Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Gary Adler

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Florida District 5
Filing address
Jacksonville, FL (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
ADLER, GARY
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Florida with the 2020 district highlighted

Florida, District 5

RepublicanU.S. House · Florida District 5ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H0FL05170 · Principal campaign committee: GARY ADLER FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$146,944.18
Total spent$146,944.18
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$101,965.03
Loans from the candidate$102,000.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 1, 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: $44,944.18Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $102,000.00
  • Individual contributions$44,944.1831%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$102,000.0069%

Self-funding: $102,000.00 (69% of money raised): $0.00 given and $102,000.00 lent by the candidate. $34.97 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

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

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Gary Adler$0.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Gary Adler$59.76

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.

The race

Florida U.S. House, District 5, 2020 · 7 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Gary Adler (R)$146,944.18$0.002020-12-01
Alfred Lawson Jr. (D)$884,597.08$167,391.592020-12-31
Albert Chester II (D)$77,748.85$31,376.092020-03-31
John Roger Wagoner (R)$62,984.30$22,680.182020-09-30
Virginia Fuller (R)$32,748.37$0.002019-09-30
Lashonda Holloway (D)$24,212.96$206.872020-09-30
Matthew Lusk (R)$2,972.29−$61.752020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe DJuly 2, 2020
  • FiveThirtyEightSafe DOctober 15, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe DJune 2, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJuly 2, 2020
  • PoliticoSafe DApril 19, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe DJune 3, 2020
  • RCPSafe DJune 9, 2020
  • NiskanenSafe DJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida (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: GARY ADLER 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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