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Ben McAdams

Utah U.S. House District 1

Democratic Party

Ben McAdams is included in the 2026 FEC filing records for Utah U.S. House District 1. Explore the available source records below. A federal filing does not establish ballot qualification.

Direct answer · 2025–2026 cycle

How much has Ben McAdams raised?

$2,262,254.60 in total campaign receipts.

$1,977,494.37 is reported as individual contributions. Total receipts can also include transfers, offsets, loans, and other FEC receipt categories, so it is broader than donations alone.

Total receipts
$2,262,255
Total spending
$1,977,908
Cash on hand
$299,350

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PERMANENT PERSON IDENTITY

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The connection uses exact FEC candidate ID H8UT04053, not a name match. Office history, votes, election results, disclosures, and campaign finance remain separate source lanes.

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Ben McAdams 2026 timeline

REAL DATES

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Latest included independent expenditure

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Scheduled primary election

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Latest included PAC or party transaction

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Federal general election

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Personal financial disclosure filings

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Campaign finance details
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Ben McAdams campaign finance details

FEC BULK DATA
2025–2026 federal-cycle totals through June 30, 2026.
MetricReported amountWhat it means
Total receipts$2,262,254.60All campaign receipts reported in the FEC summary, not only individual donations.
Individual contributions$1,977,494.37Contributions reported in the FEC individual-contribution category.
Candidate contributions$0.00Contributions from the candidate in the summary record.
Total disbursements$1,977,908.28Campaign spending and other disbursements reported for the cycle.
Cash on hand$299,349.65Reported campaign cash remaining at the end of the covered period.
Debts owed by campaign$0.00Outstanding debts the campaign reported owing.
Net cash after reported debt$299,349.65Election.org calculation: cash on hand minus debts owed by the campaign.

Dollar amounts preserve the cents in the FEC record. These figures are campaign-finance totals, not personal wealth, polling, odds, endorsements, or Election.org scores.

PAC contributions and outside spending
Who gave · who spent · what the filing says

PAC contributions and outside spending involving Ben McAdams

FEC ITEMIZED DATA

Direct campaign support and independent spending are not combined. Support and opposition below are the positions reported by the spender to the Federal Election Commission.

Direct committee contributions$239,900.0097 transactions
Coordinated party spending$0.000 transactions
Independent spending to support$2,394,547.8531 transactions
Independent spending to oppose$0.000 transactions
Direct contribution

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Coordinated party expenditure

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Independent expenditure

Outside spending expressly supporting or opposing a candidate. By definition, it is not made in coordination with the candidate or party.

Federal committees reporting direct contributions

AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)2 itemized transactions · latest May 13, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICA4 itemized transactions · latest Dec 15, 2025
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
BREAD FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. PAC (AKA BREAD FINANCIAL PAC)2 itemized transactions · latest Jun 29, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2 itemized transactions · latest May 27, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗

Showing 5 of 79 groups, ordered by absolute reported amount. Totals include all accepted source rows.

Outside spenders reporting support or opposition

supportTHINK BIG6 itemized transactions · latest Jun 16, 2026
$1,128,697.73FEC filing ↗
supportNEW DEMOCRAT MAJORITY2 itemized transactions · latest Jun 8, 2026
$1,025,000.00FEC filing ↗
supportARTICLE ONE PAC3 itemized transactions · latest Jun 22, 2026
$195,837.28FEC filing ↗
supportWELCOMEPAC12 itemized transactions · latest Dec 4, 2025
$22,822.74FEC filing ↗
supportWAY BACK PAC8 itemized transactions · latest Jun 9, 2026
$22,190.10FEC filing ↗
SPONSOR-LEVEL SOURCE ROWS31 reported communication-spending records

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Source: FEC contributions-from-committees-to-candidates and independent-expenditure bulk files, checked Oct 16, 2026. Committee transactions retain only the latest filing version for stable transaction IDs. Independent-expenditure rows from superseded filings are removed through the FEC previous-filing chain. Memo entries remain included because the FEC bulk-file documentation instructs analysts to include them.

Campaign money graph
Money graph · dates, geography, and operating expenditures

How money moved through Ben McAdams

FEC ITEMIZED FILES

These panels show privacy-thresholded itemized individual-receipt activity and amendment-normalized operating expenditures. They are descriptive slices of filings—not a complete substitute for the official financial summary.

Itemized individual receipt activity over time

Monthly transaction activity from the FEC individual-contributions file. Current-cycle files can contain earlier-dated transactions; signed amendments, refunds, reattributions, and memo entries remain in the source-defined analysis.

