2026 federal candidate · official FEC data

Ben Steinhoff

Campaign donations, fundraising, spending, and cash on hand from the latest included Federal Election Commission filings.

U.S. House — Wisconsin District 5DEMChallengerFEC H4WI05115
Direct answer · 2025–2026 cycle

How much has Ben Steinhoff raised?

$5,936.72 in total campaign receipts.

$5,936.72 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$5,937
Total spending$7,651
Cash on hand-$4,322

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Filing-driven activity & election calendar

Ben Steinhoff 2026 timeline

REAL DATES

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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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Scheduled primary election

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

Official election schedule · schedule subject to change
Federal general election

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Campaign money

Ben Steinhoff campaign finance details

FEC BULK DATA
2025–2026 federal-cycle totals through June 30, 2026.
MetricReported amountWhat it means
Total receipts$5,936.72All campaign receipts reported in the FEC summary, not only individual donations.
Individual contributions$5,936.72Contributions reported in the FEC individual-contribution category.
Candidate contributions$0.00Contributions from the candidate in the summary record.
Total disbursements$7,650.85Campaign spending and other disbursements reported for the cycle.
Cash on hand-$4,321.93Reported 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-$5,321.93Election.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. “Not reported” means the current bulk file contains no summary; it does not mean zero.

Money graph · dates, geography, and operating expenditures

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 2026-08-24. These totals cover published current organization-payment rows after amendment normalization and are not equivalent to the committee’s total disbursements.

Transparent calculations

What the reported totals show

100.0%Individual-contribution shareIndividual contributions ÷ total receipts
128.9%Spending-to-receipts ratioTotal disbursements ÷ total receipts
-$5,321.93Net 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 record

Candidate filing details

2026 CYCLE
Candidate
Ben Steinhoff
Office sought
U.S. House — Wisconsin District 5
Party affiliation
DEM
Incumbency
Challenger
Candidate status
Current candidate
Principal committee
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FEC candidate ID
H4WI05115
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