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Debbie Lesko

Republican candidate · 2022 general election · Arizona

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Debbie Lesko

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Campaign finance

FEC data through Dec 31, 2022. Covering the 2022 two-year cycle only.

The 2022 cycle at a glance

Total receipts
$1,198,976
Everything the campaign took in
Individual contributions
$701,156
Itemized and unitemized split not reported
PAC and other committees
$417,645
Received from political committees
Campaign spending
$884,875
Total disbursements
Cash on hand
$1,002,735
At the end of the reporting period

Where the money came from

These categories divide total receipts of $1,198,976 exactly once, so they add back up to the reported total.

Receipts by funding category for the 2022 cycle
SourceAmountShare of receipts
Individual contributions$701,15658.5%
PAC and other committee contributions$417,64534.8%
Party committee contributions$8500.1%
Candidate self-funding$00.0%
Loans$00.0%
Other receipts, including transfers$79,3256.6%
Total receipts$1,198,976100%

Financial position

Cash, debt, refunds, loans, and transfers as reported through Dec 31, 2022 for the 2022 cycle. These are factual reported values, not a judgement about whether a campaign is healthy, viable, or strong. Independent expenditures are never added to or subtracted from any of them: that money was never the campaign's.

Reported financial position for the 2022 cycle
MeasureAmount
Cash on hand at coverage end$1,002,735
Debts and obligations owed by the committee$0
Debts and obligations owed to the committeeNot reported
Contributions refunded to individuals$1,900
Contributions refunded to committees$6,052
Transfers received from other authorized committeesAlready raised money moving between the candidate's own committees, not new fundraising.$67,387
Transfers made to other authorized committees$0
Repayments of candidate loans$0
Repayments of other loans$0

Calculated from the reported values

Each row below is arithmetic MyRepTracker performed on the values above. Where the FEC published the figure itself, the row says so and no calculation was made.

Values calculated from the reported financial position, with the formula for each
MeasureAmountHow it was produced
Contributions net of refunds$1,111,699Calculated as individual + committee + party + candidate contributions, minus contributions refunded to individuals and committees.
Operating expenditures net of offsetsNot reportedAn input this calculation needs is not published by the source behind this record.
Outstanding candidate loans$0Calculated as loans received from the candidate minus repayments of those loans.
Other outstanding loans$0Calculated as other loans received minus repayments of those loans.
Total contributions refunded$7,951Calculated as refunds to individuals plus refunds to committees.

Change since the previous filing

Both columns come from committee C00663914, so the two periods are comparable. A change is the difference between what 30G 2022 reported and what YE 2022 reported, and the direction is stated in words rather than shown only as a sign. 30G 2022 reported through Nov 28, 2022 and YE 2022 through Dec 31, 2022.

Financial position at the two most recent controlling filings of committee C00663914
Measure30G 2022Reported through Nov 28, 2022YE 2022Reported through Dec 31, 2022Change
Cash on hand at period end$1,039,199$1,002,735Down $36,465
Debts owed by the committee$0$0No change
Contribution refunds in the period$1,065$353Down $712

Cash compared with one period's spending

Cash on hand of $1,002,735 set beside the $42,104 this campaign spent during YE 2022, through Dec 31, 2022, which is 23.8 times that period's spending. This is a ratio between two reported numbers over one named period. It is not a forecast of how long the money will last, and campaigns do not spend evenly across a cycle.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures are spending by other organizations that is not coordinated with the campaign. This money was never received or controlled by Debbie Lesko. Supporting and opposing spending are kept apart rather than combined into one number, and neither is added to campaign receipts.

Spent supporting

$42,259
Independent expenditures in the 2022 cycle

Spent opposing

$0
Independent expenditures in the 2022 cycle

What the money was spent on

These spending categories were produced by taxonomy spend-1.2 and the current rules are spend-1.3, so they are withheld until this record is refreshed.

Political committees that contributed directly

Money received by the authorized campaign committee from PACs and other political committees. This is not outside spending.

This total will usually differ from the PAC figure in the summary above. The summary is what the campaign reported receiving in total; this ranking adds up the individual contributions that were itemized, which is a different record made at a different time. Neither is a correction of the other, and the gap is not an error in either one.

