WHATLEY FOR SENATE
RepublicanFEC reportedSenate campaign committee · Principal campaign committee · Quarterly filerC00913996
Overview
- Raised
- $13.7M
- Spent
- $12.8M
- Cash on hand
- $902.2K
- Debts owed
- $0
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.
Candidate connections
Principal candidate campaign
WHATLEY, MICHAELRepublicanFEC reportedU.S. Senate · North Carolina · Statewide
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID:
S6NC00415· 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Money in
Sources
- Itemized individual contributions$5M
- Unitemized individual contributions$2.3M
- Other committees$1M
- Party committees$62K
- Other receipts$197.1K
Top contributors
- WHATLEY VICTORY COMMITTEERepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$4.5M11 contributions
- NORTH CAROLINA AND MICHIGAN SENATE FUNDRepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$132.6K4 contributions
- STRENGTHEN OUR MAJORITY
Money out
Spending by kind
- Operating expenditures$12.7M
- Contribution refunds$35.4K
Largest disbursements
- STRATEGIC MEDIA SERVICES$701.9KPLACED MEDIA · Feb 13, 2026
- STRATEGIC MEDIA SERVICES$619.8KPLACED MEDIA · Feb 9, 2026
- STRATEGIC MEDIA SERVICES$619.8KPLACED MEDIA · Feb 2, 2026
- STRATEGIC MEDIA SERVICES$545.5KPLACED MEDIA · Feb 23, 2026
- CONVERGENCE MEDIA LLC$370.2KDIGITAL CONSULTING · Mar 13, 2026
- RED BEACON STRATEGIES, LLC$211.6KDIRECT MAIL SERVICES · Dec 2, 2025
- RED BEACON STRATEGIES, LLC$196.3KDIRECT MAIL SERVICES · Apr 7, 2026
- BIG DOG STRATEGIES LLC$195.5KPOLITICAL STRATEGY CONSULTING & DIRECT MAIL PRODUCTION, PRINTING, & POSTAGE · Feb 11, 2026
- BIG DOG STRATEGIES LLC$183.5K
Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph
Records
Registration
- Committee type
- Senate campaign committee
- Designation
- Principal campaign committee
- Party affiliation
- Republican
- Treasurer
- CRATE, BRADLEY T.
- Filing cadence
- Quarterly filer
- Organization type
- Not reported
- Connected organization
- WHATLEY VICTORY COMMITTEE
- Registration snapshot cycle
- 2025–2026
- Cycles loaded
- 2026
- Registered address
- PO BOX 10037 · RALEIGH, NC, 27605
Relationships
FEC-reported relationships
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Political alignment
Registration, linked-candidate, and disclosed money-flow evidence
FEC registration: Senate 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.