Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

James Leonard Griffin

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Connecticut District 1
Filing address
Bristol, CT (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
GRIFFIN, JAMES LEONARD
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Connecticut with the 2020 district highlighted

Connecticut, District 1

RepublicanU.S. House · Connecticut District 1ChallengerRunning

FEC candidate ID H0CT01134 · Principal campaign committee: JIM GRIFFIN FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Connecticut District 1$0.00Registered with the FEC; has not yet raised or spent $5,000
2023–2024U.S. House · Connecticut District 1$7,786.00Lost the general election (34.82%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Connecticut District 1$4,210.00Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2019–2020U.S. House · Connecticut District 1$26,927.34Running
Total raised$26,927.34
Total spent$26,775.59
Cash on hand$151.75
Debts owed by the campaign$7,320.34
Loans from the candidate$7,320.34

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 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: $19,207.00PACs and other committees: $100.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $7,620.34
  • Individual contributions$19,207.0071%
  • PACs and other committees$100.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$7,620.3428%

Self-funding: $7,620.34 (28% of money raised): $300.00 given and $7,320.34 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

The race

Connecticut U.S. House, District 1, 2020 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
James Leonard Griffin (R)$26,927.34$151.752020-12-31
John B Larson (D)$1,390,151.56$422,375.232020-12-31
Mary Fay (R)$26,836.46$1,718.282020-12-31

Polling and ratings

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Recent polls

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Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut (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: JIM GRIFFIN FOR CONGRESS.
  • 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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