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Ben Mcadams

Democratic candidate · 2026 general election · Utah

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Ben Mcadams

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Campaign finance

FEC data through Jun 30, 2026. Covering the 2026 two-year cycle only.

Possibly out of date. last refreshed 2026-08-20

The 2026 cycle at a glance

Total receipts
$2,262,255
Everything the campaign took in
Individual contributions
$1,977,494
Itemized and unitemized split not reported
PAC and other committees
$193,291
Received from political committees
Campaign spending
$1,977,908
Total disbursements
Cash on hand
$299,350
At the end of the reporting period

Where the money came from

These categories divide total receipts of $2,262,255 exactly once, so they add back up to the reported total.

Receipts by funding category for the 2026 cycle
SourceAmountShare of receipts
Individual contributions$1,977,49487.4%
PAC and other committee contributions$193,2918.5%
Party committee contributions$00.0%
Candidate self-funding$00.0%
Loans$00.0%
Other receipts, including transfers$91,4694.0%
Total receipts$2,262,255100%

Financial position

Cash, debt, refunds, loans, and transfers as reported through Jun 30, 2026 for the 2026 cycle. These are factual reported values, not a judgement about whether a campaign is healthy, viable, or strong. Independent expenditures are never added to or subtracted from any of them: that money was never the campaign's.

Reported financial position for the 2026 cycle
MeasureAmount
Cash on hand at coverage end$299,350
Debts and obligations owed by the committee$0
Debts and obligations owed to the committeeNot reported
Contributions refunded to individuals$3,500
Contributions refunded to committees$0
Transfers received from other authorized committeesAlready raised money moving between the candidate's own committees, not new fundraising.$89,575
Transfers made to other authorized committees$4,050
Repayments of candidate loans$0
Repayments of other loans$0

Calculated from the reported values

Each row below is arithmetic MyRepTracker performed on the values above. Where the FEC published the figure itself, the row says so and no calculation was made.

Values calculated from the reported financial position, with the formula for each
MeasureAmountHow it was produced
Contributions net of refunds$2,167,285Calculated as individual + committee + party + candidate contributions, minus contributions refunded to individuals and committees.
Operating expenditures net of offsetsNot reportedAn input this calculation needs is not published by the source behind this record.
Outstanding candidate loans$0Calculated as loans received from the candidate minus repayments of those loans.
Other outstanding loans$0Calculated as other loans received minus repayments of those loans.
Total contributions refunded$3,500Calculated as refunds to individuals plus refunds to committees.

Change since the previous filing

Both columns come from committee C00658633, so the two periods are comparable. A change is the difference between what 12P 2026 reported and what Q2 2026 reported, and the direction is stated in words rather than shown only as a sign. 12P 2026 reported through Jun 3, 2026 and Q2 2026 through Jun 30, 2026.

Financial position at the two most recent controlling filings of committee C00658633
Measure12P 2026Reported through Jun 3, 2026Q2 2026Reported through Jun 30, 2026Change
Cash on hand at period end$686,253$299,350Down $386,903
Debts owed by the committee$0$0No change
Contribution refunds in the period$0$0No change

Cash compared with one period's spending

Cash on hand of $299,350 set beside the $732,521 this campaign spent during Q2 2026, through Jun 30, 2026, which is 0.4 times that period's spending. This is a ratio between two reported numbers over one named period. It is not a forecast of how long the money will last, and campaigns do not spend evenly across a cycle.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures are spending by other organizations that is not coordinated with the campaign. This money was never received or controlled by Ben Mcadams. Supporting and opposing spending are kept apart rather than combined into one number, and neither is added to campaign receipts.

Spent supporting

$2,394,548
Independent expenditures in the 2026 cycle

Spent opposing

$0
Independent expenditures in the 2026 cycle

What the money was spent on

These spending categories were produced by taxonomy spend-1.2 and the current rules are spend-1.3, so they are withheld until this record is refreshed.

Political committees that contributed directly

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

This total will usually differ from the PAC figure in the summary above. The summary is what the campaign reported receiving in total; this ranking adds up the individual contributions that were itemized, which is a different record made at a different time. Neither is a correction of the other, and the gap is not an error in either one.

Top 5 of 69 shown $208,900 total · $50,000 shown here

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Aug 16, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Political committees ranked by direct contributions
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) C00004275$10,0004.8%2May 13, 2026
2AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) C00024521$10,0004.8%2Jun 4, 2026
3NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE C00030718$10,0004.8%2May 27, 2026
4AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICA C00271338$10,0004.8%2Nov 20, 2025
5SKIPAC C00470666$10,0004.8%2Nov 4, 2025
Show the complete list of 69 committees →

Organizations spending independently

Supporting Ben Mcadams

All 5 shown $2,394,548 total

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Aug 16, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Organizations ranked by independent spending supporting this candidate
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1THINK BIG C00923417$1,128,69847.1%6Jun 11, 2026
2New Democrat Majority C00859660$1,025,00042.8%2Apr 1, 2026
3Article One PAC C00931774$195,8378.2%3Jun 22, 2026
4WelcomePAC C00786830$22,8231.0%12Dec 4, 2025
5Way Back PAC C00824342$22,1900.9%8Jun 9, 2026

Opposing Ben Mcadams

No opposing independent expenditures are reported for this cycle.

