John Lira
Democratic candidate · 2022 general election · Texas
John Lira
Democratic
Races
- U.S. U.S. House District 23 · challenger
Campaign finance
FEC data through Dec 31, 2022. Covering the 2022 two-year cycle only.
Possibly out of date. This record was processed using older calculation rules and should be refreshed.
The 2022 cycle at a glance
Where the money came from
These categories divide total receipts of $675,079 exactly once, so they add back up to the reported total.
| Source | Amount | Share of receipts |
|---|---|---|
| Individual contributions | $603,496 | 89.4% |
| PAC and other committee contributions | $51,500 | 7.6% |
| Party committee contributions | $0 | 0.0% |
| Candidate self-funding | $19,344 | 2.9% |
| Loans | $0 | 0.0% |
| Other receipts, including transfers | $739 | 0.1% |
| Total receipts | $675,079 | 100% |
Financial position
Outside spending
Independent expenditures are spending by other organizations that is not coordinated with the campaign. This money was never received or controlled by John Lira. Supporting and opposing spending are kept apart rather than combined into one number, and neither is added to campaign receipts.
Spent supporting
Spent opposing
What the money was spent on
Political committees that contributed directly
Money received by the authorized campaign committee from PACs and other political committees. This is not outside spending.
This total will usually differ from the PAC figure in the summary above. The summary is what the campaign reported receiving in total; this ranking adds up the individual contributions that were itemized, which is a different record made at a different time. Neither is a correction of the other, and the gap is not an error in either one.
Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Aug 16, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.
| Rank | Committee | Amount | Share | Transactions | Last activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHC BOLD PAC C00365536 | $10,000 | 20.3% | 3 | Jun 21, 2022 |
| 2 | VOTEVETS C00418897 | $10,000 | 20.3% | 4 | Jun 23, 2022 |
| 3 | NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUND C00409730 | $4,000 | 8.1% | 4 | Feb 22, 2022 |
| 4 | LATINO VICTORY FUND C00562777 | $3,500 | 7.1% | 2 | Oct 28, 2022 |
| 5 | INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE C00027342 | $2,500 | 5.1% | 1 | Jun 24, 2022 |
Who the committees behind this money were
Every committee here is placed by the registration it filed with the FEC for the 2022 cycle: its designation, its committee type, and the organizational form it reported. That is the FEC's own record and involves no judgement by MyRepTracker, so this covers every itemized dollar. A committee's registration can change between cycles, and each cycle is judged by its own.
Contributed to John Lira
Committees itemized $49,250 in contributions to this campaign.
| Kind of committee | Amount | % Share | Committees | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-connected committees | $32,250 | 65.5% | 7 | 16 |
| Leadership PACs | $9,500 | 19.3% | 6 | 7 |
| Labor union PACs | $4,500 | 9.1% | 2 | 2 |
| Other candidates' committees | $3,000 | 6.1% | 3 | 3 |
| Itemized total for this direction | $49,250 |
What interests those committees advance
The FEC publishes no industry or interest field, so unlike the section above this one is a claim MyRepTracker makes. A committee is placed here only when there is a document behind the claim that a reader can open: its own statement of organization, its own published mission statement, or a named third party. Every assignment carries that document on the committee's own page. A committee's name is never evidence of anything.
Categorized is not the same as reviewed. Most of these sectors were assigned by machine from the committee's own filing rather than read by a person. Each committee's own page says which of the two its assignment is, and names the document behind it either way.
Coverage is partial on purpose, and the part that is not covered is shown at full size rather than left out. Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees are excluded outright: their giving is an officeholder's or a party's decision, so no interest label describes it. Categories are taxonomy interest-1.7.
