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BRIAN VARELA · CANDIDATE CAMPAIGN

2026

Brian Varela

FEC name:: VARELA, BRIAN
FEC ID:: H2NJ08265
Party:: DEM
Office:: H
District:: NJ-08

2026 New Jersey 07 House 2026-H-NJ-07 · Challenger

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WHO THEY PAID FOR THE WORK

Campaign services

Roster answer: Campaign Roster

Brian Varela paid AMS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. for direct mail, BLUEWEST MEDIA for tv / media, and SHELL, EMMETT for strategy.

Spend: $1,551,419; 2026
Campaign-service spend: $1,224,487; mail, media, polling, and related work
Recipients: 70; this cycle

Recipient: BLUEWEST MEDIA

Direct mailAMS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.$431,9533 payees TV / mediaBLUEWEST MEDIA$387,8293 payees PollingLAKE RESEARCH PARTNERS INC$76,0262 payees Texting / phonesSCALE TO WIN$13,0732 payees ComplianceKATZ COMPLIANCE$6,0001 payee PrintingAMS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.$4,3922 payees

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More campaign work (3)

Lists / dataGRASSROOTS ANALYTICS, LLC · $7,200 LegalSANDLER REIFF · $7,855 FieldEAST COAST MEDIA · $3,537

Operations and overhead (travel, payroll, processors, office) total $326,932 and stay out of this roster.

Shared national-party recipients

Purpose labels come from the reported payment line. Vendor type is a separate identity label.

WHEN THE MONEY MOVED

513 payments

Monthly spend by purpose

2025-04-11 → 2026-06-09 · peak Apr 2026

2025

2026

Direct mailMedia buyingStrategy consultingUnclear / otherPolling/researchRemaining categories

Select a month to filter the source-payment ledger. Total shown: $1,551,419.

Accessible monthly values

Month	Spend	Payments
Jan 2025	$0	0
Feb 2025	$0	0
Mar 2025	$0	0
Apr 2025	$4,783	5
May 2025	$39,629	22
Jun 2025	$27,365	28
Jul 2025	$29,158	24
Aug 2025	$79,621	21
Sep 2025	$22,397	22
Oct 2025	$39,827	25
Nov 2025	$37,197	29
Dec 2025	$55,465	43
Jan 2026	$85,512	48
Feb 2026	$52,862	53
Mar 2026	$47,837	48
Apr 2026	$642,747	62
May 2026	$355,893	59
Jun 2026	$31,127	24
Jul 2026	$0	0
Aug 2026	$0	0
Sep 2026	$0	0
Oct 2026	$0	0
Nov 2026	$0	0
Dec 2026	$0	0

Monthly totals use current, spend-counted disbursements in the selected FEC cycle, grouped by source transaction date and conservative purpose category. Loaded subset limits apply.

PAYMENTS

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Date	Recipient	Purpose	Category	Amount
2026-05-26	AMS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.	PRINT AND MAIL PRODUCTION	Direct mail	$40,170
2026-05-29	BLUEWEST MEDIA	ADVERTISEMENT PLACEMENT	Media buying	$10,000
2026-06-09	SHELL, EMMETT	GENERAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTING	Strategy consulting	$3,462
2026-06-02	SHELL, EMMETT	GENERAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTING	Strategy consulting	$1,731

CAMPAIGN SERVICE RECIPIENTS

BLUEWEST MEDIA

AMS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Direct mail provider · 13 tx

$435,005

37%

BLUEWEST MEDIA

Media services provider · 5 tx

$360,979

31%

BCOM SOLUTIONS, LLC

Unclassified recipient · 9 tx

$86,413

SHELL, EMMETT

Strategy consulting firm · 39 tx

$74,815

Totals use current, spend-counted FEC disbursements for the selected cycle.

BRIAN VARELA · CANDIDATE CAMPAIGN

2026

Brian Varela

FEC name:: VARELA, BRIAN
FEC ID:: H2NJ08265
Party:: DEM
Office:: H
District:: NJ-08

2026 New Jersey 07 House 2026-H-NJ-07 · Challenger

Election year

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RECENT PAYMENTS

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Date	Recipient	Purpose	Category	Amount
2026-05-29	BLUEWEST MEDIA	ADVERTISEMENT PLACEMENT	Media buying	$10,000
2026-05-19	BLUEWEST MEDIA	ADVERTISEMENT PLACEMENT	Media buying	$50,000
2026-05-08	BLUEWEST MEDIA	ADVERTISEMENT PLACEMENT	Media buying	$105,641
2026-04-30	BLUEWEST MEDIA	ADVERTISEMENT PLACEMENT	Media buying	$95,338
2026-04-23	BLUEWEST MEDIA	ADVERTISEMENT PLACEMENT	Media buying	$100,000