$4.8 Million Cash. One People-Funded Write-In.
Dear Delaware,
On November 3, your printed U.S. Senate ballot carries two names: Chris Coons and Mike Katz. Mine is not on it. I am a Qualified write-in — Travis Jack Stevens — and if you want me, you write my name.
Before you choose, I want you to see who is paying for this race. Not rumors. Not a viral graphic. Public filings from the Federal Election Commission, coverage through August 26, 2026. Justice starts with daylight. Accountability starts with a ledger you can check.
The incumbent's war chest
Senator Coons's campaign committee reports $4,168,081 in receipts for the 2025–26 cycle, has spent $1,559,897, and sits on $4,793,384 in cash. Of that haul, $1,408,377 came from other political committees — PACs. Banks, real estate, labor, leadership PACs, tech, defense. Diversified. Large.
That is the 2025–26 cycle. Some websites quote a bigger multi-year figure covering 2021 through now — about $6.9 million in receipts on the longer window. Those are different clocks. I am using the cycle numbers, because that is the money raised for this race.
Direct PAC money from AIPAC's PAC: $10,000, per FEC — two $5,000 contributions. OpenSecrets, in a September 28, 2026 snapshot I am citing carefully, attributes nearly $877,000 this cycle to AIPAC's donor cluster. Almost all of that is individual donors, many earmarked through AIPAC's PAC as a conduit — not a single check from AIPAC itself. Direct PAC money is the $10,000 figure. Do not let anyone tell you otherwise.
From eleven named defense-contractor employee PACs — Northrop Grumman, Leidos, General Dynamics, BAE, Honeywell, Huntington Ingalls, RTX, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Textron, L3Harris — $78,000. That is what the FEC filings show. I am not inventing a bigger contractor total.
Outside spending about Coons in this race is thin. The only independent expenditure I found in the FEC file is the National Association of Realtors PAC, $11,559 in support. United Democracy Project — the AIPAC-affiliated Super PAC — shows $0 for or against anyone in Delaware's Senate race. There is no Super PAC air war here. There is a well-funded incumbent committee with nearly five million dollars in the bank.
The Republican nominee
Mike Katz reports $159,367 in receipts. Of that, $129,250 — about 81 percent — is money he loaned his own campaign. Cash on hand: $98,413. Debts owed: $129,250, matching those loans. Individual contributions are thin, about $30,000. Other-committee money: $300. No Super PAC independent expenditures found for or against him.
That is not a donor machine. That is mostly a candidate writing himself a check. Coons's cycle receipts are roughly twenty-six times Katz's. Different races, same ballot.
What I refuse
My committee has no published FEC financial summary for this cycle. I will not invent small-donor totals to fill the blank. The honest line is: nothing published. No Super PAC has spent for me. None will. This campaign is people-funded. No Super PAC. Ever. Not a dime from AI or tech companies or their executives.
I spent years as a travel ICU nurse. I watched people choose between a prescription and the rent. I am not running to answer to a PAC. I am running to answer to you.
Why the money matters
A Senate seat is not a private asset. It is public power. Public power should answer to the public. You deserve to know who funds the people asking for your vote, because money shapes what gets a hearing and what gets a shrug.
I am not claiming a dollar bought a vote. I am saying the ledger is public, and you should read it before November 3. Coons runs a high-dollar, PAC-heavy reelection machine. Katz is largely self-loaned at a fraction of that scale. Neither side has drawn a Super PAC air war in Delaware as of late September. I reject that whole model. No blank checks from anyone who expects silence in return.
Congress, not one man, should decide on war. Oversight should be the job, not a favor. One standard of justice — no velvet ropes. Those are the fights I will take to Washington. The people who pay for the campaign should be the people who live with the outcome.
What you can do
Register to vote by Saturday, October 10. The Delaware Department of Elections lists me as a Qualified write-in candidate, and my name is not printed on the ballot. On November 3, 35 days from now, write TRAVIS JACK STEVENS for U.S. Senate.
This campaign is people-funded. No Super PAC. Ever.
With gratitude and determination,
Travis Jack Stevens Write-in candidate for U.S. Senate · Delaware travisjackstevens.com
