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U.S. House District 1

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.

Every candidate below reports through Jul 15, 2026.

Reported campaign finance for each candidate with complete FEC data in the 2026 cycle
CandidateTotal receiptsCash on handDirect PAC receiptsOutside spending supportingOutside spending opposing
Wesley Bell Democratic incumbent$3,561,712$1,094,094$590,796$986,770$48,263

Bars are not shown. Only Wesley Bell has complete FEC data for the 2026 cycle, so there is no same-scale comparison to draw. Every reported amount is in the table above.

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
CategoryWesley Bell Democratic
Corporate PACs$256,74542.9%
Labor union PACs$102,00017.0%
Leadership PACs$77,50013.0%
Non-connected committees$55,4509.3%
Membership organization PACs$46,5507.8%
Trade association PACs$37,0006.2%
Cooperative PACs$12,0002.0%
Other candidates' committees$7,0001.2%
Corporations without capital stock$4,0000.7%
Itemized total$598,245

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
CategoryWesley Bell Democratic
Defense Defense$42,5008.3%
Building trades unions Labor$35,0006.8%
Public sector unions Labor$33,5006.5%
Pharmaceuticals Health$28,2455.5%
Health insurance Health$25,5005.0%
Food and beverage Agriculture$23,5004.6%
Transportation unions Labor$22,5004.4%
Electric utilities Energy and natural resources$18,0003.5%
Agribusiness Agriculture$16,0003.1%
Insurance Finance, insurance, and real estate$16,0003.1%
Pro-Israel Ideological and single-issue$16,0003.1%
Industrial unions Labor$15,0002.9%
Air transport Transportation$13,0002.5%
Securities and investment Finance, insurance, and real estate$13,0002.5%
Commercial banking Finance, insurance, and real estate$12,0002.3%
Accounting Professional services$10,0001.9%
Telecommunications Communications and technology$9,5001.8%
Automotive Transportation$9,0001.8%
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate$8,0001.6%
Physicians and medical specialties Health$7,5001.5%
Technology Communications and technology$7,5001.5%
Construction Construction$6,5001.3%
Lawyers and law firms Professional services$6,0001.2%
Credit unions Finance, insurance, and real estate$5,0001.0%
Media and entertainment Communications and technology$1,5000.3%
Committees not yet categorized$113,50022.1%
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees$84,500
Itemized total$598,245

Independent spending supporting each candidate, by who runs the committee

Independent spending supporting each candidate for each compared candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs the giving committee
CategoryWesley Bell Democratic
Non-connected committees$935,62694.8%
Membership organization PACs$51,1445.2%
Itemized total$986,770

Independent spending supporting each candidate, by interest advanced

Independent spending supporting each candidate for each compared candidate, grouped by the interest the giving committee is categorized as advancing
CategoryWesley Bell Democratic
Pro-Israel Ideological and single-issue$685,62669.5%
Fiscal conservatism Ideological and single-issue$250,00025.3%
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate$51,1445.2%
Itemized total$986,770

Independent spending opposing each candidate, by who runs the committee

Independent spending opposing each candidate for each compared candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs the giving committee
CategoryWesley Bell Democratic
Non-connected committees$48,263100.0%
Itemized total$48,263

Independent spending opposing each candidate, by interest advanced

Independent spending opposing each candidate for each compared candidate, grouped by the interest the giving committee is categorized as advancing
CategoryWesley Bell Democratic
Democracy and election reform Ideological and single-issue$27,36056.7%
Committees not yet categorized$20,90343.3%
Itemized total$48,263

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
Wesley Bell Democratic$345,40117Jul 26 to Jul 31, 2026$345,401 still provisional

Candidates not compared

These candidates are left out of the comparison rather than shown as zero, because a missing or partial record is not the same as no money.

  • Paul Berry III (Republican): This candidate is not linked to a federal candidate identity, so FEC coverage does not apply.
  • Tom Schmitz (Libertarian): No FEC data is stored for cycle 2026.

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 ↗.