Funding profile
Tina Smith
Democrat · Senator from Minnesota
Career totals · 3 elections · 2018–2026
$28.7 million
raised by Smith’s campaigns, everything from 2018 to 2026 added together.
17%
of it came from organized groups rather than from people giving on their own: at least $4.8 million from PACs, plus donations that organizations collected and directed.
$2.4 million
was spent about Smith 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 Smith on FEC.gov
Where the money came from
Everything Smith’s campaigns have reported raising, split by who gave it.
- Individual donorsMoney given by people, in their own name.81%$23.2 million
- Political action committeesOrganized groups: company-run committees, unions, trade associations.15%$4.4 million
- Other sourcesParty transfers, the candidate's own money, loans and smaller categories.4%$1.1 million
Money bundled through organizations
Not every “individual” donation arrives on its own. An organization can collect checks from its members, already earmarked for Smith, and deliver them in a bundle. The law counts that as individual money, but the organization still chose where it went.
$406,000
reached Smith this way, 2% of everything they raised from individuals. Each donation came from a real person. The organization picked who got it.
- EMILY's ListA group that works to elect Democratic women who support abortion rights, and one of the oldest donation bundlers in politics.$363,000
- JStreetPAC$22,000
- NORPACA New Jersey-based pro-Israel PAC that bundles member donations for candidates of both parties.$22,000
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.
- Corporation50%$172,000
- Trade association17%$59,000
- Labor union3%$11,000
- Membership organization14%$47,000
- Co-operative1%$2,500
- Corporation without capital stock1%$4,500
- Unclassified14%$47,000
Which industries
- Banking & finance35% · $15,000
- Other65% · $28,000
The FEC records that a committee is a corporation; it does not record its industry. Those labels are ours, kept in a published list anyone can check. Where we have not labeled a giver we say “Other” rather than guessing.
Largest committee givers
- 1Gillibrand$10,000
- 2The American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries Political Action Committee (Asppa-Napa PAC) a/K/a American Retirement Association Political Action Committee (Ara PAC)$10,000
- 3Demand Justice PAC$10,000
- 4Impact$10,000
- 5Polaris Industries Inc$7,500
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- 6Allianz of America Corporation$5,000
- 7American Association of Nurse Practitioners$5,000
- 8American Speech-Language-Hearing Association PAC (Asha PAC)$5,000
- 9Truist Financial Corporation$5,000
- 10American Optometric Association$5,000
“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. Smith has no legal control over any of it.
This is not a donation. Nobody gave this money to Smith. It was spent on advertising about Smith, and money spent against a candidate is plainly not funding them. So it never gets added to the figures above.
$2.4 million
has been spent for or against Smith by outside groups. $1.8 million supported Smith; $654,000 opposed Smith.
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
$1.3 millionAds urging people to vote for this member. Still not their money, and they cannot direct how it is spent.
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MINNESOTA POLITICAL ACTION FUND$563,000
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC$484,000
- ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER MINNESOTA FEDERAL PAC$136,000
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)$133,000
Spent opposing
$654,000Ads urging people to vote against this member. This money was spent to defeat them.
- AMERICAS PAC$229,000
- RIGHT NOW USA$160,000
- HEARTLAND FUND$146,000
- VALOR AMERICA$118,000
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 | $3.1 million | $492,000 16% | $128,000 | FEC |
| 2020 | $16.5 million | $2.4 million 15% | $1.5 million | FEC |
| 2018 | $9.2 million | $1.5 million 16% | $779,000 | 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.