Michele Tafoya

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Michele Tafoya

Michele Tafoya is a former sports broadcaster who spent about 30 years in the industry, including work at CBS Sports and ABC/ESPN before serving as the sideline reporter for NBC's Sunday Night Football from 2011 until her retirement from sportscasting in 2022. She announced her Republican campaign for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota in January 2026, describes herself as pro-choice, and finished second to Adam Schwarze at the GOP state convention, continuing on to the August 11, 2026 Republican primary. [Michele Tafoya - Wikipedia ↗]

FEC receipts · 2026 cycle

$4,669,609 raised

Influence graph
Individual 87%
PAC 3%
Other

Where the $4,669,609 raised came from · FEC · 2026 cycle

$4,669,609
Raised
FEC receipts · 2026 cycle
$162,000
PAC receipts
FEC committee contributions · 2026 cycle
$238,000
Spent supporting them
outside + direct · 13 sources

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Top individual donors · 15

Largest itemized individual contributions across their FEC campaign committees (Schedule A), aggregated by donor across cycles. Conduits (ActBlue/WinRed) excluded.

Top industries · donor money

  • Other / unclassified$102,000
  • Retired$80,920
  • Not employed / self$42,016
  • Securities & investment$7,115
  • TV, movies & music$7,000

Classified from donor employer/occupation · heuristic

Top employers · donor money

  • SELF$21,000
  • DOSENTRX$14,000
  • ADAMANT HOMES$14,000
  • VEIT$14,000
  • SUPERCLEAN$14,000
  • FM BANK$10,000
  • ION CORPORATION$8,000
  • KING CAPITAL LLC$7,115
  • SUMMIT PRIVATE WEALTH GROUP$7,000
  • HEIKES ENTERPRISES INC.$7,000

Top connections · 17 total

People4
Organizations2
PACs / committees11

Connections · explore all 17

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