# Elisa Stad Elisa Stad is the principal disclosed funder of [[New Leadership Now]], a San Francisco super PAC spending against the incumbent Democratic congressman Mike Thompson in California. FEC filings give her address of record as **1590 E Mountain Dr, Santa Barbara, California**, with both occupation and employer reported as **Self**. No further identifying detail appears in the filings, and nothing beyond them has been verified for this page. ## Political giving | Date | Recipient | Amount | File | |---|---|---|---| | 2026-02-17 | [[New Leadership Now]] | $1,500,000.00 | 1990249 | | 2026-08-18 | [[New Leadership Now]] | $1,500,000.00 | 2027242 | | | **Itemised total** | **$3,000,000.00** | | The committee's aggregate column reports **$3,500,000.00** against the August row, implying a further **$500,000.00** below the $1,000,000.00 floor this site's sweep queries at. ## See Also - [[Stad 1.5M to New Leadership Now August 2026]] - [[New Leadership Now]]