Office & Ties

Michigan · U.S. House

Donavan McKinney

U.S. House · Democratic

Election-pack status: yes. Report date 2026-11-05.

Key finding from the compilation

Unseated a sitting Democratic congressman (Thanedar) in the primary by 4,224 votes, then won the general with 76.5%. Outside groups spent ~$0.27M against vs ~$1.63M for (FEC Sch. E est., primary+general); raised $1.88M, 89.8% from individuals

Election

Date
2026-11-03
Votes
209,882 (76.5%)
Opponent
T.P. Nykoriak (R) · 54,484 (19.9%)
Previous officeholder
Shri Thanedar (D), defeated in Aug. 4 primary

Money reported in the file

Raised
$1,876,780
Cash on hand
$129,674 as of 2026-10-14
Individual share
89.8%
PAC share
10.2%
Self loans or contributions
$0
Outside spending for
$1,630,670
Outside spending against
$268,690
Committee
C00903591
Coverage note
FEC itemized 2025-01-01 to 2026-10-14 (principal committee); IE through 2026-11-02

Figures come from the original election pack, or the serving-member roster when marked roster only. Election results are unofficial until certification. 72 reported ties and 4 inferred ties are listed below.

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Documented ties (76)

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Relationship Amount Date Evidence Between Record Orbit
principal campaign committee — 2025-2026 Reported Donavan McKinney → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
elected Nov 3, 2026 (unofficial) $209,882 2026-11-03 Reported Donavan McKinney → U.S. House, MI-13 Public record
general-election opponent (defeated) $54,484 2026-11-03 Reported Donavan McKinney → T.P. Nykoriak Public record
principal campaign committee — — Reported T.P. Nykoriak → TP for Congress (C00952150) Public filing
transfer from joint fundraising / authorized committee (line 12) $76,288 2025-01-01..2026-10-14 Reported Rooted With the People (C00915355) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 3 item(s) $10,000 20250805..20260911 Reported SEIU Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Educatio (C00004036) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 2 item(s) $10,000 20260612..20260924 Reported International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee (C00027342) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 2 item(s) $10,000 20250618..20260223 Reported Smart Td PAC (C00001636) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $5,000 20261008..20261008 Reported Int'L Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers (C00027359) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Leadership PAC); 1 item(s) $5,000 20261006..20261006 Reported Motor City PAC (C00507574) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260916..20260916 Reported American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E (C00011114) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Leadership PAC); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260811..20260811 Reported Medicare for All (C00685552) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260910..20260910 Reported Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC (C00513176) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260804..20260804 Reported Unite Here Tip Campaign Committee (C00004861) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260722..20260722 Reported UAW - V - Cap (UAW Voluntary Community Action Program) 'Int'L Union United Autom (C00002840) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260929..20260929 Reported AFL-CIO Cope Political Contributions Committee (C00003806) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Business / trade / professional); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260803..20260803 Reported America's Credit Unions PAC (C00007880) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260712..20260712 Reported Pakistani American Public Affairs Committee Pak-PAC (C00238204) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260629..20260629 Reported Future Democrats PAC (C00785311) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260130..20260130 Reported Jane Fonda Climate PAC (C00806893) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260311..20260311 Reported Working Families Party PAC (C00606962) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 1 item(s) $5,000 20260320..20260320 Reported Muslims United PAC (C00860254) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $5,000 20251217..20251217 Reported Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters an (C00001016) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 1 item(s) $5,000 20250930..20250930 Reported Leaders We Deserve (C00843110) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 1 item(s) $5,000 20250613..20250613 Reported Justice Democrats PAC (C00630665) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Leadership PAC); 1 item(s) $5,000 20250630..20250630 Reported Progressive Voters of America (C00406553) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Leadership PAC); 1 item(s) $5,000 20250610..20250610 Reported Rooted In Community Leadership PAC (C00741371) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Membership organization); 3 item(s) $4,900 20260306..20260730 Reported League of Conservation Voters Action Fund (C00252940) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Leadership PAC); 2 item(s) $4,500 20260630..20260630 Reported Spike PAC (C00787317) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 2 item(s) $4,000 20260223..20260803 Reported National Nurses United PAC - A Fund for A Healthy America (C00446237) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $4,000 20260626..20260626 Reported NEA Fund for Children and Public Education (C00003251) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 1 item(s) $3,500 20260727..20260727 Reported Graypac (C00877845) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 2 item(s) $3,500 20250930..20260717 Reported Christopher Street Project PAC (Csp PAC) (C00893461) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 3 item(s) $2,675 20260804..20260930 Reported Jvp Action PAC (C00747691) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 2 item(s) $2,524 20250626..20250930 Reported A New Policy PAC (C00876904) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 1 item(s) $2,500 20260930..20260930 Reported The Collective PAC (C00617381) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Candidate committee); 1 