CARTER, EARL LEROY
RepublicanFEC reportedRepublican candidate · U.S. Senate · Georgia · Statewide · Election 2026 · ChallengerS6GA00374
Overview
- Raised
- $7.3M
- Spent
- $10.3M
- Cash on hand
- $58.6K
- Debts owed
- $3.5M
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. Senate · Georgia · Statewide
- Reported party
- Republican
- Election year
- 2026
- Race status
- Challenger
- Candidate status
- Current candidate
- Principal campaign committee
- BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE (C00543967)
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$1.5M
- Unitemized individual contributions$490.4K
- Other committees$1.1M
- Transfers from affiliates$635.3K
- Candidate loans$3.5M
- Other receipts$128.9K
Top contributors
- CARTER, EARL LEROY$3.5M3 contributions
- TEAM BUDDY99% Republican-aligned activity · 1% unclassifiedInferred from activity$635.3K22 contributions
- HUNT, DOUGLAS H.
Money out
Spending by kind
- Operating expenditures$9.7M
- Contribution refunds$535.3K
- Other disbursements-$3,500
Largest operating payments
- STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC.$1MDIGITAL MARKETING · Apr 21, 2026
- STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC.$586KADVERTISING · May 30, 2025
- STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC.$543KADVERTISING · May 15, 2025
- STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC.$543KADVERTISING · May 12, 2025
- STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC.$500KADVERTISING · May 22, 2025
- STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC.$496.2KDIGITAL MARKETING · May 5, 2026
- STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC.$435.6KDIGITAL MARKETING · May 15, 2026
- BIG DOG STRATEGIES LLC$413.7KSTRATEGY CONSULTING · Apr 2, 2026
Over time
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Financial timeline
2025–2026 election cycle · dated records
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Records
Registration
- Office sought
- U.S. Senate
- State / district
- Georgia · Statewide
- Party affiliation
- Republican
- Race status
- Challenger
- Candidate status
- Current candidate
- Election year
- 2026
- Registration snapshot cycle
- 2025–2026
- Cycles loaded
- 2026
- Registered address
- 194 HAMPTON POINT DR. · SAINT SIMONS, Georgia, 31322
- Compliance screening
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Relationships
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Reconciliation
- Coverage
- Jan 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026
- Contribution refunds
- $535,321
- Debts owed by committees
- $3,500,000
- Last report
- OCTOBER QUARTERLY
Source and provenance
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