Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Michelle Fischbach

Official portrait of Michelle Fischbach
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Minnesota’s 7th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Regal, MN
Born
1965
In Congress
House since 2021 · 5 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
FISCHBACH, MICHELLE
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Minnesota with the current district highlighted

Minnesota, District 7

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Minnesota District 7ChallengerWon the general election (53.4%)

FEC candidate ID H0MN07091 · Principal campaign committee: FISCHBACH FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Minnesota District 7$1,673,105.11General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Minnesota District 7$2,016,031.04Won the general election (70.4%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Minnesota District 7$1,677,464.61Won the general election (66.9%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Minnesota District 7$2,646,134.94Won the general election (53.4%)
Total raised$2,646,134.94
Total spent$2,608,185.58
Cash on hand$37,949.36
Debts owed by the campaign$114,945.40
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: $2,057,601.29PACs and other committees: $390,494.49Party committees: $8,500.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $7,861.01Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $181,368.18Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $309.97
  • Individual contributions$2,057,601.2978%
  • PACs and other committees$390,494.4915%
  • Party committees$8,500.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$7,861.010%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$181,368.187%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$309.970%

Self-funding: $7,861.01 (0% of money raised): $7,861.01 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

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

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

138 committees reported giving $383,805.00 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 Michelle Fischbach$309,887.71
  • Independent expenditures opposing Michelle Fischbach$5,025,052.50

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

Minnesota U.S. House, District 7, 2020 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Michelle Fischbach (R)$2,646,134.94$37,949.362020-12-31
Collin Clark Peterson (D)$2,734,418.97$344,744.702020-12-31
Noel Collis (R)$834,145.51$0.002020-09-30
David Russell Hughes (R)$75,251.77$379.882020-12-31
Joel Allen Novak (R)$14,175.00−$323.152020-03-31
Jayesun Israel Sherman (R)$9,093.10$2,686.962020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean RNovember 2, 2020
  • Daily KosLean RNovember 2, 2020
  • NiskanenLean DJuly 26, 2020

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Tarrance Group (R)August 2–5, 2020413 (RV)± 4.9%Collin Peterson 42% · Michelle Fischbach 52%

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