Florida House District 23 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

Lois Frankel won · 65.7% to 34.3% · Called by AP on Nov 3

Deborah Adeimy (Republican) and Lois Frankel (Democrat) are the nominees for Florida's 23rd congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Lois Frankel is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Deborah Adeimy's campaign had raised $201,000 (through October 14, 2026) and Lois Frankel's campaign $2.6 million (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $0 for Deborah Adeimy and $368 against; $152,000 for Lois Frankel and $0 against.

Deborah Adeimy (REP), Lois Frankel (DEM, incumbent). 5 others filed with the FEC; any ads they ran are below. 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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Early voting in person Sat, Oct 24 to Sat, Oct 31 (Mandatory start date (10th day before). Counties may start as early as Oct 19 (15th day before).) (passed)Source: dos.fl.gov ↗Source: dos.fl.gov ↗
By mail Anyone can vote by mail; request a ballot by Thu, Oct 22 (5 pm on the 12th day before the election. This is the deadline for a ballot to be mailed.); return it by Tue, Nov 3 (Received by 7 pm local time on Election Day; the postmark does not count) (passed)Source: dos.fl.gov ↗
Election Day Tue, Nov 3. Polls: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time (passed)Source: dos.fl.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.

Deborah Adeimy (REP)

Raised
$201K through 2026-10-14 individuals $113K · PACs $0 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $87K · cash on hand $33K
Outside spending
$368 opposing Adeimy · latest reported 2026-09-30
Largest outside spenders
BUILDING TOGETHER — $368 opposing Adeimy
Bundled through PACs
none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

All filings at the FEC ↗

Lois Frankel (DEM, incumbent)