Top 5 of 142 shown $434,853 total · $60,800 shown here

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Aug 16, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Political committees ranked by direct contributions
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1HOUSE FREEDOM FUND C00552851$15,8003.6%3Sep 7, 2022
2AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC C00035451$12,5002.9%4May 16, 2022
3CMR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE C00469429$12,5002.9%5Jun 30, 2022
4PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION PAC C00015933$10,0002.3%2Mar 24, 2022
5KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) C00236489$10,0002.3%4Sep 14, 2022
Show the complete list of 142 committees →

Organizations spending independently

Supporting Debbie Lesko

All 3 shown $42,259 total

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Aug 16, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Organizations ranked by independent spending supporting this candidate
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1UNITED WOMEN'S HEALTH ALLIANCE PAC C00755694$17,91742.4%17Feb 23, 2022
2AMERICAN MAJORITY ACTION INC. C90011891$12,75130.2%90Nov 8, 2022
3SAVING ARIZONA PAC C00777185$11,59127.4%2Sep 20, 2022

Opposing Debbie Lesko

No opposing independent expenditures are reported for this cycle.

What that outside spending purchased

Each independent expenditure carries a short description the spending committee wrote, and these categories are those descriptions sorted under taxonomy outside-1.0. Spending supporting Debbie Lesko and spending opposing them are broken down separately and never combined, and every share below is a share of that one direction's total.

The largest category is usually "Advertising, medium not specified". That is not a leftover: it is spending the committee described only as a media buy or as advertising, without saying whether it aired on television, ran online, or arrived in the mail. MyRepTracker reports what was filed rather than assigning it a medium.

Supporting Debbie Lesko

Independent spending supporting this candidate, by reported purpose for the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
PurposeAmount% ShareTransactions
Phone calls and text messages $25,79961.1%33
Direct mail $9,31622.0%1
Printed materials and signs $6,79516.1%65
Canvassing and field organizing $2040.5%4
Staff, administration, and overhead $1100.3%4
Unclassified filing descriptions Spending whose reported description could not be placed in the taxonomy. It is counted, not guessed at. $340.1%2
Classified$42,22599.9%
Unclassified filing descriptions$340.1%
Total independent spending$42,259100%109

Opposing Debbie Lesko

No independent expenditures in this direction are reported for this cycle.

Who the committees behind this money were

Every committee here is placed by the registration it filed with the FEC for the 2022 cycle: its designation, its committee type, and the organizational form it reported. That is the FEC's own record and involves no judgement by MyRepTracker, so this covers every itemized dollar. A committee's registration can change between cycles, and each cycle is judged by its own.

Contributed to Debbie Lesko

Committees itemized $434,853 in contributions to this campaign.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Corporate PACs $171,43539.4%6198
Trade association PACs $80,96818.6%2951
Leadership PACs $74,70017.2%1221
Membership organization PACs $50,50011.6%1832
Non-connected committees $29,2506.7%1418
Other candidates' committees $14,5003.3%67
Labor union PACs $13,5003.1%25
Itemized total for this direction$434,853

Spent supporting Debbie Lesko

Committees itemized $42,259 in independent spending supporting Debbie Lesko.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Non-connected committees $42,259100.0%3109
Itemized total for this direction$42,259

What interests those committees advance

The FEC publishes no industry or interest field, so unlike the section above this one is a claim MyRepTracker makes. A committee is placed here only when there is a document behind the claim that a reader can open: its own statement of organization, its own published mission statement, or a named third party. Every assignment carries that document on the committee's own page. A committee's name is never evidence of anything.

Categorized is not the same as reviewed. Most of these sectors were assigned by machine from the committee's own filing rather than read by a person. Each committee's own page says which of the two its assignment is, and names the document behind it either way.

Coverage is partial on purpose, and the part that is not covered is shown at full size rather than left out. Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees are excluded outright: their giving is an officeholder's or a party's decision, so no interest label describes it. Categories are taxonomy interest-1.7.

Contributed to Debbie Lesko

Committees itemized $434,853 in contributions to this campaign. $89,200 of that came from leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees, which are not interest groups. Of the remaining $345,653, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $221,435 and committees not yet categorized account for $124,218.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Electric utilities Energy and natural resources $23,0006.7%813
Oil and gas Energy and natural resources $22,5006.5%610
Pharmaceuticals Health $17,5005.1%912
Food and beverage Agriculture $13,4353.9%59
Telecommunications Communications and technology $12,5003.6%67
Transportation unions Labor $12,5003.6%14
Physicians and medical specialties Health $12,0003.5%68
Defense Defense $11,5003.3%39
Insurance Finance, insurance, and real estate $10,0002.9%47
Pro-Israel Ideological and single-issue $10,0002.9%13
Pro-Republican Party Ideological and single-issue $10,0002.9%14
Construction Construction $9,5002.7%45
Automotive Transportation $9,0002.6%35
Hospitals and nursing homes Health $9,0002.6%34
Air transport Transportation $8,0002.3%46
Mining Energy and natural resources $7,5002.2%34
Trucking Transportation $7,5002.2%25
Media and entertainment Communications and technology $6,5001.9%25
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate $6,0001.7%13
Nurses and nursing specialties Health $2,0000.6%22
Credit unions Finance, insurance, and real estate $1,5000.4%11
Committees not yet categorized $124,21835.9%4978
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees Not part of the base the shares beside it are taken over. $89,200Not applicable1828
Base the shares are taken over$345,653100%
Itemized total for this direction$434,853

