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U.S. House District 5

2026 general election.

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Campaign finance

Federal Election Commission filings for the 2026 two-year cycle. Candidates appear in the order they are listed on this page. They are not ranked by money, and these measures are never combined into a single score.

Reported campaign finance for each candidate with complete FEC data in the 2026 cycle
CandidateTotal receiptsCash on handDirect PAC receipts
Jahana Hayes Democratic FEC data through Jun 30, 2026 incumbent$1,290,078$1,084,158$574,370
Chris Shea Republican FEC data through Jul 22, 2026$311,676$145,617$13,947

Each measure below has its own scale and starts at zero, so bars can be read against each other within a measure but not across measures. Each candidate's own coverage end date is in the table above.

Total receipts

Everything the authorized campaign committee took in, including contributions, loans, and transfers.

Highest total receipts: Jahana Hayes at $1,290,078. Lowest: Chris Shea at $311,676. The largest reported value sets this scale at $1,290,078.

Cash on hand

The balance the campaign reported at the end of its coverage period.

Highest cash on hand: Jahana Hayes at $1,084,158. Lowest: Chris Shea at $145,617. The largest reported value sets this scale at $1,084,158.

Direct PAC receipts

Money the campaign received from PACs and other political committees. This is not outside spending.

Highest direct PAC receipts: Jahana Hayes at $574,370. Lowest: Chris Shea at $13,947. The largest reported value sets this scale at $574,370.

Outside spending supporting

Independent expenditures by other organizations supporting the candidate, not coordinated with the campaign and never received by it.

Every compared candidate reported $0 for outside spending supporting. The largest reported value sets this scale at $0.

Outside spending opposing

Independent expenditures by other organizations opposing the candidate, not coordinated with any campaign.

Every compared candidate reported $0 for outside spending opposing. The largest reported value sets this scale at $0.

Where each campaign's committee money came from

Each column is one candidate and each figure is that candidate's own money, taken over that candidate's own itemized total. Nothing here is added across candidates, and the two groupings below are never added to each other: the first is who the FEC says runs the giving committee, which covers every dollar, and the second is what interest a source says that committee advances, which is a claim MyRepTracker makes and covers only part of the money.

Contributions each campaign received, by who runs the committee

Contributions each campaign received for each compared candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs the giving committee
CategoryJahana Hayes DemocraticChris Shea Republican
Leadership PACs$156,00027.1%$0
Labor union PACs$96,50016.8%$0
Non-connected committees$76,07513.2%$9,000100.0%
Corporate PACs$64,00011.1%$0
Other candidates' committees$57,60010.0%$0
Membership organization PACs$56,3209.8%$0
Trade association PACs$50,0008.7%$0
Cooperative PACs$15,5002.7%$0
Party committees$1,9870.3%$0
Corporations without capital stock$1,0000.2%$0
Itemized total$574,982$9,000

Contributions each campaign received, by interest advanced

Contributions each campaign received for each compared candidate, grouped by the interest the giving committee is categorized as advancing
CategoryJahana Hayes DemocraticChris Shea Republican
Public sector unions Labor$37,50010.4%$0
Agribusiness Agriculture$27,5007.7%$0
Transportation unions Labor$21,0005.8%$0
Building trades unions Labor$20,0005.6%$0
Food and beverage Agriculture$18,0005.0%$0
Insurance Finance, insurance, and real estate$12,5003.5%$0
Industrial unions Labor$11,0003.1%$0
Construction Construction$10,5002.9%$0
Lawyers and law firms Professional services$10,0002.8%$0
Telecommunications Communications and technology$9,0002.5%$0
Defense Defense$8,0002.2%$0
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate$7,0001.9%$0
Hospitals and nursing homes Health$6,5001.8%$0
Physicians and medical specialties Health$6,5001.8%$0
Securities and investment Finance, insurance, and real estate$6,0001.7%$0
Commercial banking Finance, insurance, and real estate$5,0001.4%$0
Credit unions Finance, insurance, and real estate$5,0001.4%$0
Nurses and nursing specialties Health$5,0001.4%$0
Pro-Democratic Party Ideological and single-issue$5,0001.4%$0
Health insurance Health$4,5001.3%$0
Pharmaceuticals Health$4,5001.3%$0
Electric utilities Energy and natural resources$3,0000.8%$0
Technology Communications and technology$3,0000.8%$0
Accounting Professional services$1,5000.4%$0
Media and entertainment Communications and technology$1,0000.3%$0
Mining Energy and natural resources$1,0000.3%$0
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees$215,587$0
Committees not yet categorized$109,89530.6%$9,000100.0%
Itemized total$574,982$9,000

Last-minute contributions reported before an election

Within 48 hours of receiving a contribution or loan of $1,000 or more in the days just before an election, a campaign must notify the FEC. These notices are provisional: the same money appears again in the regular report covering those days, so it is not added to the amounts above and is not compared as a measure. Candidates file them only while their own election is close, so an absence here says nothing about a campaign's fundraising.

48-hour notices reported by candidates in this race
CandidateReported on noticesNoticesCoversState
Jahana Hayes Democratic$18,5003Apr 22 to May 2, 2026Covered by regular reports
Chris Shea Republican$5,0825May 4 to Aug 3, 2026$2,041 still provisional

Direct contributions are money the campaign received. Independent expenditures are spending by other organizations that is not coordinated with any campaign, and are never added to a candidate's receipts. Source: Federal Election Commission ↗.