item(s) $2,000 20261013..20261013 Reported Pete Aguilar for Congress (C00510461) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Candidate committee); 1 item(s) $2,000 20260728..20260728 Reported Summer Lee for Congress (C00791780) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Candidate committee); 1 item(s) $2,000 20260722..20260722 Reported Friends of Bernie Sanders (C00411330) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 1 item(s) $2,000 20260925..20260925 Reported Michigan Farm Bureau Political Action Committee (C00096362) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Leadership PAC); 1 item(s) $2,000 20260722..20260722 Reported Rooted & Ready PAC (C00863712) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Leadership PAC); 1 item(s) $1,000 20261008..20261008 Reported American Mosaic PAC (C00694471) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Leadership PAC); 1 item(s) $1,000 20261008..20261008 Reported Not So Old Fashioned PAC (C00829663) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Labor union); 1 item(s) $1,000 20261008..20261008 Reported United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot Club (C00002766) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
PAC contribution (Ideological / nonconnected PAC); 1 item(s) $1,000 20261008..20261008 Reported Tomorrow PAC (C00888743) → Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) Public filing
independent expenditures supporting (FEC processed by_candidate) $460,547 .. Reported Justice Democrats PAC (C00630665) → Donavan McKinney Public filing
independent expenditures supporting (FEC e-filed Sch. E, deduped) $400,000 2026-06-18..2026-06-18 Reported National Nurses United for Patient Protection (C00490375) → Donavan McKinney Public filing
independent expenditures supporting (FEC e-filed Sch. E, deduped) $307,725 2026-06-23..2026-10-10 Reported Working Families Party PAC (C00606962) → Donavan McKinney Public filing
independent expenditures opposing (FEC e-filed Sch. E, deduped) $268,690 2026-07-17..2026-07-29 Reported Protect Progress (C00848440) → Donavan McKinney Public filing
independent expenditures supporting (FEC e-filed Sch. E, deduped) $150,000 2026-07-28..2026-07-31 Reported American Priorities (Ap) (C00932723) → Donavan McKinney Public filing
independent expenditures supporting (FEC e-filed Sch. E, deduped) $135,417 2026-06-11..2026-10-05 Reported Michigan Peoples Choice (C00733915) → Donavan McKinney Public filing
independent expenditures supporting (FEC e-filed Sch. E, deduped) $50,000 2026-07-23..2026-07-23 Reported Rolling Sea Action Fund (C00844530) → Donavan McKinney Public filing
independent expenditures supporting (FEC processed by_candidate) $39,754 .. Reported Emgage Federal Political Action Committee (C00453704) → Donavan McKinney Public filing
independent expenditures supporting (FEC e-filed Sch. E, deduped) $20,000 2026-07-14..2026-07-14 Reported Paf (C00754069) → Donavan McKinney Public filing
independent expenditures supporting (FEC processed by_candidate) $17,143 .. Reported SEIU Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Education) (C00004036) → Donavan McKinney Public filing
independent expenditures supporting (FEC e-filed Sch. E, deduped) $14,759 2026-07-22..2026-08-03 Reported Indivisible Action (C00678839) → Donavan McKinney Public filing
independent expenditures supporting (FEC e-filed Sch. E, deduped) $13,592 2026-07-27..2026-07-27 Reported Sf Solidarity PAC (C00897314) → Donavan McKinney Public filing
independent expenditures supporting (FEC e-filed Sch. E, deduped) $11,706 2026-07-11..2026-08-04 Reported Unity & Justice Fund (C00881011) → Donavan McKinney Public filing
independent expenditures supporting (FEC processed by_candidate) $7,433 .. Reported United We Can (C00523621) → Donavan McKinney Public filing
independent expenditures supporting (FEC e-filed Sch. E, deduped) $1,347 2026-07-14..2026-09-30 Reported We the People Action Fund (C90023797) → Donavan McKinney Public filing
independent expenditures supporting (FEC e-filed Sch. E, deduped) $657 2026-07-30..2026-08-01 Reported Mi Poder PAC (C00890665) → Donavan McKinney Public filing
independent expenditures supporting (FEC e-filed Sch. E, deduped) $406 2026-07-21..2026-07-21 Reported Food and Water Action (C90019357) → Donavan McKinney Public filing
independent expenditures supporting (FEC processed by_candidate) $175 .. Reported The People United PAC (C00776419) → Donavan McKinney Public filing
independent expenditures supporting (FEC processed by_candidate) $10.00 .. Reported Sierra Club Independent Action (C00483693) → Donavan McKinney Public filing
disbursements to vendor (Schedule B) $702,522 2025-01-01..2026-10-14 Reported Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) → LC Media LLC Public filing
disbursements to vendor (Schedule B) $333,781 2025-01-01..2026-10-14 Reported Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) → Goodman Campaigns LLC Public filing
disbursements to vendor (Schedule B) $145,322 2025-01-01..2026-10-14 Reported Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) → Gusto Public filing
disbursements to vendor (Schedule B) $103,783 2025-01-01..2026-10-14 Reported Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) → Megan Crane Public filing
disbursements to vendor (Schedule B) $60,789 2025-01-01..2026-10-14 Reported Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) → NWF Strategies Public filing
disbursements to vendor (Schedule B) $57,762 2025-01-01..2026-10-14 Reported Donavan McKinney for Congress (C00903591) → ActBlue Technical Services Public filing
12 PAC donors in common (2025-26); those PACs gave Donavan McKinney $53,900 $53,900 2025-26 Inferred Donavan McKinney → Jake Johnson Public filing
14 PAC donors in common (2025-26); those PACs gave Donavan McKinney $57,924 $57,924 2025-26 Inferred Donavan McKinney → Matt Little Public filing
4 PAC donors in common (2025-26); those PACs gave Donavan McKinney $19,400 $19,400 2025-26 Inferred Donavan McKinney → Fred Wellman Public filing
11 PAC donors in common (2025-26); those PACs gave Donavan McKinney $48,400 $48,400 2025-26 Inferred Donavan McKinney → Denise Powell Public filing
defeated in primary (53,522 votes) $53,522 2026-08-04 Reported Shri Thanedar → Donavan McKinney Wikipedia
general-election opponent (54,484 votes) $54,484 2026-11-03 Reported T.P. Nykoriak → Donavan McKinney Public record

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