Funding profile
Melanie A. Stansbury
Democrat · Representative for New Mexico’s 1st district
Career totals · 3 elections · 2022–2026
$6.3 million
raised by Stansbury’s campaigns, everything from 2022 to 2026 added together.
21%
of it came from organized groups rather than from people giving on their own: at least $1.3 million from PACs, plus donations that organizations collected and directed.
$198,000
was spent about Stansbury 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 Stansbury on FEC.gov
Where the money came from
Everything Stansbury’s campaigns have reported raising, split by who gave it.
- Individual donorsMoney given by people, in their own name.78%$4.9 million
- Political action committeesOrganized groups: company-run committees, unions, trade associations.20%$1.2 million
- Other sourcesParty transfers, the candidate's own money, loans and smaller categories.2%$108,000
Money bundled through organizations
Not every “individual” donation arrives on its own. An organization can collect checks from its members, already earmarked for Stansbury, and deliver them in a bundle. The law counts that as individual money, but the organization still chose where it went.
$50,000
reached Stansbury this way, 1% of everything they raised from individuals. Each donation came from a real person. The organization picked who got it.
- JStreetPAC$43,000
- EMILY's ListA group that works to elect Democratic women who support abortion rights, and one of the oldest donation bundlers in politics.$6,919
We can only count the organizations we have measured, so the real figure could be higher than this, never lower. Bundling is legal and widely used, and appearing here is not evidence of wrongdoing.
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.
- Corporation7%$40,000
- Trade association8%$48,000
- Labor union45%$262,000
- Membership organization12%$70,000
- Corporation without capital stock<1%$500
- Unclassified27%$157,000
Largest committee givers
- 1American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Afl-Cio$20,000
- 2International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers$20,000
- 3International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers$20,000
- 4Turquoise PAC$20,000
- 5Alliance for Physical Therapy Quality and Innovation Inc PAC$17,000
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- 6Laborers' International Union of North America$15,000
- 7Public Service Co of Nm$15,000
- 8United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America$15,000
- 9International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmith, Forgers & Helpe$14,000
- 10American Association for Justice (Aaj)$12,000
“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. Stansbury has no legal control over any of it.
This is not a donation. Nobody gave this money to Stansbury. It was spent on advertising about Stansbury, and money spent against a candidate is plainly not funding them. So it never gets added to the figures above.
$198,000
has been spent for or against Stansbury by outside groups. $100,000 supported Stansbury; $98,000 opposed Stansbury.
Largest outside spenders
Summed across 3 elections, using the Commission's aggregated totals so amended filings and 24-hour notices are not double-counted.
Spent supporting
$96,000Ads urging people to vote for this member. Still not their money, and they cannot direct how it is spent.
- PROJECT 218$51,000
- PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY$24,000
- OPERATION 147$10,000
- DREAMS IN ACTION NM$4,860
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- WFP IE COMMITTEE$3,529
- WFP NATIONAL PAC$3,326
Spent opposing
$98,000Ads urging people to vote against this member. This money was spent to defeat them.
- THE FREEDOM FORWARD FUND$95,000
- NEW MEXICO STRONG FUND$3,700
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.
| Election | Raised | From PACs | Outside spending | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | $1.4 million | $202,000 15% | $63 | FEC |
| 2024 | $1.4 million | $339,000 25% | $51,000 | FEC |
| 2022 | $3.6 million | $705,000 20% | $147,000 | FEC |
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.