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JAMES PATRICK CAVANAUGH

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Douglas - County Commissioner Dist. #02 · County Offices · committee: NEIGHBORS FOR CAVANAUGH
Total raised (NADC)
$88,408
Sum of receipts filed with NADC for 2021–22 cycle. 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)$39,64944.8%
Individuals & all other receipts$48,75955.2%
Via ActBlue: $12,734 in earmarked individual contributions. This is part of the individual rows above, not extra money.
Source: Nebraska Accountability & Disclosure Commission (NADC) filings, 2021–22 cycle.

In-state vs out-of-state

Nebraska: $80,758 (87.9%) · Out of state: $11,150 (12.1%)
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
IBEW PAC VOLUNTARY FUND (union)PAC$3,500
NEBRASKA REALTORS PACPAC$3,500
OMAHA PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSN LU#385 (union)501(c)(5) union$2,500
KELLEY PLUCKER, LLCBusiness$2,450
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LODGE #8 (union)501(c)(3)$2,000
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE (FOP) LODGE 2 (union)501(c)(5) union$2,000
FIREFIGHTERS FOR BETTER GOVERNMENT (union)PAC$1,500
OUR OMAHA501(c)(4)$1,249
RATHSKELLER BIER HAUS LLCBusiness$1,000
OZVP VI LLCBusiness$1,000
CAVANAUGH FOR NEBRASKACandidate committee$1,000
DAN ESCH FOR COUNTY CLERKCandidate committee$1,000
GREG FOR SHERIFFCandidate committee$1,000
OZP VI - GORDON WHITTENBusiness$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