What that outside spending purchased

Each independent expenditure carries a short description the spending committee wrote, and these categories are those descriptions sorted under taxonomy outside-1.0. Spending supporting Ben Mcadams and spending opposing them are broken down separately and never combined, and every share below is a share of that one direction's total.

The largest category is usually "Advertising, medium not specified". That is not a leftover: it is spending the committee described only as a media buy or as advertising, without saying whether it aired on television, ran online, or arrived in the mail. MyRepTracker reports what was filed rather than assigning it a medium.

Supporting Ben Mcadams

Independent spending supporting this candidate, by reported purpose for the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
PurposeAmount% ShareTransactions
Digital and online advertising $1,117,22446.7%8
Broadcast, cable, and radio advertising $1,025,00042.8%2
Phone calls and text messages $225,5169.4%18
Direct mail $15,1070.6%1
Advertising, medium not specified Reported as a media buy or as advertising, with no medium named. $10,7900.5%1
Unclassified filing descriptions Spending whose reported description could not be placed in the taxonomy. It is counted, not guessed at. $9120.0%1
Classified$2,393,636100.0%
Unclassified filing descriptions$9120.0%
Total independent spending$2,394,548100%31

Opposing Ben Mcadams

No independent expenditures in this direction are reported for this cycle.

Fundraising channels

Some money arrives through a committee that raised or collected it rather than from a committee that decided to give it. Those committees are listed here instead of among the political committees that contributed, because calling a payment processor or a shared fundraising account a donor would say something the filings do not. None of this is added to, or subtracted from, any total above.

Conduits

A conduit forwards contributions that individuals earmarked for a named candidate. The amounts below come from the receiving campaign's conduit memo records and remain part of its reported individual-contribution total; they are not added to receipts again. MyRepTracker groups only memos carrying a registered conduit committee's FEC ID and does not decode or store contributor names, addresses, employers, occupations, or memo text. The record count is a count of FEC memo records, not donors.

Conduit records shown through Jun 30, 2026 · fetched Aug 20, 2026.

1 organization shown $0 total

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Aug 16, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Registered conduits ranked by individuals' earmarked contributions routed through them
RankCommitteeAmountShareFEC memo recordsLast activity
1ACTBLUE C00401224$0Not available4Nov 6, 2025

Who the committees behind this money were

Every committee here is placed by the registration it filed with the FEC for the 2026 cycle: its designation, its committee type, and the organizational form it reported. That is the FEC's own record and involves no judgement by MyRepTracker, so this covers every itemized dollar. A committee's registration can change between cycles, and each cycle is judged by its own.

Contributed to Ben Mcadams

Committees itemized $208,900 in contributions to this campaign.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Leadership PACs $53,00025.4%2328
Corporate PACs $34,50016.5%1415
Trade association PACs $33,50016.0%89
Membership organization PACs $24,90011.9%36
Non-connected committees $24,00011.5%79
Other candidates' committees $19,0009.1%912
Labor union PACs $15,0007.2%44
Corporations without capital stock $5,0002.4%11
Itemized total for this direction$208,900

Spent supporting Ben Mcadams

Committees itemized $2,394,548 in independent spending supporting Ben Mcadams.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Non-connected committees $2,394,548100.0%531
Itemized total for this direction$2,394,548

What interests those committees advance

The FEC publishes no industry or interest field, so unlike the section above this one is a claim MyRepTracker makes. A committee is placed here only when there is a document behind the claim that a reader can open: its own statement of organization, its own published mission statement, or a named third party. Every assignment carries that document on the committee's own page. A committee's name is never evidence of anything.

Categorized is not the same as reviewed. Most of these sectors were assigned by machine from the committee's own filing rather than read by a person. Each committee's own page says which of the two its assignment is, and names the document behind it either way.

Coverage is partial on purpose, and the part that is not covered is shown at full size rather than left out. Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees are excluded outright: their giving is an officeholder's or a party's decision, so no interest label describes it. Categories are taxonomy interest-1.7.

