Candidates & officials

Michael Charles Echols

Michael Charles Echols: candidate for U.S. House, LA-05 in 2026.

Roles

FEC candidate ID
H6LA05242
Name on FEC filing
ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES

Campaign money · U.S. House, LA-05

The campaign

Raised
$3,165,167
From individuals
$541,558
From PACs and other committees
$37,000
From the candidate (gifts + loans)
$2,430,000
Cash on hand
$972,833
Debts
$1,580,000

FEC, campaign committee totals through Sept. 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside groups

Outside groups spent $100,383 to support and $85,000 to oppose.

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 8, 2026.

PACs and committees

6 committees reported giving $25,500 in all.

As reported by the giving committees (FEC pas2: direct and in-kind contributions). May differ from the campaign’s own “from other committees” total, which counts what the campaign reports receiving.

Tracked networks

  • Companies controlled from outside the U.S.PAC checks $1K

Which committees belong to each network is Network groupings matched to FEC committee IDs. Amounts are from FEC files. Bundled (earmarked) money is not counted here.

Financial disclosure

Filing confirmed in the House Clerk’s index, filed 9/18/2026. Open the filing. Assets, income and debts are in the filing itself; this page does not summarize them yet.