Spent supporting Debbie Lesko

Committees itemized $42,259 in independent spending supporting Debbie Lesko. Of that, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $11,591 and committees not yet categorized account for $30,668.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Pro-Republican Party Ideological and single-issue $11,59127.4%12
Committees not yet categorized $30,66872.6%2107
Base the shares are taken over$42,259100%
Itemized total for this direction$42,259

Last-minute contributions reported before an election

In the days just before an election, a campaign must tell the FEC within 48 hours about any contribution or loan of $1,000 or more. These notices arrive faster than the regular reporting schedule, and the same money is reported again in the report covering those days. Nothing here is added to receipts: it is a preview of money the ordinary reports will carry, not money beside them.

Reported on notices

$48,200
Across 11 notices, received Jul 16, 2022 to Nov 3, 2022

Still only provisional

$0
Every notice is now covered by a regular report

The most recent notice was filed on Nov 4, 2022. A notice stops being the only record of its money once a regular report covers the same days; those are marked reconciled below and the amounts appear in Debbie Lesko's reported totals through the ordinary schedule.

48-hour notices filed for the 2022 cycle, newest first
FiledAmountEntriesCoversStateFiling
Nov 4, 2022$4,5002Nov 3 to Nov 3, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Nov 3, 2022$2,0001Nov 2 to Nov 2, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Nov 2, 2022$9,5006Nov 1 to Nov 1, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 29, 2022$1,0001Oct 27 to Oct 27, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 26, 2022$3,0002Oct 25 to Oct 25, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 22, 2022$1,0001Oct 21 to Oct 21, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Jul 27, 2022$2,0002Jul 25 to Jul 25, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Jul 26, 2022$4,6002Jul 24 to Jul 24, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Jul 21, 2022$13,1004Jul 19 to Jul 19, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Jul 20, 2022$5,0001Jul 18 to Jul 18, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗

The 10 most recent notices of 11 are listed. The amount and count above cover all of them.

Where the individual money was reported from

Contributions from individuals that the campaign itemized, grouped by the state each contributor gave as their address. Contributions of $200 or less in aggregate are not itemized and carry no address, so they are not here at all. These places account for $451,231 of the $768,543 this campaign reported from individuals and from transfers by its other authorized committees, across 1,664 itemized contributions.

From Arizona

$314,709
69.7% of the itemized money that has a place

From everywhere else

$136,522
30.3% of the itemized money that has a place

Money from outside Arizona is not money from outside the country, and neither figure is evidence that anything unlawful happened. People may contribute to campaigns in states they do not live in, and United States citizens living abroad may contribute at all.

What kind of place it came from

Itemized individual contributions by kind of place, 2022 cycle
Kind of placeAmountContributionsShare
States and the District of ColumbiaContributors who gave an address in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia.$451,2311,664100.0%

Places, largest first

Top 10 of 36 places shown as bars. Every place is in the table below.

  • Arizona this campaign's state $314,709
  • California $21,210
  • Florida $20,631
  • District of Columbia $15,750
  • Virginia $12,231
  • Wyoming $11,600
  • Illinois $9,988
  • Texas $7,250
  • North Carolina $6,050
  • Utah $5,505
Every place with itemized individual contributions reported for the 2022 cycle
PlaceAmountContributionsShare
Arizona this campaign's state$314,7091,30769.7%
California$21,210594.7%
Florida$20,631294.6%
District of Columbia$15,750283.5%
Virginia$12,231422.7%
Wyoming$11,60042.6%
Illinois$9,988342.2%
Texas$7,25061.6%
North Carolina$6,05031.3%
Utah$5,50531.2%
Maryland$5,05081.1%
New York$4,540171.0%
Washington$2,90060.6%
Pennsylvania$2,450570.5%
Iowa$1,32550.3%
North Dakota$1,25020.3%
Nevada$1,12730.2%
Massachusetts$1,00010.2%
New Mexico$1,00010.2%
South Dakota$1,00010.2%
South Carolina$65060.1%
Georgia$55020.1%
Delaware$50010.1%
Missouri$50010.1%
Idaho$44050.1%
Michigan$34050.1%
Arkansas$25010.1%
Connecticut$25090.1%
Kentucky$25010.1%
Ohio$2253<0.1%
West Virginia$2002<0.1%
Mississippi$1506<0.1%
Tennessee$1503<0.1%
Alabama$1001<0.1%
Kansas$1001<0.1%
New Jersey$101<0.1%
Reported with a place$451,2311,664100%

