Highlights
- John Trobough, president of Scottsdale-based JLA Advisors, disclosed six contributions totaling $102,238 to his own 2026 congressional committee between June 29 and June 30.
- The largest single transfer was $67,886, recorded June 30; a separate $6,000 contribution was recorded June 29, with four additional amounts on June 30.
- Trobough is a Republican candidate for Arizona's Congressional District 1; his FEC committee, C00927400, was registered in November 2025 with a Scottsdale address.
- Arizona Agenda previously reported Trobough had self-funded at least $450,000 of a $463,000 campaign total as of year-end, holding $385,000 in cash.
John Trobough, the Scottsdale resident who serves as president of JLA Advisors and is running as a Republican for Arizona's Congressional District 1, disclosed six contributions to his own campaign committee totaling $102,238 in a two-day window at the end of June, according to Federal Election Commission records.
The six transactions, all flowing from Trobough to Trobough for AZ (FEC committee ID C00927400), were recorded on June 29 and June 30, 2026. The largest single transfer, $67,886.49, was disclosed June 30. A $6,000 contribution was recorded June 29. The remaining four, $8,441.87, $4,630.24, $13,631.38, and $1,648.49, were all dated June 30.
The committee's Form 1, filed with the FEC on November 19, 2025, lists the committee address as 4400 N Scottsdale Rd Ste 9856, Scottsdale, AZ 85251, with Paul Kilgore serving as treasurer and custodian of records.
Who is John Trobough?
Trobough is the founder and managing partner of JLA Advisors, a strategy and technology consulting firm. The Arizona Agenda previously reported that Trobough had self-funded at least $450,000 of a $463,000 campaign total as of year-end, and held $385,000 in campaign cash, positioning him third among Republican CD1 candidates by cash on hand.
The six newly disclosed contributions are consistent with that self-financing posture. FEC rules require candidates to disclose contributions from themselves to their own authorized committees; the records are public and searchable at FEC.gov.
No cross-references to Scottsdale city contracts, pending agenda items, or city council votes involving Trobough or JLA Advisors appear in the Signal's primary-source database at this time. The Signal will continue monitoring CD1 campaign finance disclosures as the 2026 election cycle advances.
Methodology: The Signal identified these contributions by querying FEC receipt records filtered by contributor name TROBOUGH, JOHN and cross-referencing committee ID C00927400. All six contribution records are Tier A primary sources drawn directly from api.open.fec.gov. Dollar amounts are taken verbatim from the FEC disclosure data. No amounts were estimated or aggregated beyond what the individual records state.
Where to find them
- Methodology · methodologyit.tech
Sources
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