MESSMER FOR CONGRESS

RepublicanFEC reportedHouse campaign committee · Principal campaign committee · Quarterly filerC00867218

Overview

Raised: $1.4Mvs $1.5M 2023–2024
Spent: $1.1Mvs $1.3M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $550.9Kvs $207.1K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $29.7K 2023–2024

OpenFEC processed totals through Oct 14, 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 indicators

3 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).

2 receipt eligibility · 1 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $34,233
DANIELS SPAULDING CONSULTING, LLC received 53.0% of positive itemized operating spending in MESSMER FOR CONGRESS's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: May 28, 2025
Apparent corporate or labor receipt →Associated amount: $3,250
Reported organization name appears incorporated, a bank, or a labor organization; direct treasury contributions to candidate committees are generally prohibited. Verify entity form and source of funds.
Evidence date: Apr 6, 2026
LLC or partnership eligibility →Associated amount: $1,000
Reported contributor appears to be an LLC or partnership. Verify permissible tax status, written eligibility notice, member or partner attribution, and contribution limits.
Evidence date: Apr 3, 2026

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

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Candidate connections

Principal candidate campaign
MESSMER, MARK MR.RepublicanFEC reported
U.S. House · Indiana · District 8
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H4IN08249 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$302K
Unitemized individual contributions$6,527
Other committees$547.9K
Transfers from affiliates$564.2K
Candidate contributions$3,500

Top contributors

MESSMER VICTORY FUNDRepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$555.3K20 contributions
LOQUERCIO, ROBERT95% Republican · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$10K2 contributions
FRESHMAN AGRICULTURAL REPUBLICAN MEMBERS TRUST AKA FARM TRUST, ERIC ALAN RICK

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$706.6K
Contribution refunds$14.7K
Other disbursements$359.5K

Largest disbursements

MARK IT RED$31.5KPOLLING · Mar 2, 2026
THE TOWNSEND GROUP$22.1KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING; FOOD/BEVERAGE; EVENT TICKETS FOR FUNDRAISING EVENT · Dec 31, 2025
JAMESTOWN ASSOCIATES$20K2024 GENERAL ELECTION WIN BONUS · Jan 6, 2025
DANIELS SPAULDING CONSULTING, LLC$17.1KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING SERVICES · Oct 28, 2025
DANIELS SPAULDING CONSULTING, LLC$15.2KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING SERVICES/FOOD/BEVERAGE · Apr 14, 2025
DANIELS SPAULDING CONSULTING, LLC$15.1KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING SERVICES · May 18, 2026
DANIELS SPAULDING CONSULTING, LLC$13KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING SERVICES · Feb 2, 2026
DANIELS SPAULDING CONSULTING, LLC$12K

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Feb 25	$1,000	$0
Mar 25	$73,264	$8,000
Apr 25	$11,102	$0
May 25	$18,260	$0
Jun 25	$124,973	$16,000
Jul 25	$11,020	$0
Aug 25	$1,000	$0
Sep 25	$105,287	$0
Oct 25	$5,000	$15,000
Nov 25	$6,291	$3,500
Dec 25	$74,019	$23,500
Jan 26	$15,102	$0
Feb 26	$20,669	$0
Mar 26	$103,220	$10,406
Apr 26	$64,929	$102,000
May 26	$2,832	$500
Jun 26	$76,961	$8,000

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: HUGO, DEREK SCOTT MR.
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: MESSMER VICTORY FUND
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: PO BOX 44003 · INDIANAPOLIS, IN, 46244

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.

FRESHMAN AGRICULTURAL REPUBLICAN MEMBERS TRUST AKA FARM TRUSTC00493783 Joint fundraising participantMESSMER FOR CONGRESSC00867218
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1878505Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
MESSMER VICTORY FUNDC00881441 Joint fundraising participantMESSMER FOR CONGRESSC00867218
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1789938Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
STRATEGIC DEFENSE FUNDC00956862 Joint fundraising participantMESSMER FOR CONGRESSC00867218
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1999038Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
MESSMER FOR CONGRESSC00867218 Authorized candidateMESSMER, MARK MR.H4IN08249
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
MESSMER FOR CONGRESSC00867218 Connected organizationMESSMER VICTORY FUNDReported 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 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 ↗

MESSMER FOR CONGRESS

Overview

Candidate connections

Money in

Sources

Top contributors

Money out

Spending by kind

Largest disbursements

Over time

Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Political alignment

FEC-reported relationships

Top employers

Top industries

Top states

Cash, assets & liabilities

Money network

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