Arizona House District 3 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

Yassamin Ansari won · 87.6% to 6.1% · Called by AP on Nov 3

Yassamin Ansari (Democrat) are the nominees for Arizona's 3rd congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Yassamin Ansari is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Yassamin Ansari's campaign had raised $1.7 million (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $3,000 for Yassamin Ansari and $0 against.

Yassamin Ansari (DEM, incumbent). 0 ads analyzed, 0 with at least one technique in the copy. Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing.

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Registration Register by Mon, Oct 5 (11:59 p.m.) (passed)Source: azsos.gov ↗
Early voting in person Wed, Oct 7 to Fri, Oct 30 (Early ballots mailed the same day) (passed)Source: azsos.gov ↗Source: azsos.gov ↗
By mail Anyone can vote by mail; request a ballot by Fri, Oct 23 (Request ballot-by-mail by this date (11 days before Election Day)) (passed)Source: azsos.gov ↗Source: azsos.gov ↗
Election Day Tue, Nov 3 (passed)
ID at the polls One photo ID with name and address, or two non-photo documents (List #2 or 3)Source: azsos.gov ↗

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Money in this race

From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.

Yassamin Ansari (DEM, incumbent)

Raised
$1.7M through 2026-10-14 individuals $1.3M · PACs $253K · candidate's own money, incl. loans $66K · from the candidate's other committees $53K · cash on hand $411K
Outside spending
$3,385 supporting Ansari · latest reported 2026-06-10
Largest outside spenders
WESTERN STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT CMTE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS & JOINERS OF AMERICA — $3,375 supporting Ansari SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION — $10 supporting Ansari
Bundled through PACs
$7,000 through 1 PAC · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01 IRANIAN AMERICAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - PUBLIC AFFAIRS ALLIANCE OF IRANIAN AMERICANS — $7,000 from 3 gifts
74 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
  • AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $3,500
  • ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE ACTION FUND $1,000
  • AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY PAC $1,500
  • AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE $2,500
  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) $5,000
  • AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) $3,500
  • AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC (OB-GYN PAC) $1,033
  • AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES PAC $2,500
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E $10K
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $2,500
  • AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COPA - APWU $2,000
  • AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) $1,000
  • AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA, INC PAC $3,000
  • AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICA $5,000
  • ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT ATTENDANTS (APFA PAC) POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,000
  • CAP-PAC SEPARATE SEGREGATED OF THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION FOUNDATION INC. $2,000
  • CHRISTOPHER STREET PROJECT PAC (CSP PAC) $1,000
  • COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $2,500
  • D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) $2,500
  • DEFEND THE VOTE $5,000
  • DEMOCRACY SUMMER LEADERSHIP PAC $1,000
  • ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $3,000
  • END CITIZENS UNITED $1,000
  • ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS $5,000
  • FAA MANAGERS ASSOCIATION INC. PAC $1,000
  • FAIR SHOT PAC $2,000
  • HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERMMENT $1,000
  • HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PAC $1,000
  • HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • IMMIGRANTS' LIST $2,000
  • INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) $1,000
  • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC $10K
  • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE $1,000
  • INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUND $3,000
  • INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
  • IRANIAN AMERICAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - PUBLIC AFFAIRS ALLIANCE OF IRANIAN AMERICANS $5,000
  • K&L GATES LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DC) $1,000
  • LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC $2,500
  • LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY INNOVATION SERVICE PAC $2,000
  • LIFTOFF PAC $6,000
  • MEDICARE FOR ALL $5,000
  • MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY $2,500
  • MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) $1,000
  • MOMS FED UP $10K
  • NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC) $1,000
  • NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND) $1,500
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC $1,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • NATIONAL POSTAL MAIL HANDLERS UNION PAC $1,000
  • NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES ORGANIZATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION $4,000
  • NRDC ACTION FUND INC PAC $500
  • PAC FOR GOOD $1,000
  • PAC TO THE FUTURE $5,000
  • PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION PAC $1,000
  • PROFESSIONAL AVIATION SAFETY SPECIALISTS PAC $2,000
  • SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) $2,500
  • SHEET METAL & AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS' NATIONAL ASSOC., INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITT $2,500
  • SMART TD PAC $8,500
  • SWALWELL FOR CONGRESS $500
  • THE CENTER FOR FREETHOUGHT EQUALITY PAC $2,000
  • TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $2,500
  • UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA) $5,000
  • UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAW $2,500
  • UNITE HERE $5,000
  • UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB $10K
  • WESTERN SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC $1,000
  • WINE & SPIRIT WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC PAC $1,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

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