BUDDY CARTER FOR CONGRESS

RepublicanFEC reportedHouse campaign committee · Principal campaign committee · Quarterly filerC00543967

Overview

Raised: $2.6Mvs $2.1M 2021–2022
Spent: $1.4Mvs $2M 2021–2022
Cash on hand: $3Mvs $1.8M 2021–2022
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2021–2022

OpenFEC processed totals through Dec 31, 2024; 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 2021–2022.

Candidate connections

Principal candidate campaign
CARTER, EARL LEROYRepublicanFEC reported
U.S. House · Georgia · District 1
Election 2024 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H4GA01039 · 2023–2024 reporting cycle

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$625.4K
Unitemized individual contributions$93.6K
Other committees$1.6M
Transfers from affiliates$235K
Other receipts$59.7K

Largest itemized receipts

TEAM BUDDY100% Republican-aligned activity · 0% unclassifiedInferred from activity$47.5KMar 31, 2023
TEAM BUDDY100% Republican-aligned activity · 0% unclassifiedInferred from activity$44.8KSep 30, 2024
TEAM BUDDY100% Republican-aligned activity · 0% unclassifiedInferred from activity

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$1.1M
Contribution refunds$15.6K
Other disbursements$285.5K

Largest disbursements

BELLE HAVEN COUNTRY CLUB$37.2KEVENT FACILITY RENTAL/EVENT CATERING · Jun 14, 2024
FUNDRAISING, INC.$37.1KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Mar 13, 2024
FUNDRAISING, INC.$32.7KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Aug 28, 2024
FUNDRAISING, INC.$29.6KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Jun 14, 2024
SEA ISLAND COMPANY$24.4KEVENT FACILITY RENTAL · Jan 3, 2024
FUNDRAISING, INC.$22.6KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Nov 20, 2024
FUNDRAISING, INC.$18.1KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Aug 3, 2023
FUNDRAISING, INC.$15.9KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Feb 21, 2024

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 23	$3,200	$50,000
Feb 23	$13,950	$0
Mar 23	$130,925	$0
Apr 23	$14,900	$0
May 23	$25,910	$0
Jun 23	$70,361	$68,367
Jul 23	$21,030	$0
Aug 23	$25,354	$0
Sep 23	$52,191	$34,561
Oct 23	$18,272	$0
Nov 23	$19,682	$0
Dec 23	$43,989	$41,250
Jan 24	$16,131	$0
Feb 24	$5,227	$0
Mar 24	$99,333	$62,623
Apr 24	$20,770	$1,000
May 24	$44,151	$0
Jun 24	$45,415	$0
Jul 24	$19,579	$0
Aug 24	$3,577	$0
Sep 24	$82,281	$500
Oct 24	$47,161	$0
Nov 24	$14,969	$0
Dec 24	$10,600	$0

Months follow the reported transaction date; itemized records only, so unitemized small-dollar giving is not in the bars.

Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Committee type: House campaign committee
Designation: Principal campaign committee
Party affiliation: Republican
Treasurer: KILGORE, PAUL
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: REPUBLICANS INSPIRING SUCCESS & EMPOWERMENT PROJECT (RISE PROJECT)
Registration snapshot cycle: 2023–2024
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: PO BOX 10570 · SAVANNAH, GA, 31412

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2023–2024

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.

BUDDY CARTER FOR CONGRESSC00543967 Authorized candidateCARTER, EARL LEROYH4GA01039
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
BUDDY CARTER FOR CONGRESSC00543967 Connected organizationREPUBLICANS INSPIRING SUCCESS & EMPOWERMENT PROJECT (RISE PROJECT)Reported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 4, 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 classificationRepublican affiliation reportedRepublicanFEC reported

FEC registration: House campaign committee; Republican 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 ↗

Reported counterparty	Date	Reported value	Asset / units	Reported purpose	Source
CRENSHAW, DAVID	Mar 16, 2023	$2,806	Other in-kind	IN-KIND:EVENT CATERINGDerived classification: in-kind-offset	FEC filing ↗ Provenance FEC reported description · source row 2d34f6f8554ab91bcfd303a068a87a2c3726a2d09a0f1f8dc8b20dd77e9ac38a Raw artifact: /Users/kevinoconnor/Projects/govmoneyball/data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2024/dataset=operating_expenditures/9cbd9bac84ac71250f9dbde7603e21e9bc162da0275a2ff28fd99310375c2b19.zip
WELCH, O.C. III	Aug 22, 2023	$2,250	Other in-kind	IN-KIND:EVENT RENTALDerived classification: in-kind-offset	FEC filing ↗ Provenance FEC reported description · source row 337ad8e0b6abda41338226486f4234a24a92bc9b9a4dcc8708e55ddd8a583b7a Raw artifact: /Users/kevinoconnor/Projects/govmoneyball/data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2024/dataset=operating_expenditures/9cbd9bac84ac71250f9dbde7603e21e9bc162da0275a2ff28fd99310375c2b19.zip
FULLER, JASON	Sep 21, 2023	$1,073	Other in-kind	IN-KIND:EVENT CATERINGDerived classification: in-kind-offset	FEC filing ↗ Provenance FEC reported description · source row 53676498d9b4e7cbb88913073cbc0c4a9455c1130ff24a3dd04c05dcfe103a55 Raw artifact: /Users/kevinoconnor/Projects/govmoneyball/data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2024/dataset=operating_expenditures/9cbd9bac84ac71250f9dbde7603e21e9bc162da0275a2ff28fd99310375c2b19.zip

Overview

Candidate connections

Money in

Sources

Largest itemized receipts

Money out

Spending by kind

Largest disbursements

Over time

Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Political alignment

FEC-reported relationships

Cash, assets & liabilities

Over time

Money network