9 calendar months · 9 published cells

Only committee/month cells with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published. A missing cell can reflect source absence or the privacy threshold; it does not mean zero activity. Published amounts are unchanged.

Source: FEC individual-contributions bulk file ↗, imported . This panel does not include PAC receipts.

Where itemized contributor addresses were reported

State is taken from the contributor address on the FEC row. It does not prove residence, citizenship, employer location, or the ultimate economic source of funds.

20.6% of published positive state-cell amounts outside Utah
Utah732 distinct reported contributors · 1,253 rows$1,338,391.0079.4%
California46 distinct reported contributors · 72 rows$107,615.006.4%
New York32 distinct reported contributors · 45 rows$69,390.004.1%
District of Columbia50 distinct reported contributors · 58 rows$47,727.002.8%
Texas10 distinct reported contributors · 16 rows$32,375.001.9%
Maryland32 distinct reported contributors · 34 rows$19,750.001.2%
Washington18 distinct reported contributors · 21 rows$18,031.001.1%
Massachusetts11 distinct reported contributors · 13 rows$17,000.001.0%
Virginia16 distinct reported contributors · 18 rows$13,250.000.8%
Connecticut7 distinct reported contributors · 8 rows$11,100.000.7%
Illinois10 distinct reported contributors · 11 rows$6,328.000.4%
Florida5 distinct reported contributors · 8 rows$5,620.000.3%

Only committee/state groups with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published. Percentages divide by the sum of all positive published, privacy-thresholded committee/state cells, including cells beyond the top 12 shown. Zero and negative state cells are excluded from this denominator; these shares do not describe all contributions or all campaign receipts.

Source: FEC individual-contributions bulk file ↗, imported .

Reported operating-expenditure categories

FEC filer-selected categories from Schedule B operating expenditures. Memo-code X rows are excluded because the FEC says they are not included in the itemization total.

1 published categories
Category not reported215 current organization-payment rows$1,791,959.18

Top organization payees in operating expenditures

Organization payees only. Election.org excludes individual payees and conservatively normalizes names; similar names are not asserted to be one legal entity.

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Old Town Media LLC4 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-12
$597,520.00
Sb Digital Incorporated15 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-22
$322,119.20
Landslide Political3 current itemized payments · latest 2026-02-17
$157,510.97
Impact Research Incorporated2 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-21
$126,900.00
Strategy Group6 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-23
$115,777.38
Blueprint Public Affairs9 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-12
$101,583.83
Gusto30 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-30
$59,631.76
Declaration Media LLC1 current itemized payment · latest 2026-06-22
$47,882.34
Elevate Strategies6 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-16
$39,000.00
American Express5 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-15
$34,277.32
Helen Milby And Company8 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-16
$26,177.35
Actblue PAC29 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-26
$25,146.96
Ngp Van6 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-08
$22,105.20
Actblue9 current itemized payments · latest 2025-12-31
$21,367.38
Abdo LLP2 current itemized payments · latest 2026-04-21
$19,734.96

Source: FEC operating expenditures bulk file, checked 2026-10-16. These totals cover published current organization-payment rows after amendment normalization and are not equivalent to the committee’s total disbursements.

Reported employers
Aggregated individual giving · privacy threshold applied

Reported employers among contributors to Ben McAdams

FEC SCHEDULE A
This is not company money.

These totals combine itemized contributions from individuals who reported the same employer. They do not show that the employer directed, funded, or endorsed any contribution.

University Of Utah27 distinct reported contributors · 52 current itemized transactions
$39,662.00
Intermountain Healthcare5 distinct reported contributors · 7 current itemized transactions
$13,350.00

Only employer/recipient groups with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published, with at most 50 groups per recipient committee. Individual names and addresses are not included. Totals are net current-file amounts after amendment normalization and may include refunds, reattributions, or memo entries.

Calculated financial context
Transparent calculations

What the reported totals show

87.4%Individual-contribution shareIndividual contributions ÷ total receipts
87.4%Spending-to-receipts ratioTotal disbursements ÷ total receipts
$299,349.65Net cash after debtCash on hand − debts owed by campaign

These are Election.org calculations from the displayed FEC totals, included to make the filing easier to understand. They are descriptive, not a score or comparison.

Official filing details
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Candidate filing details

2026 CYCLE
Candidate
Ben McAdams
Office sought
U.S. House — Utah District 1
Party affiliation
Democratic Party
Incumbency
Former member (left 2021-01-03)
Candidate status
Current candidate
Principal committee
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FEC candidate ID
H8UT04053
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