Contributed to John Lira
Committees itemized $49,250 in contributions to this campaign. $12,500 of that came from leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees, which are not interest groups. Of the remaining $36,750, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $24,500 and committees not yet categorized account for $12,250.
| Interest | Amount | % Share | Committees | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro-Democratic Party Ideological and single-issue | $10,000 | 27.2% | 1 | 3 |
| Veterans Ideological and single-issue | $10,000 | 27.2% | 1 | 4 |
| Building trades unions Labor | $2,500 | 6.8% | 1 | 1 |
| Telecommunications Communications and technology | $2,000 | 5.4% | 1 | 1 |
| Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees Not part of the base the shares beside it are taken over. | $12,500 | Not applicable | 9 | 10 |
| Committees not yet categorized | $12,250 | 33.3% | 5 | 9 |
| Base the shares are taken over | $36,750 | 100% | ||
| Itemized total for this direction | $49,250 |
Last-minute contributions reported before an election
In the days just before an election, a campaign must tell the FEC within 48 hours about any contribution or loan of $1,000 or more. These notices arrive faster than the regular reporting schedule, and the same money is reported again in the report covering those days. Nothing here is added to receipts: it is a preview of money the ordinary reports will carry, not money beside them.
Reported on notices
Still only provisional
The most recent notice was filed on Oct 30, 2022. A notice stops being the only record of its money once a regular report covers the same days; those are marked reconciled below and the amounts appear in John Lira's reported totals through the ordinary schedule.
| Filed | Amount | Entries | Covers | State | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2022 | $1,000 | 1 | Oct 28 to Oct 28, 2022 | Covered by a regular report | FEC filing ↗ |
| Feb 25, 2022 | $2,500 | 1 | Feb 23 to Feb 23, 2022 | Covered by a regular report | FEC filing ↗ |
| Feb 20, 2022 | $2,500 | 1 | Feb 18 to Feb 18, 2022 | Covered by a regular report | FEC filing ↗ |
| Feb 12, 2022 | $5,800 | 2 | Feb 10 to Feb 10, 2022 | Covered by a regular report | FEC filing ↗ |
Where the individual money was reported from
Contributions from individuals that the campaign itemized, grouped by the state each contributor gave as their address. Contributions of $200 or less in aggregate are not itemized and carry no address, so they are not here at all. These places account for $439,201 of the $603,496 this campaign reported from individuals and from transfers by its other authorized committees, across 1,469 itemized contributions.
From Texas
From everywhere else
Money from outside Texas is not money from outside the country, and neither figure is evidence that anything unlawful happened. People may contribute to campaigns in states they do not live in, and United States citizens living abroad may contribute at all.
What kind of place it came from
| Kind of place | Amount | Contributions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| States and the District of ColumbiaContributors who gave an address in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia. | $439,201 | 1,469 | 100.0% |
Places, largest first
Top 10 of 34 places shown as bars. Every place is in the table below.
| Place | Amount | Contributions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas this campaign's state | $195,699 | 866 | 44.6% |
| California | $58,441 | 150 | 13.3% |
| New York | $42,927 | 73 | 9.8% |
| Massachusetts | $30,251 | 36 | 6.9% |
| District of Columbia | $22,575 | 60 | 5.1% |
| Maryland | $13,250 | 49 | 3.0% |
| Virginia | $12,616 | 41 | 2.9% |
| Washington | $9,970 | 24 | 2.3% |
| North Carolina | $9,800 | 7 | 2.2% |
| New Mexico | $9,128 | 18 | 2.1% |
| Connecticut | $6,300 | 4 | 1.4% |
| Florida | $5,800 | 16 | 1.3% |
| Pennsylvania | $4,400 | 17 | 1.0% |
| New Jersey | $2,000 | 7 | 0.5% |
| Tennessee | $2,000 | 8 | 0.5% |
| Arizona | $1,850 | 6 | 0.4% |
| Minnesota | $1,850 | 5 | 0.4% |
| Illinois | $1,665 | 10 | 0.4% |
| Idaho | $1,250 | 3 | 0.3% |
| Maine | $1,200 | 7 | 0.3% |
| Wyoming | $1,000 | 2 | 0.2% |
| Louisiana | $750 | 6 | 0.2% |
| Utah | $750 | 2 | 0.2% |
| Ohio | $510 | 31 | 0.1% |
| Alaska | $500 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Georgia | $500 | 1 | 0.1% |
| Kansas | $500 | 1 | 0.1% |
| Michigan | $500 | 1 | 0.1% |
| Indiana | $419 | 11 | 0.1% |
| Kentucky | $250 | 1 | 0.1% |
| Oregon | $250 | 1 | 0.1% |
| Mississippi | $100 | 1 | <0.1% |
| Nevada | $100 | 1 | <0.1% |
| Wisconsin | $100 | 1 | <0.1% |
| Reported with a place | $439,201 | 1,469 | 100% |
Contributions are transactions, not people: one contributor giving every month is counted once for each contribution. No contributor's name, address, employer, or occupation is stored or shown anywhere on this site.
