Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Melissa Borom

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Indiana District 1
Filing address
Gary, IN (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BOROM, MELISSA
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Indiana with the 2020 district highlighted

Indiana, District 1

DemocraticU.S. House · Indiana District 1Open seatLost primary

FEC candidate ID H0IN01200 · Principal campaign committee: MELISSA FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$68,499.61
Total spent$68,499.61
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
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: $57,499.61PACs and other committees: $11,000.00
  • Individual contributions$57,499.6184%
  • PACs and other committees$11,000.0016%

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

14 committees reported giving $21,594.00 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.

The race

Indiana U.S. House, District 1, 2020 · 11 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Melissa Borom (D)$68,499.61$0.002020-12-31
Thomas M McDermott Jr. (D)$652,759.35$216.932020-12-31
Peter J. Visclosky (D)$627,572.46$10,779.222020-12-31
Frank J. Mrvan (D)$590,634.89$114,227.592020-12-31
Mara Reardon (D)$309,877.36$0.002020-08-06
Sabrina Haake (D)$294,263.94$0.002020-06-30
James Harper (D)$245,144.13$2.062020-12-31
Mont Andrew Handley (R)$31,746.91$8,267.322020-06-20
Scott L Costello (D)$10,723.72$1,840.522020-12-31
Delano Michael Scaife (R)$6,805.46$12.532020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana (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: MELISSA 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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