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Nebraska Political & Non Profit Financial Intelligence
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JAMES PATRICK CAVANAUGH

Nonpartisan / not listed
Douglas - County Commissioner Dist. #02 · County Offices · committee: NEIGHBORS FOR CAVANAUGH
Total raised (NADC)
$44,357
Sum of receipts filed with NADC for 2025–26 cycle (partial). Data synced 2026-10-24.
Head-to-head
No other candidate in this race for this period.

Where the money came from

Source typeAmountShare
Organization & committee contributions (itemized ties)$25,25056.9%
Individuals & all other receipts$19,10743.1%
Via ActBlue: $7,570 in earmarked individual contributions. This is part of the individual rows above, not extra money.
Source: Nebraska Accountability & Disclosure Commission (NADC) filings, 2025–26 cycle (partial).

In-state vs out-of-state

Nebraska: $38,857 (81.2%) · Out of state: $9,000 (18.8%)
Itemized receipts with an address only. Only state totals are shown; no ZIP-level figures, so no ZIP with fewer than 5 donors can be identified.

Outside spending (independent expenditures)

Supporting: $0 · Opposing: $0
None reported.
Plains Ledger independent-expenditure import. Spending is counted separately for each candidate it names: one ad backing one candidate and opposing another is reported for both, and these totals are not added together.

Top organization & PAC contributors

OrganizationTypeDirect
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE #8 (union)501(c)(5) union$8,000
FIREFIGHTERS FOR BETTER GOVERNMENT (union)PAC$5,000
WORKING CLASS HEROES FUNDPAC$5,000
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS (IBEW) PAC VOLUNTARY FUND C00027342 (union)PAC$4,000
NEBRASKA REALTORS PACPAC$2,250
OMAHA PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 385 (union)501(c)(5) union$1,000
Organizations only. Individual donors are never named, and conduits such as ActBlue and WinRed are not listed as donors. Pinned organizations are always shown.

Filings & sources