Contributions are transactions, not people: one contributor giving every month is counted once for each contribution. No contributor's name, address, employer, or occupation is stored or shown anywhere on this site.

How this compares

Compared with U.S. House campaigns in Arizona, 2022 cycle: 12 campaigns with a complete Federal Election Commission record for the cycle. This is a position in that group, not a score, a grade, or a judgement about the campaign.

Total receipts

Everything the authorized campaign committee took in for this cycle, including contributions, loans, and transfers.

  • This campaign $1,198,976
  • Cohort median $2,524,740
Total receipts for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in Arizona, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$1,198,976
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$949,146
Median$2,524,740
75th percentile$3,779,766
Highest in the cohort$8,113,876
Campaigns counted12

3 of the 12 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 25th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Share of receipts from political committees

Direct contributions from PACs and other political committees as a share of total receipts. Campaigns reporting no receipts at all have no share and are left out of this measure.

  • This campaign 34.8%
  • Cohort median 24.3%
Share of receipts from political committees for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in Arizona, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign34.8%
Lowest in the cohort4.4%
25th percentile6.9%
Median24.3%
75th percentile30.2%
Highest in the cohort34.8%
Campaigns counted11

10 of the 11 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 91th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Cash on hand

The balance reported at the end of the coverage period. Campaigns report at different times, so this compares balances as of each campaign's own coverage end.

  • This campaign $1,002,735
  • Cohort median $86,947
Cash on hand for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in Arizona, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$1,002,735
Lowest in the cohort-$6,991
25th percentile$41,480
Median$86,947
75th percentile$235,472
Highest in the cohort$8,237,222
Campaigns counted12

9 of the 12 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 75th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending supporting

Independent expenditures by other organizations supporting the candidate. This money was never received or controlled by the campaign.

  • This campaign $42,259
  • Cohort median $33,755
Outside spending supporting for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in Arizona, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$42,259
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$1,121
Median$33,755
75th percentile$754,639
Highest in the cohort$1,188,115
Campaigns counted12

6 of the 12 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 50th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending opposing

Independent expenditures by other organizations opposing the candidate, not coordinated with any campaign.

  • This campaign $0
  • Cohort median $1,427
Outside spending opposing for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in Arizona, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$0
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$1,427
75th percentile$65,866
Highest in the cohort$1,989,539
Campaigns counted12

0 of the 12 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 0th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Every comparison is drawn from one two-year cycle and one office. Only campaigns whose FEC record for that cycle is complete are counted; the rest are reported beside the cohort and are never counted as zero. One authorized committee is counted once however many candidacies report it, so where a candidate's committees are all reported by another FEC record, that record supplies the figures for both. A campaign is never compared with another cycle, with a career total, or with a candidate for a different office.

What these numbers mean

Receipts are not the same as contributions
Total receipts include everything the campaign took in, such as contributions, loans, and transfers. Contributions are only the money given by people and committees.
Direct contributions are not outside spending
A direct contribution is money received by the campaign's own authorized committee. An independent expenditure is money another organization spent on its own, without coordinating with the campaign. The Federal Election Commission treats these as different activities, and so does this page.
The organizations named here are political committees
Direct rankings count what one political committee gave to a campaign; outside-spending rankings count what a committee spent independently. A separate conduit section groups individual contributions only when the campaign's memo record supplies a registered conduit committee's FEC ID. It never attributes donors to employers or interest groups, and it never exposes contributor names. Sites using broader attribution rules may therefore report different organization totals.
A cycle may be only partly reported
Filings arrive throughout a two-year cycle. A current cycle shows only what has been filed and processed through the coverage date shown above, so it is not comparable with a finished cycle.
This view is cycle specific
It covers the 2022 two-year cycle only.

Source: Federal Election Commission ↗. MyRepTracker ingests FEC records directly and does not add its own influence, risk, or corruption score.