Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Leo Valentin

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Florida District 7
Filing address
Orlando, FL (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
VALENTIN, LEO
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 7

RepublicanU.S. House · Florida District 7ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H0FL07143 · Principal campaign committee: LEO VALENTIN FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$1,045,426.18
Total spent$1,028,316.45
Cash on hand$17,109.73
Debts owed by the campaign$210,001.00
Loans from the candidate$210,001.00

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: $666,328.78PACs and other committees: $35,400.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $210,001.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $133,696.40
  • Individual contributions$666,328.7864%
  • PACs and other committees$35,400.003%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$210,001.0020%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$133,696.4013%

Self-funding: $210,001.00 (20% of money raised): $0.00 given and $210,001.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

17 committees reported giving $35,500.00 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.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Leo Valentin$88,305.38
  • Independent expenditures opposing Leo Valentin$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 7, 2020 · 11 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Leo Valentin (R)$1,045,426.18$17,109.732020-12-31
Stephanie Murphy (D)$3,154,665.17$1,412,016.762020-12-31
Yukong Zhao (R)$324,898.21$2,936.672020-12-31
Richard Goble (R)$210,539.26$0.002020-09-30
Jean Rochelle Chelle Diangelus (R)$37,333.68$0.002020-12-01
Sean Jackson (R)$27,402.00$22,553.022020-12-31
Janet Edwards (R)$15,120.00−$14,602.052019-09-30
Mike Thibodeau (R)$12,051.00$0.002020-03-23
William Garlington (NPA)$11,000.00$11,000.002020-12-31
Armani Salado (R)$8,379.85$0.002019-08-12

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
  • PoliticoLikely DApril 19, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe DJune 3, 2020
  • RCPLikely DJune 9, 2020
  • NiskanenSafe DJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Gravis Marketing/Orlando PoliticsJan 2–3, 2020813 (RV)± 3.4%Richard Goble 4% · Joel Greenberg 20% · Stephanie Murphy 43% · Leo Valentín 4%
Gravis Marketing/Orlando PoliticsJan 2–3, 2020813 (RV)± 3.4%Joel Greenberg 42% · Stephanie Murphy 43%

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: LEO VALENTIN 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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