How this compares
Compared with U.S. House campaigns in Texas, 2022 cycle: 88 campaigns with a complete Federal Election Commission record for the cycle, out of 89 on file. This is a position in that group, not a score, a grade, or a judgement about the campaign.
Total receipts
Everything the authorized campaign committee took in for this cycle, including contributions, loans, and transfers.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| This campaign | $675,079 |
| Lowest in the cohort | $0 |
| 25th percentile | $46,352 |
| Median | $431,837 |
| 75th percentile | $1,846,106 |
| Highest in the cohort | $15,916,739 |
| Campaigns counted | 88 |
45 of the 88 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 51th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.
Share of receipts from political committees
Direct contributions from PACs and other political committees as a share of total receipts. Campaigns reporting no receipts at all have no share and are left out of this measure.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| This campaign | 7.6% |
| Lowest in the cohort | 0.0% |
| 25th percentile | 0.0% |
| Median | 7.5% |
| 75th percentile | 29.1% |
| Highest in the cohort | 72.7% |
| Campaigns counted | 86 |
43 of the 86 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 50th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.
Cash on hand
The balance reported at the end of the coverage period. Campaigns report at different times, so this compares balances as of each campaign's own coverage end.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| This campaign | $204 |
| Lowest in the cohort | -$3,213 |
| 25th percentile | $900 |
| Median | $34,210 |
| 75th percentile | $317,164 |
| Highest in the cohort | $5,312,291 |
| Campaigns counted | 88 |
17 of the 88 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 19th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.
Outside spending supporting
Independent expenditures by other organizations supporting the candidate. This money was never received or controlled by the campaign.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| This campaign | $0 |
| Lowest in the cohort | $0 |
| 25th percentile | $0 |
| Median | $0 |
| 75th percentile | $7 |
| Highest in the cohort | $2,881,111 |
| Campaigns counted | 88 |
0 of the 88 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 0th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.
Outside spending opposing
Independent expenditures by other organizations opposing the candidate, not coordinated with any campaign.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| This campaign | $0 |
| Lowest in the cohort | $0 |
| 25th percentile | $0 |
| Median | $0 |
| 75th percentile | $0 |
| Highest in the cohort | $8,485,499 |
| Campaigns counted | 88 |
0 of the 88 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 0th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.
- 1 of the 89 campaigns on file for this cohort have no complete record for the cycle and are not counted in any figure here.
Every comparison is drawn from one two-year cycle and one office. Only campaigns whose FEC record for that cycle is complete are counted; the rest are reported beside the cohort and are never counted as zero. One authorized committee is counted once however many candidacies report it, so where a candidate's committees are all reported by another FEC record, that record supplies the figures for both. A campaign is never compared with another cycle, with a career total, or with a candidate for a different office.
What these numbers mean
- Receipts are not the same as contributions
- Total receipts include everything the campaign took in, such as contributions, loans, and transfers. Contributions are only the money given by people and committees.
- Direct contributions are not outside spending
- A direct contribution is money received by the campaign's own authorized committee. An independent expenditure is money another organization spent on its own, without coordinating with the campaign. The Federal Election Commission treats these as different activities, and so does this page.
- The organizations named here are political committees
- Direct rankings count what one political committee gave to a campaign; outside-spending rankings count what a committee spent independently. A separate conduit section groups individual contributions only when the campaign's memo record supplies a registered conduit committee's FEC ID. It never attributes donors to employers or interest groups, and it never exposes contributor names. Sites using broader attribution rules may therefore report different organization totals.
- A cycle may be only partly reported
- Filings arrive throughout a two-year cycle. A current cycle shows only what has been filed and processed through the coverage date shown above, so it is not comparable with a finished cycle.
- This view is cycle specific
- It covers the 2022 two-year cycle only.
Source: Federal Election Commission ↗. MyRepTracker ingests FEC records directly and does not add its own influence, risk, or corruption score.