Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

John Cowan

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Georgia District 14
Filing address
Rome, GA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
COWAN, JOHN DR.
Next election
Primary June 9, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Georgia with the 2020 district highlighted

Georgia, District 14

RepublicanU.S. House · Georgia District 14Open seatRunning

FEC candidate ID H0GA14048 · Principal campaign committee: JOHN COWAN FOR CONGRESS, INC.

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Georgia District 11$2,824,605.89General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. House · Georgia District 14$1,459,715.24Running
Total raised$1,459,715.24
Total spent$1,448,097.52
Cash on hand$11,617.72
Debts owed by the campaign$275,000.00
Loans from the candidate$275,000.00

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: $1,012,959.70PACs and other committees: $163,285.54Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $277,800.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $5,670.00
  • Individual contributions$1,012,959.7069%
  • PACs and other committees$163,285.5411%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$277,800.0019%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$5,670.000%

Self-funding: $277,800.00 (19% of money raised): $2,800.00 given and $275,000.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

57 committees reported giving $156,710.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting John Cowan$0.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing John Cowan$47,806.82

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

Georgia U.S. House, District 14, 2020 · 11 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
John Cowan (R)$1,459,715.24$11,617.722020-12-31
Marjorie Taylor Greene (R)$2,631,427.34$371,531.172020-12-31
John Thomas Graves Jr. (R)$801,737.40$1,894,974.192020-12-31
Benjamin E. Bullock (R)$375,371.25$0.002020-11-23
Clayton Fuller (R)$361,629.42$0.002020-10-01
Matthew Laughridge (R)$346,832.00$419.342020-12-31
Bill Hembree (R)$256,975.00$0.002020-06-30
John D Barge (R)$180,726.00$0.002020-12-31
Kevin Van Ausdal (D)$150,457.50$23,745.162020-12-31
Kevin Cooke (R)$147,624.10$0.002020-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe RJuly 2, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe RJune 2, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJuly 2, 2020
  • PoliticoSafe RApril 19, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe RJune 3, 2020
  • RCPSafe RJune 9, 2020
  • NiskanenSafe RJune 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 Georgia (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: JOHN COWAN FOR CONGRESS, INC..
  • 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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