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FRIENDS OF MARIA

DemocraticFEC reportedSenate campaign committee · Principal campaign committee · Quarterly filerC00349506

Overview

Raised: $1Mvs $11.1M 2023–2024
Spent: $1.4Mvs $10.7M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $232Kvs $611.2K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $2.1Mvs $2.2M 2023–2024

OpenFEC processed totals through Sep 30, 2026; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as the committee reported them; 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 · No open linked indicators

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).

No open indicators are linked in the published index. This is not a compliance clearance.

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

Candidate connections

Principal candidate campaign
CANTWELL, MARIADemocraticFEC reported
U.S. Senate · Washington · Statewide
Election 2030 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S8WA00194 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$516.7K
Unitemized individual contributions$465.6K
Other receipts$151

Top contributors

BROWN, PAULDemocraticDerived from contributions$7,0002 contributions
CONWAY, GAYLE100% DemocraticDerived from contributions$7,0002 contributions
CONWAY, RONALD100% Democratic · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$7,0002 contributions
JOHNSON, ELIZABETH

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$1.2M
Loan repayments$100K
Contribution refunds$1,323
Other disbursements$91.7K

Largest disbursements

CANTWELL, MARIA$100KMar 28, 2025
SQUARED COMMUNICATIONS$42.7KTRAVEL, CATERING, SITE RENTAL · Jan 13, 2025
BLUE WAVE POLITICAL PARTNERS, LLC$25KDIGITAL CONSULTING · Sep 8, 2025
BLUE WAVE POLITICAL PARTNERS, LLC$25KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Jan 13, 2025
RONEN, AMIT$15KPOLITICAL/MANAGEMENT CONSULTING · Dec 31, 2025
LACITIS, ANSLEY$15KPOLITICAL/MANAGEMENT CONSULTING · Dec 31, 2025
NGP VAN, INC.$13.5KSOFTWARE RENTAL · Jun 30, 2025
NGP VAN, INC.$13.5K

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Committee type: Senate campaign committee
Designation: Principal campaign committee
Party affiliation: Democratic
Treasurer: PETTERSON, JAY
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: CANTWELL VICTORY 2024
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: P.O. BOX 12740 · SEATTLE, WA, 98111

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.

CANTWELL VICTORY FUNDC00723189 Joint fundraising participantFRIENDS OF MARIAC00349506
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1875194Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
WASHINGTON SENATE VICTORY 2024C00834036 Joint fundraising participantFRIENDS OF MARIAC00349506
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1690610Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
FRIENDS OF MARIAC00349506 Authorized candidateCANTWELL, MARIAS8WA00194
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
FRIENDS OF MARIAC00349506 Connected organizationCANTWELL VICTORY 2024Reported 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.

FEC-reported relationships

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Political alignment

Registration, linked-candidate, and disclosed money-flow evidence

Evidence-based classificationDemocratic affiliation reportedDemocraticFEC reported

FEC registration: Senate campaign committee; Democratic affiliation reported. Classification basis: FEC reported. This describes disclosed financial activity, not an official party registration or ideological score. The figures below separately preserve the filer’s Schedule E support and opposition designations.

No candidate support/oppose spending foundThis cycle has no locally ingested Schedule E rows for this committee. Registration, linked-candidate, committee-transfer, and recipient-reported conduit evidence can still establish the alignment shown above.

$0 supporting · $0 opposing · 0 rowsOfficial FEC outside spending ↗

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$1,050	$0
Feb 25	$952	$0
Mar 25	$30,922	$150,000
Apr 25	$15,223	$0
May 25	$10,179	$0
Jun 25	$18,896	$16,000
Jul 25	$13,101	$0
Aug 25	$20,767	$4,000
Sep 25	$46,233	$0
Oct 25	$14,485	$4,000
Nov 25	$26,363	$0
Dec 25	$19,335	$4,000
Jan 26	$9,653	$0
Feb 26	$16,452	$0
Mar 26	$60,933	$0
Apr 26	$13,454	$2,000
May 26	$12,253	$0
Jun 26	$46,233	$0

FRIENDS OF MARIA

Overview

Candidate connections

Money in

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Top contributors

Money out

Spending by kind

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FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Political alignment

FEC-reported relationships

Top employers

Top industries

Top states

Cash, assets & liabilities

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Money network