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Issue record

Money and power in Washington

In short

Amish Shah's campaign would fight gerrymandering and dark money, and says he takes no corporate PAC money. Jay Feely's campaign says too many in Congress serve "lobbyists and party bosses". Monica Alponte's campaign would overturn Citizens United and end foreign lobbying, and pledges no money from AIPAC or foreign lobbies. This cycle, through July 1, 2026, Shah's campaign took no PAC money the FEC labels corporate, and Alponte's took none from any political committee.

Campaign positions

What each campaign says.

Amish Shah

Would combat partisan gerrymandering, eliminate dark money, and stop politicians enriching themselves in office. His campaign says he takes no corporate PAC money.

Thomas "Jay" Feely IV

Says too many in Congress serve “lobbyists and party bosses”, and that he would be a voice for the Valley, not the D.C. establishment.

Monica Alponte

Would overturn Citizens United and end foreign lobbying; pledges to take no money from AIPAC or foreign lobbies and to back House and Senate term limits.

Evidence timeline

What the record shows.

  1. official action

    Amish Shah: Matches stated record claim

    His campaign took $202,549.81 from political committees from January 2025 to July 1, 2026, and none came from a committee the FEC classes as a corporation's PAC.

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    His campaign says he does not accept contributions from corporate PACs. From January 2025 to July 1, 2026 his campaign took 202,549.81 dollars from political committees. None came from a committee the FEC classes as a corporation's PAC. The largest groups were joint fundraising transfers, medical society and other trade or membership PACs, and unaffiliated PACs. Limit: This uses the FEC's own label for each donor committee. Trade-association PACs, $31,500 this cycle, are funded by people tied to member companies. In his 2024 race the FEC labelled $7,000 from three donors as corporation PACs: a surgeons' society, the NEA teachers' union fund and Feminist Majority PAC. His largest PAC gifts include $10,000 from USACS PAC, which shares its name with an emergency-medicine company; the FEC lists no company connected to it.

  2. official action

    Monica Alponte: Matches stated direction

    Through July 1, 2026 her campaign reported no money from any political committee; its $8,941.37 in receipts came from individuals and from her.

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    She pledges not to take money from AIPAC or foreign lobbies. Through July 1, 2026 her campaign reported no money from any political committee. Its $8,941.37 in receipts came from individuals and from her. Limit: A pledge about the future, tested against filings through July 1 only. Filings do not show whether any individual donor works for or with a lobby.

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Sources9 source records

How we use sources

  1. Amish for Arizona, issueshttps://www.amishforarizona.com/issues

    Amish for Arizona · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Captured 2026-10-01; about 1,200 words under eight headings.

    candidate statement

    For: Amish Shah: campaign position

  2. Amish for Arizona, homehttps://www.amishforarizona.com/

    Amish for Arizona · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Captured 2026-10-01, identified by its "Paid for by Amish for Arizona" line, the site the FEC lists for his committee. Links his X, Facebook and Instagram accounts.

    candidate statement

    For: Amish Shah: campaign position; Amish Shah: Matches stated record claim

  3. Jay Feely for Congress, issueshttps://www.jayfeelyforcongress.com/issues

    Feely for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Captured 2026-10-01; about 900 words under eight headings.

    candidate statement

    For: Thomas "Jay" Feely IV: campaign position

  4. Monica Alponte for Congress, homehttps://monicaalponteaz.com/

    Monica Alponte for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Captured 2026-10-01, identified by its "Paid for by Monica Alponte for Congress" line, the site the FEC lists for her committee. Her platform, biography and pledges are all on this one page. Links X, Instagram and YouTube accounts.

    candidate statement

    For: Monica Alponte: campaign position; Monica Alponte: Matches stated direction

  5. AMISH FOR ARIZONA, itemized receipts from political committeeshttps://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00836502&two_year_transaction_period=2026&is_individual=false

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on 2026-10-01: lines 11B, 11C and 12 for 2025-26, through 2026-07-01, reconciled to the filed totals with no difference. No line-11C contributor is a committee the FEC classes as a corporation's PAC.

    fec filing

    For: Amish Shah: Matches stated record claim

  6. AMISH FOR ARIZONA, pre-primary report 2026https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00836502/?cycle=2026

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on 2026-10-01. Unamended pre-primary report covering 2026-04-01 to 2026-07-01, file number 1989705, beginning image 202607099874846113, received 2026-07-09. Cash on hand and debt are period-end figures.

    fec filing

    For: Amish Shah: Matches stated record claim

  7. AMISH FOR ARIZONA, itemized receipts from political committees, 2023-24https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00836502&two_year_transaction_period=2024&is_individual=false

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on 2026-10-01, reconciled. The FEC classes three contributors, $7,000 in all, as corporation PACs: EyePAC of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery ($1,000), the NEA Fund for Children and Public Education ($5,000) and Feminist Majority PAC ($1,000), all received in September and October 2024.

    fec filing

    For: Amish Shah: Matches stated record claim

  8. USACS PAC (C00544957): committee record and gifts to Shahhttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00544957/

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on 2026-10-01 (cache/usacs-committee.json): a qualified, unauthorized PAC in Canton, Ohio; connected organisation NONE; organisation type blank; email at usacs.com, the domain of US Acute Care Solutions, an emergency and hospital medicine company. Gave Shah two $5,000 contributions dated 2025-06-26 (line 11C, file 1903407).

    fec filing

    For: Amish Shah: Matches stated record claim

  9. MONICA ALPONTE FOR CONGRESS, committee filingshttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00945287/?cycle=2026

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on 2026-10-01. Through 2026-07-01 the committee reports $8,941.37 in receipts: $7,285.00 from individuals, $285.16 from the candidate and $1,371.21 in loans from her. Lines 11B, 11C and 12 are zero; money.py found no rows to read.

    fec filing

    MONICA ALPONTE FOR CONGRESS, pre-primary report 2026

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on 2026-10-01. Unamended pre-primary report covering 2026-04-01 to 2026-07-01, file number 1987711, beginning image 202607029874737747, received 2026-07-02. Cash on hand and debt are period-end figures.

    fec filing

    For: Monica Alponte: Matches stated direction