Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle
Paul Junge
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · Michigan District 8
- Filing address
- Grand Blanc, MI (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- JUNGE, PAUL
- Next election
- Primary August 6, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Michigan, District 8
FEC candidate ID H0MI08141 · Principal campaign committee: PAUL JUNGE FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Michigan District 8 | $5,984,458.77 | Lost the general election (44.6%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Michigan District 8 | $3,108,702.53 | Lost the general election (42.8%) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Michigan District 8 | $2,112,467.47 | General-election nominee |
Total raised$5,984,458.77
Total spent$5,636,818.38
Cash on hand$439,921.61
Debts owed by the campaign$6,176,050.00
Loans from the candidate$4,100,000.00
2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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$703,023.0612%
- PACs and other committees$195,500.003%
- Party committees$5,000.000%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$4,100,354.9269%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$257,369.084%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$723,211.7112%
Self-funding: $4,100,354.92 (69% of money raised): $354.92 given and $4,100,000.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
86 committees reported giving $230,069.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION-POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC) Company pagePAC$6,069.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NRCCParty committee$5,000.00
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CREATING A MAJORITY PARTY ACTION COMMITTEE (C.A.M.P.A.C.)PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- BRINGING REPUBLICAN EXCELLENCE TO TOWN PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- TRUTH IS MARKETS WORK FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- UPPER HAND FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- RURAL AMERICA COUNTS PAC (RAC PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- E-PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- TOGETHER UNITED FOR LIBERTY, INTEGRITY AND PROSPERITY PAC (TULIP PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- IN THE ARENA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- STAR PACPAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN REVIVAL PACPAC$5,000.00
- TURNING POINT PAC INC.Hybrid PAC$5,000.00
- BE VICTORIOUS OVER DEMOCRATS PACLeadership PAC$4,000.00
- AMERICAN SECURITY PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
Show all 86 committees
- CAMPAIGN FOR WORKING FAMILIESConnected PAC$3,000.00
- NATIONAL CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP FUNDPAC$3,000.00
- JAM PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- ALTICOR, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ALTIPAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUNDLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,500.00
- CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- RVFPACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- ON WISCONSIN PAC, INC.Leadership PAC$2,500.00
- ULTRA MAGA PACPAC$2,500.00
- ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAPS-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- IPAA WILDCATTERS FUNDPAC$2,000.00
- WALBERG FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ANDY HARRIS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GUTHRIE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CRAWFORD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INCCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FREEDOM FIRST PACPAC$2,000.00
- FIGHTIN' NINTH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICA'S FIRST PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- COOL PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- EMMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ELISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DR. BRIAN BABIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SMUCKER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MIKE JOHNSON FOR LOUISIANACandidate committee$2,000.00
- CAPTAIN HIGGINS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- RESTORING OUR NATION PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BULLDOG PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- NEVER SURRENDER PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- FIGHT ON PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- ESSHAKI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- KEVIN KILEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- MOORE FOR WEST VIRGINIA, INC.Candidate committee$2,000.00
- ONDER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- VICTORY AND FREEDOM PAC (VAF PAC)Leadership PAC$1,500.00
- TEXAS REDLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- LASTING INVESTMENTS STRENGTHENING AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- SPACE COAST LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- GUARDING OUR LASTING DEMOCRACY (GOLD) PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- THE LOOSE GROUPPAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMERICA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GARY PALMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- COMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR A STRONGER TOMORROW B.O.S.T. PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LET'S ALL KEEP ELECTING REPUBLICANS PACPAC$1,000.00
- NEHLS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- MIDLAND COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE - FEDERALParty committee$1,000.00
- EXPECT MORE LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HOUCHIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- OVERHAUL PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SECURING THE REPUBLIC FOR OUR NEXT GENERATIONPAC$1,000.00
- CELESTE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SPEAK UP AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$500.00
- GROWTH ENERGY PACPAC$500.00
- MI CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAC (MI CORN PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Paul Junge$615,858.45
- Independent expenditures opposing Paul Junge$6,263,704.60
FEC totals for the 2024 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.
- HMPOpposing$4,361,226.00
- DCCCOpposing$598,269.00
- AMERICA PACSupporting$434,311.00
- LCV VICTORY FUNDOpposing$410,400.00
- PRO-CHOICE WOMENOpposing$312,293.00
- NRDC ACTION VOTESOpposing$250,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDSupporting$141,698.00
- EDF ACTION VOTESOpposing$110,682.00
- WFW ACTION FUND, INC.Opposing$96,170.00
- VPPOpposing$88,819.00
- SAVE WESTERN CULTUREOpposing$35,831.00
- PATRIOTS FOR A BRIGHTER AMERICASupporting$18,980.00
The race
Michigan U.S. House, District 8, 2024 · 9 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Junge (R) | $5,984,458.77 | $439,921.61 | 2024-12-31 |
| Kristen McDonald Rivet (D) | $6,067,031.69 | $17,030.52 | 2024-12-31 |
| Daniel T Kildee (D) | $1,465,197.96 | $418,484.97 | 2024-12-31 |
| Matt Collier (D) | $1,212,680.41 | $0.00 | 2024-12-22 |
| Mary F. Draves (UNK) | $629,824.94 | $673.97 | 2024-12-31 |
| Anthony Jason Hudson (R) | $141,047.61 | $31,130.64 | 2024-12-31 |
| Sheldon Neeley (D) | $26,935.00 | $718.86 | 2024-12-31 |
| Daniel Burton Moilanen (D) | $22,569.48 | $155.89 | 2024-06-30 |
| Martin Blank (R) | $13,171.30 | $1,364.69 | 2024-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMB Research (R) | October 13–15, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Kristen McDonald Rivet 40% · Paul Junge 41% |
| Global Strategy Group (D) | July 29 – August 1, 2024 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | Kristen McDonald Rivet 44% · Paul Junge 45% |
| UpONE (R) | June 1–4, 2024 | 400 (RV) | ± 4.9% | Kristen McDonald Rivet 39% · Paul Junge 42% |
| UpONE (R) | June 1–4, 2024 | 400 (RV) | ± 4.9% | Kristen McDonald Rivet 40% · Mary Draves 32% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan (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: PAUL JUNGE 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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