220	$0
May 25	$171,559	$0
Jun 25	$258,480	$0
Jul 25	$266,716	$0
Aug 25	$350,111	$0
Sep 25	$332,290	$0
Oct 25	$180,344	$0
Nov 25	$422,840	$0
Dec 25	$285,090	$0
Jan 26	$252,776	$0
Feb 26	$250,381	$0
Mar 26	$628,649	$0
Apr 26	$297,018	$0
May 26	$309,751	$0
Jun 26	$272,410	$0

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2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. Senate
State / district: Louisiana · Statewide
Party affiliation: Republican
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2028
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 26 DELAOKS · MADISONVILLE, Louisiana, 70447
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.

KENNEDY-GRAHAM VICTORY FUNDC00800813 Joint fundraising participantJOHN KENNEDY FOR USC00608398
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1555969Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
FRIENDS OF KENNEDYC00835751 Joint fundraising participantJOHN KENNEDY FOR USC00608398
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1879683Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
JOHN KENNEDY FOR USC00608398 Authorized candidateKENNEDY, JOHN NEELYS4LA00065
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
JOHN KENNEDY FOR USC00608398 Connected organizationCORNYN 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.
COMMON SENSE FOR AMERICA PACC00634774 Leadership PAC sponsorKENNEDY, JOHN NEELYS4LA00065
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1703893Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
PELICAN VALUES PACC00894824 Leadership PAC sponsorKENNEDY, JOHN NEELYS4LA00065
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1861502Official 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: $322,152
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: Not reported

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hasha279221985edea7ac3c22808f527b0c401f1656886e1e4dea1f88a2a0cf8d3ad

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KENNEDY, JOHN NEELY

Overview

Candidate & race

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