Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Carla A Spalding

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Florida District 23
Filing address
Plantation, FL (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
SPALDING, CARLA A
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 23

RepublicanU.S. House · Florida District 23ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H0FL23090 · Principal campaign committee: CARLA SPALDING FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Florida District 20$36,539.10Lost primary
2023–2024U.S. House · Florida District 23$759,649.76Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2021–2022U.S. House · Florida District 25$2,002,921.50Lost the general election (44.9%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Florida District 23$947,208.87General-election nominee
Total raised$947,208.87
Total spent$931,190.64
Cash on hand$16,018.23
Debts owed by the campaign$7,208.80
Loans from the candidate$0.00

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: $918,074.64PACs and other committees: $2,791.92Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $10.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $26,332.31
  • Individual contributions$918,074.6497%
  • PACs and other committees$2,791.920%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$10.000%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$26,332.313%

Self-funding: $10.00 (0% of money raised): $10.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $996.00 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 Carla A Spalding$0.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Carla A Spalding$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 23, 2020 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Carla A Spalding (R)$947,208.87$16,018.232020-12-31
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)$2,204,638.00$616,232.682020-12-31
Jennifer Pilchick Perelman (D)$392,382.24$2,027.072020-12-31
Michael T Kroske (R)$20,909.82$0.002020-10-31
Richard Mendelson (R)$5,689.00$3,105.722020-12-31
Shlomo Nizahon (R)$1,357.36$40.072020-03-31

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
  • NiskanenSafe DJune 7, 2020
  • RCPSafe DJune 9, 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: CARLA SPALDING 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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