Reported through Jul 18, 2026. Snapshot downloaded Sep 15, 2026.
BEYOND THE CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT · 2025–2026
The outside money
FEC processed filings
See what the campaign received alongside money other groups spent to elect or defeat Michael Charles Echols.
Direct campaign contributions$523.5K
Received by the campaign
$523,462.33
Outside spending for$100.4K
Spent to support this candidate
$100,383.49
Outside spending against$0
Spent to oppose this candidate
$0
Separate measures, not an additive total. Campaign: reported through jul 18, 2026. Outside spending: processed periodic filings retrieved Sep 23, 2026; recent 24/48-hour notices may not yet appear. Amounts are net reported spending; negative amounts reflect reported adjustments.
Spends to support
Spends to oppose
No positive amounts matched in these processed filings.
Michael Charles EcholsTarget of outside spendingFunds stay outside the campaign
Select a group to inspect its spending. The map shows up to four leading spenders per position; the full list is below. Connections show the reported position, not money paid to the candidate.
All 2 outside spenders · exact amounts & sources
Outside spending by group for Michael Charles Echols, 2026
Large disclosed receipts can connect an outside spender to another organization. Some trails end at a nonprofit whose original donors may not be identifiable from these records.
$1M+ receipt searchEach qualifying receipt meets this threshold. Smaller receipts and individual donors are outside this view.
1 outside spender with qualifying organization receipts.
GOPAC ELECTION FUND3 funding entries in this search$19.4K for · $0 against
Reported backerGOPAC ELECTION FUND
GOPAC INC
Organization reported by filer
$12,400,0006 qualifying receipts
other receipt · Amount received by the outside group, not attributed to this candidate.
Outside spending is not automatically dark money. A Super PAC must disclose reportable donors, but a named donor may itself receive funds from undisclosed sources. Public filings cannot always identify the original person or organization behind the money.
We show documented receipts and independently matched nonprofit identities. We do not assign an outside group’s incoming money to a particular candidate or calculate a hidden-money total. Groups can fund multiple races, retain funds, or use receipts for other purposes. Original donors: not determined.
2025–2026 receipts · Retrieved Sep 23, 2026. Source coverage and transaction categories can differ from outside-spending totals.
INSIDE INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS
Who do individual donors work for?
Reported affiliations
A personal check can come from an executive, a nurse, or a retiree. Employer and occupation disclosures add context to the individual-donation category.
$541.4KIncluded itemized records · signed total
355Contribution records, not unique people
Jul 14, 2026Latest included transaction date
These are individuals’ personal donations. An employer name does not mean the company paid, directed, or endorsed the contribution. Occupations are reported text, not a verified executive or lobbyist registry.
Top reported values in the included itemized records; spelling variants can appear separately. These are two views of the same money and must not be added together. Positive entries: $594,235; negative adjustments: -$52,832. Unitemized donations have no employer or occupation breakdown here. Read coverage and exclusions ↗
Accountability coverage for Michael Charles Echols. The same FEC matching rules apply to every candidate in the indexed financial snapshots. Records span years beyond the 2026 funding cycle. Campaign respondents and personal conduct are identified separately.
5,759 candidates checked · 7,669 FEC case titles scanned · retrieved Sep 15, 2026 · limited name matching
FEC enforcement records
0 linked case numbers · not a conduct score
No FEC case title matched this campaign’s linked committee names.
This search can miss secondary respondents, renamed committees, archived files, and personal cases. It does not cover every FEC enforcement program, criminal court, or ethics investigation. Missing coverage or no match is not a clean bill of health.
Reviewed investigations & context
Supplementary source review
Broader investigations and case narratives have not been reviewed for this candidate.
This is a coverage gap, not a finding about their conduct. The same source standards apply to every candidate.
Reported receipts$3M
All incoming funds, including transfers
Reported spending$1.9M
Disbursements, including transfers
Cash on hand$1.1M
At the end of the reporting period
Debts owed$1.6M
Outstanding reported obligations
WHERE CONTRIBUTIONS COME FROM
The funding mix
$523,462.33Total reported contributions
Individuals$509,962.3397.4%
Other political committees$13,5002.6%
The candidate$00.0%
Party committees$00.0%
Inside individual contributions
Itemized$506,490.71
Unitemized$3,471.62
Unitemized is a disclosure category, not a count of small donors.
Contributions exclude loans, transfers, and other receipts. Committee contributions include PACs and other political committees. See definitions ↗
BEYOND CONTRIBUTIONS
Loans, transfers & refunds
These categories help explain why total receipts differ from contributions.
Transfers from authorized committees
$0
Candidate loans
$2,430,000
Other loans
$0
Transfers to authorized committees
$0
Individual contribution refunds
$3,000
Committee contribution refunds
$0
Receipts and spending can include money moved between a candidate’s own committees. Refunds are listed separately; contributions above are gross reported amounts.
FOLLOW THE PAPER TRAIL
Committee contribution records
The latest matching record from each of up to 12 committees, ordered by transaction date. Each amount is a single reported transaction, not that committee’s total giving. Filings may include amendments, memo entries, and negative adjustments.
Recent committee contribution records for Michael Charles Echols
Source: FEC committee-to-candidate files, downloaded Sep 15, 2026. Reporting committee names come from the committee registry. These records exclude independent expenditures and do not reconcile to candidate-reported receipts. Selection methodology ↗