FRIENDS OF BEN
DemocraticFEC reportedHouse campaign committee · Principal campaign committee · Quarterly filerC00834457
Overview
- Raised
- $8,885vs $92.9K 2023–2024
- Spent
- $7,775vs $92.1K 2023–2024
- Cash on hand
- -$1,497vs $7,391 2023–2024
- Debts owed
- $1,000vs $0 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.
Candidate connections
Principal candidate campaign
STEINHOFF, BENDemocraticFEC reportedU.S. House · Wisconsin · District 5
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID:
H4WI05115· 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Money in
Sources
- Itemized individual contributions$7,130
- Unitemized individual contributions$1,756
Top contributors
- CHRISTENSON, JOHNDemocraticDerived from contributions$3,0003 contributions
- ACT BLUE38% Democratic · 62% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$2,9252 contributions
- SMITH-BENNETT, JANETDemocraticDerived from contributions$67014 contributions
- GARDNER, SPRING
Money out
Spending by kind
- Operating expenditures$7,775
Largest disbursements
- TAYLOR, TREY$2,700PAYMENT FOR CONCERT · Nov 10, 2025
- TERRACE, 167$1,369VENUE · Feb 25, 2026
- SHERATON PHILADELPHIA DOWNTON$926HOTEL FOR CONFERENCE · Jul 21, 2025
- UNION COPY CENTERS$877PRINTING FEES · Jul 10, 2025
- SQUARESPACE, SQUARESPACE$276WEBSITE DOMAIN FEE · Mar 31, 2025
- SQUARESPACE$276WEBSITE RENEWAL · Mar 30, 2026
- CHULA VISTA RESORT$247MARKETING AT DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION · Jun 16, 2025
- ACT BLUE$95ENTRY FEE; YOUNG DEMS · Jul 15, 2025
- AMALGAMATED BANK$32BANK FEES · Jan 28, 2025
- SQUARESPACE$20WEBSITE · Mar 16, 2026
Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph
Records
Registration
- Committee type
- House campaign committee
- Designation
- Principal campaign committee
- Party affiliation
- Democratic
- Treasurer
- MEYER, ALEX
- Filing cadence
- Quarterly filer
- Organization type
- Not reported
- Connected organization
- Not reported
- Registration snapshot cycle
- 2025–2026
- Cycles loaded
- 2026, 2024
- Registered address
- 306 TURNBERRY CT · PEWAUKEE, WI, 53072
Relationships
FEC-reported relationships
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Political alignment
Registration, linked-candidate, and disclosed money-flow evidence
FEC registration: House 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.