Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Bill Hightower
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · Alabama District 1
- Filing address
- Mobile, AL (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- HIGHTOWER, BILL
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Alabama, District 1
FEC candidate ID H0AL01089 · Principal campaign committee: HIGHTOWER FOR ALABAMA
2019–2020 cycle totals through September 30, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$1,268,756.6896%
- PACs and other committees$53,200.004%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,987.410%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
18 committees reported giving $50,200.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- ALABAMA POWER CO EMPLOYEES FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION CMTE (APC EMPLOYEES FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- JOBS, FREEDOM, AND SECURITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- MAYER ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, THE (MAYER ELECTRIC PAC)PAC$3,000.00
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA FEDERAL PACPAC$2,700.00
- DRUMMOND COMPANY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF ALABAMA PAC Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- THE EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- EAGLE FORUM PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- THE WESTERVELT COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- HDR, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- JONES WALKER L.L.P. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CAMPAIGN FOR WORKING FAMILIESConnected PAC$1,000.00
- RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- TORCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- WINREDHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN PODIATRIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Bill Hightower$243,927.64
- Independent expenditures opposing Bill Hightower$0.00
FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTIONSupporting$217,186.00
- CLUB FOR GROWTH PACSupporting$15,071.00
- DEFEND CONSERVATIVES PACSupporting$11,656.00
The race
Alabama U.S. House, District 1, 2020 · 9 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hightower (R) | $1,323,944.09 | $0.00 | 2020-09-30 |
| Jerry Lee Carl (R) | $2,344,516.53 | $111,972.59 | 2020-12-31 |
| Bradley Roberts Byrne (R) | $544,643.34 | $0.00 | 2019-03-31 |
| Christopher Paul Pringle (R) | $491,715.70 | $0.00 | 2020-06-17 |
| Douglas Westley Lambert III (R) | $182,564.96 | $0.00 | 2020-12-31 |
| Kiani A Gardner (D) | $118,661.85 | $0.00 | 2020-07-31 |
| James Averhart (D) | $80,094.95 | $1,121.71 | 2020-12-31 |
| Frederick G. Rick' Collins (D) | $62,935.42 | $2,109.45 | 2020-07-14 |
| John Castorani (R) | $26,809.68 | $0.00 | 2020-12-03 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: HIGHTOWER FOR ALABAMA.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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