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Funding profile

Christian D. Menefee

Democrat · Representative for Texas’s 18th district

Career totals · 1 election · 2026–2026

$3.6 million

raised by Menefee’s campaigns, everything from the 2026 election added together.

6%

of it came from organized groups rather than from people giving on their own: at least $235,000 from PACs.

$7.1 million

was spent about Menefee by outside groups. These are ads for or against them that their campaign cannot control, and none of it is part of the money above.

Every number on this page comes from Federal Election Commission filings, read on August 24, 2026. An election still under way keeps raising money, so its figure will have grown since. Check Menefee on FEC.gov

Where the money came from

Everything Menefee’s campaigns have reported raising, split by who gave it.

$3.6 millionraised
  • Individual donorsMoney given by people, in their own name.93%$3.4 million
  • Political action committeesOrganized groups: company-run committees, unions, trade associations.6%$235,000
  • Other sourcesParty transfers, the candidate's own money, loans and smaller categories.<1%$3,336
Federal Election Commission filings across 1 election. Percentages may not total 100 because each is rounded.

Who gave the most

Committee contributions from the 2024 and 2026 election periods, grouped by how the FEC classifies each giver. This covers a slice of the career total, and giving to a campaign is legal and ordinary.

  • Corporation6%$15,000
  • Trade association2%$6,000
  • Labor union33%$80,000
  • Membership organization13%$32,000
  • Unclassified46%$111,000

Largest committee givers

  1. 1American Association for Justice (Aaj)Legal & lobbying · Membership organization$20,000
  2. 2Keep the 49th Climate Action FundOther · Unclassified$20,000
  3. 3JayapalOther · Unclassified$15,000
  4. 4Laborers' International Union, Midwest RegionLabor · Labor union$15,000
  5. 5International Brotherhood of TeamstersLabor · Labor union$15,000
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  1. 6Houston Pilots PACOther · Corporation$11,000
  2. 7Leaders We DeserveOther · Unclassified$10,000
  3. 8United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of AmericaOther · Labor union$10,000
  4. 9Battleground Blue PACOther · Unclassified$10,000
  5. 10Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 22 PAC IncOther · Labor union$10,000

“Unclassified” means the FEC records no organization type for that committee, which usually means a leadership PAC. We show it as unclassified rather than guessing which industry it belongs to.

Money spent about this member

Outside groups, usually super PACs, may spend without limit on ads for or against a candidate, as long as they do not coordinate with the campaign. Menefee has no legal control over any of it.

This is not a donation. Nobody gave this money to Menefee. It was spent on advertising about Menefee, and money spent against a candidate is plainly not funding them. So it never gets added to the figures above.

$7.1 million

has been spent for or against Menefee by outside groups. That is roughly 2 times what the campaigns themselves raised. $7.1 million supported Menefee; $0 opposed Menefee.

Largest outside spenders

Summed across 1 election, using the Commission's aggregated totals so amended filings and 24-hour notices are not double-counted.

Spent supporting

$7.1 million

Ads urging people to vote for this member. Still not their money, and they cannot direct how it is spent.

  • PROTECT PROGRESSA cryptocurrency-industry super PAC affiliated with Fairshake that spends in support of Democrats.$6.5 million
  • LEADERS WE DESERVE$287,000
  • PROJECT 218$200,000
  • CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PAC$100,000
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  • TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$7,772
  • SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION$10

Spent opposing

$0

Ads urging people to vote against this member. This money was spent to defeat them.

Nothing on file.

Election by election

The career figures above are the sum of these elections. Each row links to the Commission’s page for that election, where the numbers match line for line.

ElectionRaisedFrom PACsOutside spending
2026in progress$3.6 million$235,000 6%$7.1 millionFEC

Raised is everything the campaign took in for that election. From PACs is the slice of it given by political action committees. Outside spending is what other groups spent on ads about the race, for and against—it is not part of “Raised”. An election marked in progress is still raising money, so its figures are not final.

We never publish the names of individual donors, and anything we cannot source stays off the page. The methodology explains every such choice.