Contributed to Ben Mcadams

Committees itemized $208,900 in contributions to this campaign. $72,000 of that came from leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees, which are not interest groups. Of the remaining $136,900, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $103,000 and committees not yet categorized account for $33,900.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate $20,00014.6%34
Securities and investment Finance, insurance, and real estate $14,50010.6%45
Insurance Finance, insurance, and real estate $11,0008.0%55
Commercial banking Finance, insurance, and real estate $10,0007.3%12
Lawyers and law firms Professional services $10,0007.3%12
Construction Construction $6,0004.4%33
Building trades unions Labor $5,0003.7%11
Credit unions Finance, insurance, and real estate $5,0003.7%11
Electric utilities Energy and natural resources $5,0003.7%11
Industrial unions Labor $5,0003.7%11
Transportation unions Labor $5,0003.7%22
Pharmaceuticals Health $3,5002.6%22
Technology Communications and technology $2,0001.5%11
Renewable energy Energy and natural resources $1,0000.7%11
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees Not part of the base the shares beside it are taken over. $72,000Not applicable3240
Committees not yet categorized $33,90024.8%1013
Base the shares are taken over$136,900100%
Itemized total for this direction$208,900

Spent supporting Ben Mcadams

Committees itemized $2,394,548 in independent spending supporting Ben Mcadams. Of that, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $2,176,520 and committees not yet categorized account for $218,027.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Technology Communications and technology $1,128,69847.1%16
Pro-Democratic Party Ideological and single-issue $1,047,82343.8%214
Committees not yet categorized $218,0279.1%211
Base the shares are taken over$2,394,548100%
Itemized total for this direction$2,394,548

Last-minute contributions reported before an election

In the days just before an election, a campaign must tell the FEC within 48 hours about any contribution or loan of $1,000 or more. These notices arrive faster than the regular reporting schedule, and the same money is reported again in the report covering those days. Nothing here is added to receipts: it is a preview of money the ordinary reports will carry, not money beside them.

Reported on notices

$177,300
Across 21 notices, received Apr 6, 2026 to Jun 19, 2026

Still only provisional

$0
Every notice is now covered by a regular report

The most recent notice was filed on Jun 20, 2026. A notice stops being the only record of its money once a regular report covers the same days; those are marked reconciled below and the amounts appear in Ben Mcadams's reported totals through the ordinary schedule.

48-hour notices filed for the 2026 cycle, newest first
FiledAmountEntriesCoversStateFiling
Jun 20, 2026$4,5002Jun 18 to Jun 19, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Jun 18, 2026$9,5005Jun 17 to Jun 17, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Jun 17, 2026$19,80011Jun 16 to Jun 16, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Jun 16, 2026$25,00012Jun 15 to Jun 15, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Jun 14, 2026$2,0001Jun 13 to Jun 13, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Jun 13, 2026$14,5008Jun 12 to Jun 12, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Jun 12, 2026$6,5003Jun 11 to Jun 11, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Jun 11, 2026$4,5002Jun 10 to Jun 10, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Jun 10, 2026$10,5004Jun 9 to Jun 9, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Jun 6, 2026$19,0008Jun 4 to Jun 5, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗

The 10 most recent notices of 21 are listed. The amount and count above cover all of them.

Where the individual money was reported from

Contributions from individuals that the campaign itemized, grouped by the state each contributor gave as their address. Contributions of $200 or less in aggregate are not itemized and carry no address, so they are not here at all. These places account for $1,750,734 of the $2,067,069 this campaign reported from individuals and from transfers by its other authorized committees, across 1,615 itemized contributions.

From Utah

$1,334,273
76.3% of the itemized money that has a place

From everywhere else

$415,461
23.7% of the itemized money that has a place

Money from outside Utah is not money from outside the country, and neither figure is evidence that anything unlawful happened. People may contribute to campaigns in states they do not live in, and United States citizens living abroad may contribute at all.

What kind of place it came from

Itemized individual contributions by kind of place, 2026 cycle
Kind of placeAmountContributionsShare
States and the District of ColumbiaContributors who gave an address in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia.$1,749,7341,614100.0%
Not placedContributions the FEC could not attribute to a place. They are reported here and are never assigned to a state or counted in the in-state and out-of-state split.$1,0001Not counted

Places, largest first

Top 10 of 39 places shown as bars. Every place is in the table below.

