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U.S. House District 26

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 Jun 30, 2026.

Reported campaign finance for each candidate with complete FEC data in the 2026 cycle
CandidateTotal receiptsCash on handDirect PAC receipts
Brandon Gill Republican incumbent$4,217,213$1,411,512$376,086
Steven Shook Democratic$17,227$3,807$0

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. Every figure is reported through Jun 30, 2026.

Total receipts

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

Highest total receipts: Brandon Gill at $4,217,213. Lowest: Steven Shook at $17,227. The largest reported value sets this scale at $4,217,213.

Cash on hand

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

Highest cash on hand: Brandon Gill at $1,411,512. Lowest: Steven Shook at $3,807. The largest reported value sets this scale at $1,411,512.

Direct PAC receipts

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

Highest direct PAC receipts: Brandon Gill at $376,086. Lowest: Steven Shook at $0. The largest reported value sets this scale at $376,086.

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
CategoryBrandon Gill Republican
Leadership PACs$104,00026.6%
Corporate PACs$83,00021.2%
Trade association PACs$72,00018.4%
Non-connected committees$49,50012.7%
Membership organization PACs$36,0509.2%
Other candidates' committees$29,0007.4%
Cooperative PACs$9,5002.4%
Labor union PACs$8,0002.0%
Itemized total$391,050

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
CategoryBrandon Gill Republican
Agribusiness Agriculture$28,80011.2%
Construction Construction$20,5007.9%
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate$20,0007.8%
Technology Communications and technology$18,0007.0%
Food and beverage Agriculture$15,0005.8%
Physicians and medical specialties Health$14,5005.6%
Automotive Transportation$9,5003.7%
Air transport Transportation$6,0002.3%
Insurance Finance, insurance, and real estate$6,0002.3%
Oil and gas Energy and natural resources$6,0002.3%
Pro-Republican Party Ideological and single-issue$6,0002.3%
Pro-Israel Ideological and single-issue$5,0001.9%
Commercial banking Finance, insurance, and real estate$3,5001.4%
Public sector unions Labor$3,5001.4%
Trucking Transportation$3,5001.4%
Accounting Professional services$2,5001.0%
Pharmaceuticals Health$2,0000.8%
Telecommunications Communications and technology$2,0000.8%
Credit unions Finance, insurance, and real estate$1,0000.4%
Electric utilities Energy and natural resources$1,0000.4%
Hospitals and nursing homes Health$1,0000.4%
Lawyers and law firms Professional services$1,0000.4%
Media and entertainment Communications and technology$1,0000.4%
Mining Energy and natural resources$1,0000.4%
Transportation unions Labor$1,0000.4%
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees$133,000
Committees not yet categorized$78,75030.5%
Itemized total$391,050

These candidates are compared in the table above but have no stored breakdown of where their committee money came from, so they are named here rather than shown as a column of zeroes.

  • Steven Shook: no breakdown is stored for this record yet

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
Brandon Gill Republican$55,5009Feb 12 to Feb 27, 2026Covered by regular reports

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.

  • Phil Gray (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 ↗.