Raised
$2.6M through 2026-10-14 individuals $1.9M · PACs $676K · cash on hand $564K
Outside spending
$152K supporting Frankel · latest reported 2026-09-30
Largest outside spenders
PROTECT PROGRESS — $152K supporting Frankel Largest donors: FAIRSHAKE $33.0M (>99%) (its largest donors: RIPPLE LABS INC. $48.0M, an organization; COINBASE $25.0M, an organization; COINBASE COMMERCE (EXCHANGE) $8.2M, an organization); RIPPLE LABS INC. $250K (1%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC) BUILDING TOGETHER — $198 supporting Frankel EQUALITY FLORIDA ACTION INC. — $12 supporting Frankel SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION — $10 supporting Frankel
Bundled through PACs
$338K through 1 PAC · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01 AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE — $338K from 281 gifts Lobbyist/registrant PAC
166 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
  • AAR CORP. PAC $5,000
  • ABBVIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • AECOM PAC $1,000
  • AFLAC PAC $3,500
  • AHORA PAC $1,000
  • AIPAC $5,250
  • AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
  • AIRCRAFT OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION (POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE) $2,500
  • AKERMAN LLP PAC $2,500
  • AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AGSH&F CIVIC ACTION COMMITT $750
  • ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
  • AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY PAC $1,000
  • AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE $10K
  • AMERICA NOW $1,000
  • AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SKINPAC) $4,000
  • AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FAMMEDPAC) $1,000
  • AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY INC POLITICAL COMMITTEE (OPHTHPAC) $2,000
  • AMERICAN AIRLINES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) $10K
  • AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) $5,000
  • AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) $5,000
  • AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AXPPAC) $2,500
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES $1,000
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE & COUNTY MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES PAC $10K
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $10K
  • AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
  • AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('HOTELPAC') $5,000
  • AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION $2,000
  • AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC INFORMATION ASSOCIATION - OSTEOPATHIC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION PHYSICAL THERAPY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PT-PAC) $2,000
  • AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTION $2,000
  • AMERICAN RESORT DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARDA-PAC) $5,000
  • AMERICAN SENIORS HOUSING ASSOCIATION (SENIORS HOUSING PAC) $1,000
  • AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) $6,000
  • AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS PLASTYPAC $1,500
  • AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
  • AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION LTD. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARI PAC) $1,000
  • AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICA $5,000
  • ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION PAC $1,000
  • ASCO ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASCO ASSOCIATION PAC) $3,000
  • ASSOCIATION OF FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONALS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AT THE TABLE! $1,000
  • AT&T INC. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T FEDERAL PAC) $3,000
  • BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANY PAC $2,500
  • BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION PAC (BIO PAC) $1,500
  • BLUE DISTRICT PROJECT $5,000
  • BLUE MOMENTUM PAC $2,000
  • BLUE NEVADA PAC $10K
  • BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER THROUGH ADVOCACY $1,000
  • CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC) $5,000
  • CAROLINA VICTORY FUND $2,000
  • CARPENTERS' LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE $5,000
  • COMMITTEE ON LETTER CARRIERS POLITICAL EDUCATION (LETTER CARRIERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND) $1,000
  • CONSTELLATION BRANDS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • CSX CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $2,000
  • D.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS) $5,000
  • DAVITA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DAPAC) $1,000
  • DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • DEFEND THE VOTE $2,500
  • DEMOCRACY ACTION NOW PAC $4,000
  • DEMOCRACY SUMMER LEADERSHIP PAC $1,000
  • DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALLIANCE PAC $1,000
  • DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY FOR ISRAEL $1,000
  • DEMOCRATS WIN FUND $1,000
  • DOING RIGHT - RESULTS ACTION UNITY LEADERSHIP PAC $10K
  • DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION PAC $1,000
  • ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $5,000
  • ELECT DEMS NOW PAC $10K
  • EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN PAC $7,500
  • FAIRSHOT PAC $6,000
  • FARM TO TABLE PAC $1,000
  • FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC $1,000
  • FREEDOM DEMOCRATS $5,000
  • FRIENDS OF CHERI BUSTOS $3,500
  • FRIENDS OF DON BEYER $1,000
  • GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GDC PAC) $4,000
  • GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GM PAC) $2,000
  • GENERATION GO LEADERSHIP PAC $5,000
  • GILEAD SCIENCES INC HEALTHCARE POLICY PAC $3,500
  • GIVING WILLINGLY EMPOWERING NATIONALLY (GWEN) PAC $5,000
  • GRACE FOR NEW YORK $1,000
  • GREENBERG TRAURIG, P.A. PAC $1,000
  • HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • HMS SCRAP PAC $9,000
  • HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND PAC $1,000
  • INLAND EMPIRE LEADERSHIP PAC $5,000
  • INTEL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IPAC) $1,000
  • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC $7,500
  • INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
  • INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS $2,500
  • IUPAT POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE $1,500
  • JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • JOBS UNITE LABOR AND INDUSTRY IN AMERICA PAC (JULIA PAC) $5,000
  • JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST PAC $5,000
  • JULIA BROWNLEY FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • KUSTER FOR CONGRESS, INC $4,000
  • L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC $3,500
  • LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND (PAC) $1,000
  • LEIDOS INC PAC $5,000
  • LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
  • LOIS FRANKEL FOR CONGRESS $750
  • MACHINISTS NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS $5,000
  • MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC. PAC (MAXARPAC) $1,000
  • MIAMI DADE COUNTY WORKING FOR YOU PAC $1,000
  • MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY GROWERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
  • MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) $1,000
  • 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 REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
  • NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS $2,500
  • NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION'S BOAT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • NETJETS ASSOCIATION OF SHARED AIRCRAFT PILOTS PAC (NJASAP PAC) $2,500
  • NEW VOICE PAC $2,500
  • NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • NO LABELS PAC $1,000
  • NOVO NORDISK INC. PAC (NOVO NORDISK PAC) $1,000
  • OC JOBS & EDUCATION $5,000
  • OCPG $10K
  • PAC TO THE FUTURE $2,000
  • PAKISTANI AMERICAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAK-PAC $5,000
  • PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • PFIZER INC. PAC $2,500
  • PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA BETTER GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE $500
  • POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOS $3,000
  • POPULATION CONNECTION ACTION FUND PAC PCAF PAC $1,000
  • PROGRESSIVE CHOICES PAC $1,000
  • PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC. ASSOCIATES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • RAYTHEON COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTTEE $5,000
  • READY TO FIGHT PAC $500
  • REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS $5,000
  • REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL PAC $1,000
  • REWORLD WASTE, LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (REWORLD WASTE PAC) $1,000
  • SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION VOLUNTARY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) $2,500
  • SHEET METAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION $10K
  • SHORE PAC $2,000
  • SOUTHERN GLAZER'S WINE & SPIRITS PAC $5,000
  • SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA (PAC) $500
  • SUNSHINE ORGANIZATION FOR TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES PAC $500
  • TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • THE NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION ACTION COMMITTEE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (ACRE) $6,000
  • THE NEA FUND FOR CHLIDREN & PUBLIC EDUCATION $5,000
  • TRI-STATE MAXED OUT WOMEN $6,000
  • TURQUOISE PAC $10K
  • TWDC ENTERPRISES 18 CORP. EMPLOYEES PAC AKA 'THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY EMPLOYEES PAC' OR 'DISNEY PAC' $500
  • U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
  • UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) $5,000
  • UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION $5,000
  • UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. PAC (UPSPAC) $5,000
  • UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATION EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, $10K
  • VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC./VERIZON WIRELESS GOOD GOVERNMENT CLUB (VERIZON/VERIZON WIRELES $1,000
  • WAL-MART STORES INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $2,000
  • WESTERN SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC $1,000
  • WILLIAMS AND JENSEN PLLC PAC $500
  • WIN THE FUTURE PAC $1,000
  • WOOLPERT, INC. PAC $1,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

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