  • Utah this campaign's state $1,334,273
  • California $107,615
  • New York $70,390
  • District of Columbia $47,727
  • Texas $31,375
  • Maryland $19,750
  • Washington $18,031
  • Massachusetts $17,000
  • Wyoming $15,250
  • Virginia $13,250
Every place with itemized individual contributions reported for the 2026 cycle
PlaceAmountContributionsShare
Utah this campaign's state$1,334,2731,24876.3%
California$107,615726.2%
New York$70,390464.0%
District of Columbia$47,727582.7%
Texas$31,375151.8%
Maryland$19,750341.1%
Washington$18,031211.0%
Massachusetts$17,000131.0%
Wyoming$15,25060.9%
Virginia$13,250180.8%
Connecticut$11,10080.6%
Wisconsin$10,50030.6%
South Carolina$7,40040.4%
Nevada$7,25030.4%
Illinois$6,328110.4%
Florida$5,62080.3%
Arizona$4,67550.3%
Idaho$3,50010.2%
New Hampshire$2,10050.1%
New Jersey$1,75070.1%
Delaware$1,50010.1%
New Mexico$1,50030.1%
Pennsylvania$1,50020.1%
Oregon$1,45060.1%
Colorado$1,25020.1%
Kentucky$1,00010.1%
Minnesota$1,00020.1%
Mississippi$1,00010.1%
North Carolina$1,00010.1%
Not reported not placed$1,0001Not counted
Tennessee$1,00010.1%
Hawaii$5001<0.1%
Indiana$5001<0.1%
Oklahoma$5001<0.1%
Alabama$3001<0.1%
Maine$2501<0.1%
Michigan$2501<0.1%
Ohio$2501<0.1%
Alaska$1001<0.1%
Reported with a place$1,749,7341,614100%

Contributions are transactions, not people: one contributor giving every month is counted once for each contribution. No contributor's name, address, employer, or occupation is stored or shown anywhere on this site.

  • $1,000 could not be attributed to a place and is left out of the in-state and out-of-state figures rather than assigned to a state.

How this compares

Compared with U.S. House campaigns in Utah, 2026 cycle: 28 campaigns with a complete Federal Election Commission record for the cycle, out of 29 on file. This is a position in that group, not a score, a grade, or a judgement about the campaign.

Total receipts

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

  • This campaign $2,262,255
  • Cohort median $53,189
Total receipts for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in Utah, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$2,262,255
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$5,300
Median$53,189
75th percentile$313,062
Highest in the cohort$2,536,636
Campaigns counted28

26 of the 28 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 93th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Share of receipts from political committees

Direct contributions from PACs and other political committees as a share of total receipts. Campaigns reporting no receipts at all have no share and are left out of this measure.

  • This campaign 8.5%
  • Cohort median 0.0%
Share of receipts from political committees for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in Utah, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign8.5%
Lowest in the cohort0.0%
25th percentile0.0%
Median0.0%
75th percentile7.1%
Highest in the cohort56.0%
Campaigns counted27

21 of the 27 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 78th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Cash on hand

The balance reported at the end of the coverage period. Campaigns report at different times, so this compares balances as of each campaign's own coverage end.

  • This campaign $299,350
  • Cohort median $2,095
Cash on hand for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in Utah, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$299,350
Lowest in the cohort-$9,641
25th percentile$0
Median$2,095
75th percentile$13,673
Highest in the cohort$1,886,962
Campaigns counted28

24 of the 28 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 86th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending supporting

Independent expenditures by other organizations supporting the candidate. This money was never received or controlled by the campaign.

  • This campaign $2,394,548
  • Cohort median $0
Outside spending supporting for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in Utah, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$2,394,548
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$0
75th percentile$0
Highest in the cohort$2,394,548
Campaigns counted28

27 of the 28 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 96th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending opposing

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

  • This campaign $0
  • Cohort median $0
Outside spending opposing for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in Utah, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$0
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$0
75th percentile$0
Highest in the cohort$487,213
Campaigns counted28

0 of the 28 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 0th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

  • 1 of the 29 campaigns on file for this cohort have no complete record for the cycle and are not counted in any figure here.

Every comparison is drawn from one two-year cycle and one office. Only campaigns whose FEC record for that cycle is complete are counted; the rest are reported beside the cohort and are never counted as zero. One authorized committee is counted once however many candidacies report it, so where a candidate's committees are all reported by another FEC record, that record supplies the figures for both. A campaign is never compared with another cycle, with a career total, or with a candidate for a different office.

What these numbers mean

Receipts are not the same as contributions
Total receipts include everything the campaign took in, such as contributions, loans, and transfers. Contributions are only the money given by people and committees.
Direct contributions are not outside spending
A direct contribution is money received by the campaign's own authorized committee. An independent expenditure is money another organization spent on its own, without coordinating with the campaign. The Federal Election Commission treats these as different activities, and so does this page.
The organizations named here are political committees
Direct rankings count what one political committee gave to a campaign; outside-spending rankings count what a committee spent independently. A separate conduit section groups individual contributions only when the campaign's memo record supplies a registered conduit committee's FEC ID. It never attributes donors to employers or interest groups, and it never exposes contributor names. Sites using broader attribution rules may therefore report different organization totals.
A cycle may be only partly reported
Filings arrive throughout a two-year cycle. A current cycle shows only what has been filed and processed through the coverage date shown above, so it is not comparable with a finished cycle.
This view is cycle specific
It covers the 2026 two-year cycle only.

Source: Federal Election Commission ↗. MyRepTracker ingests FEC records directly and does not add its own influence, risk, or corruption score.