Florida House District 6 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

Randy Fine won · 58.9% to 39.9% · Called by AP on Nov 3

Randy Fine (Republican), Michael Gist (NPA) and Eric Yonce (Democrat) are the nominees for Florida's 6th congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. By their latest FEC reports, Randy Fine's campaign had raised $4.6 million (through October 14, 2026), Michael Gist's campaign $8,000 (through September 17, 2026) and Eric Yonce's campaign $619,000 (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $3.8 million for Randy Fine and $126,000 against.

Randy Fine (REP), Michael Gist (NPA), Eric Yonce (DEM). 8 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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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.

Randy Fine (REP)

Raised
$4.6M through 2026-10-14 individuals $2.7M · PACs $523K · candidate's own money, incl. loans $950K · from the candidate's other committees $441K · cash on hand $185K
Outside spending
$126K opposing Fine · $3.8M supporting Fine · latest reported 2026-10-28
Largest outside spenders
CONSERVATIVE FIGHTER PAC — $1.7M supporting Fine Largest donors: AMERICAN VALUES FUND $828K (29%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); AMERICAN PROSPERITY ALLIANCE $750K (26%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); RJC VICTORY FUND $650K (23%); AERCAP MATERIALS $443K (15%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC) DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS — $1.7M supporting Fine Largest donors: FAIRSHAKE $37.0M (>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) CENTER FOR VOTER INFORMATION (CVI) — $83K opposing Fine AMERICA PAC — $77K supporting Fine Largest donors: Elon Musk $50.3M (100%), Space Exploration Technologies Corp., CEO THE CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS DBA AMERICANS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY — $62K supporting Fine and 17 more
Bundled through PACs
$636K through 5 PACs · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01 AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE — $408K from 324 gifts Lobbyist/registrant PAC REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC) — $123K from 99 gifts Lobbyist/registrant PAC NORPAC — $91K from 61 gifts FREEDOM CAUCUS FUND — $11K from 6 gifts SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND — $3,500 from 1 gift
136 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
  • AARON BEAN FOR CONGRESS $1,500
  • AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
  • AKERMAN LLP PAC $2,500
  • AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. $5,000
  • AMERICA'S MOUNTAIN PAC $1,500
  • AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) $2,500
  • AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • AMERICAN GRIT PAC $6,000
  • AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('HOTELPAC') $1,500
  • AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
  • AMERICAN MARITIME OFFICERS VOLUNTARY POLITICAL ACTION FUND $1,000
  • AMERICAN PRINCIPLES $2,500
  • AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC $10K
  • AMERICAN SENIORS HOUSING ASSOCIATION (SENIORS HOUSING PAC) $1,000
  • AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) $5,000
  • AMERICAN SPORTFISHING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA, INC PAC $3,000
  • AMERICANS4HINDUS PAC (MULTI-CANDIDATE) $5,000
  • ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION PAC $4,000
  • ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP (APKS) PARTNERS PAC $1,000
  • ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC) $10K
  • ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
  • BACARDI U S A INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $500
  • BAKEPAC - THE PAC OF THE INDEPENDENT BAKERS ASSOCIATION $500
  • BE AN AMERICAN PAC $1,000
  • BRAD KNOTT FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • BRIAN JACK FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • BUCKEYE LIBERTY PAC $10K
  • BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) $10K
  • BUILDING AMERICA'S REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION PAC $5,000
  • CAREER EDUCATION COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • CENTENE CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CENTENE PAC) $3,500
  • CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC) $4,500
  • CITIZENS FOR JOHN RUTHERFORD $2,500
  • COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL $2,500
  • COMPLETE PARACHUTE SOLUTIONS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ''CPS PAC'' $1,000
  • CONCORDE CAREER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC. PAC $2,000
  • COURIER PLUS, INC. D/B/A DUTCHIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • CPAC ACTION PAC $2,000
  • CSX CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $1,500
  • CVS HEALTH PAC $4,500
  • DAVE TAYLOR FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • DELIVERING AMERICAN VALUES IN DC PAC $2,000
  • DUTY HONOR VICTORY PAC $1,000
  • ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELBIT AMERICA PAC) $5,000
  • ELECT REPUBLICANS $5,000
  • ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PAC $5,000
  • ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC) $15K
  • EMMER FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • FEDORCHAK FOR ND $1,000
  • FLORIDA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION FEDPAC $1,000
  • FLORIDA FREEDOM FUND PAC $2,000
  • FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC $2,000
  • FLOWERS FOODS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • FREEDOM'S DEFENSE FUND $1,000
  • FRIENDS OF NEAL DUNN $1,000
  • FRIENDS TO ELECT DR. GREG MURPHY TO CONGRESS $2,500
  • GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC) $2,500
  • GRAYROBINSON P.A. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,000
  • GREENBERG TRAURIG, P.A. PAC $1,000
  • GUARDING OUR LASTING DEMOCRACY (GOLD) PAC $3,500
  • HELPING ELECT AMERICAN LEADERS PAC HEAL PAC $1,000
  • HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT $1,000
  • HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUND $10K
  • HUCK PAC $5,000
  • INDIANAENGRPAC $2,000
  • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC $1,000
  • JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESS $4,000
  • L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC $10K
  • LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PAC $2,000
  • LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SANDS PAC) $2,500
  • LEAN FORWARD AMERICA FUND $3,500
  • LETS GET TO WORK PAC $10K
  • MAINTAINING ALL REPUBLICANS IN OFFICE PAC $5,000
  • MAKING AMERICA RESTORE LEADERSHIP & INDEPENDENCE NOW POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • MARK HARRIS FOR CONGRESS $1,000
  • MARTIN MARKS FOR CONGRESS $1,000
  • MICHAEL WALTZ FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • MIKE KENNEDY FOR UTAH $1,000
  • MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) $1,500
  • MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC. PAC $1,000
  • MOSS & ASSOCIATES LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MOSS FEDERAL PAC) $1,500
  • MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PAC $5,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $13K
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC) $2,500
  • NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION - PAC $1,500
  • NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON $2,500
  • NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
  • NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC (RESTAURANT PAC) $2,500
  • NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND $2,000
  • NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC $3,500
  • NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,500
  • NORPAC $3,150
  • PHARMACEUTICAL CARE MANAGEMENT ASSN $2,000
  • PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION PAC $5,000
  • PROVEN CONSERVATIVES PAC $5,000
  • PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC. ASSOCIATES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • RANGER PAC $1,000
  • RAPTOR PAC $7,000
  • REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC) $15K
  • REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PAC $2,000
  • RESTORE AMERICA'S VOICE PAC $1,000
  • ROAD TO FREEDOM CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $1,500
  • RUDY FOR INDIANA $4,000
  • SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL PAC (SCI-PAC) $2,500
  • SCALISE FOR CONGRESS $4,000
  • SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PAC $2,000
  • SELF-INSURANCE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, INC. PAC (SELF-INSURANCE PAC) $2,500
  • SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA (PAC) $500
  • SUN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
  • SUSAN B. ANTHONY LIST INC. CANDIDATE FUND (DBA SUSAN B. ANTHONY PRO-LIFE AMERICA CANDIDATE FUND) $2,500
  • T-MOBILE US, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (T-PAC) $5,000
  • TECO ENERGY INC EMPLOYEES' PAC $1,000
  • THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • THE CIGNA GROUP EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $6,000
  • THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
  • THE GEO GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • THOMPSON COBURN PAC $2,500
  • TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC) $1,000
  • TROY DOWNING FOR CONGRESS $1,000
  • TZEDEK PAC $1,000
  • U.S. ISRAEL PAC (USI PAC) $7,500
  • ULTRA MAGA PAC $5,000
  • UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATION EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $15K
  • USA RICE FEDERATION PAC $1,000
  • VALOR PAC $1,000
  • VENABLE PAC (VEN-PAC) $1,000
  • VICTORY AND NATION PAC $6,600
  • WALDEN FOR CONGRESS $1,000
  • WARRIOR DIPLOMAT PAC $460
  • WESTERN SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC $1,000
  • WESTFIELD FEDERAL EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF OHIO FARMERS INSURANCE COMPANY $1,000
  • WHOLESALE & SPECIALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION (WSIA) PAC $2,500

All filings at the FEC ↗

Michael Gist (NPA)

Raised
$7,949 through 2026-09-17 individuals $747 · PACs $0 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $7,202 · cash on hand $-153
Outside spending
none reported
Bundled through PACs
none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

All filings at the FEC ↗

Eric Yonce (DEM)

Raised
$619K through 2026-10-14 individuals $617K · PACs $250 · party $25 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $2,065 · cash on hand $97K
Outside spending
none reported
Bundled through PACs
none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01
1 PAC gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
  • THE CENTER FOR FREETHOUGHT EQUALITY PAC $250

All filings at the FEC ↗

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