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2026 federal candidate record

Ben Steinhoff

Wisconsin U.S. House District 5

Democratic Party

Ben Steinhoff is included in the 2026 FEC filing records for Wisconsin U.S. House District 5. Explore the available source records below. A federal filing does not establish ballot qualification.

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Direct answer · 2025–2026 cycle

How much has Ben Steinhoff raised?

$8,885.45 in total campaign receipts.

$8,885.45 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
$8,885
Total spending
$7,775
Cash on hand
-$1,497

Through · Last successful import

Negative cash balance reported in the FEC summary; see source filing.

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Ben Steinhoff 2026 timeline

REAL DATES

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Scheduled primary election

Congressional primary date listed in the FEC's 2026 calendar.

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Latest included campaign summary

End date of the candidate financial summary in Election.org's current FEC bulk-data release.

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Federal general election

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Campaign finance details
Campaign money

Ben Steinhoff campaign finance details

FEC BULK DATA
2025–2026 federal-cycle totals through September 30, 2026.
MetricReported amountWhat it means
Total receipts$8,885.45All campaign receipts reported in the FEC summary, not only individual donations.
Individual contributions$8,885.45Contributions reported in the FEC individual-contribution category.
Candidate contributions$0.00Contributions from the candidate in the summary record.
Total disbursements$7,774.57Campaign spending and other disbursements reported for the cycle.
Cash on hand-$1,496.92Reported campaign cash remaining at the end of the covered period.
Debts owed by campaign$1,000.00Outstanding debts the campaign reported owing.
Net cash after reported debt-$2,496.92Election.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.

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How money moved through Ben Steinhoff

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.

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.

5 published categories
Advertising Expenses2 current organization-payment rows$1,123.64
Travel Expenses1 current organization-payment row$926.24
Administrative/Salary/Overhead Expenses42 current organization-payment rows$697.98
Category not reported7 current organization-payment rows$101.32
Campaign Event Expenses1 current organization-payment row$95.00

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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Sheraton Philadelphia Downton1 current itemized payment · latest 2025-07-21
$926.24
Union Copy Centers1 current itemized payment · latest 2025-07-10
$876.69
Squarespace17 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-12
$422.00
Amalgamated Bank18 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-29
$273.67
Chula Vista Resort1 current itemized payment · latest 2025-06-16
$246.95
Act Blue12 current itemized payments · latest 2025-09-30
$145.11
Zoom3 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-12
$53.52

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.

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What the reported totals show

100.0%Individual-contribution shareIndividual contributions ÷ total receipts
87.5%Spending-to-receipts ratioTotal disbursements ÷ total receipts
-$2,496.92Net 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 Steinhoff
Office sought
U.S. House — Wisconsin District 5
Party affiliation
Democratic Party
Incumbency
Challenger
Candidate status
Current candidate
Principal committee
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FEC candidate ID
H4WI05115
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