Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Chele Chiavacci Farley

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · New York District 18
Filing address
Tuxedo, NY (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
FARLEY, CHELE CHIAVACCI
Next election
Primary June 23, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of New York with the 2020 district highlighted

New York, District 18

RepublicanU.S. House · New York District 18ChallengerLost the general election (38.3%)

FEC candidate ID H0NY18172 · Principal campaign committee: CHELE FARLEY FOR CONGRESS INC.

Total raised$1,186,824.40
Total spent$1,152,738.15
Cash on hand$34,086.25
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: $956,398.33PACs and other committees: $110,550.00Party committees: $10,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $54,168.72Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $55,542.88Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $164.47
  • Individual contributions$956,398.3381%
  • PACs and other committees$110,550.009%
  • Party committees$10,000.001%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$54,168.725%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$55,542.885%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$164.470%

Self-funding: $54,168.72 (5% of money raised): $54,168.72 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

38 committees reported giving $121,200.00 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 Chele Chiavacci Farley$168.22
  • Independent expenditures opposing Chele Chiavacci Farley$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

New York U.S. House, District 18, 2020 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Chele Chiavacci Farley (R)$1,186,824.40$34,086.252020-12-31
Sean Patrick Maloney (D)$2,607,624.75$860,001.842020-12-31
Scott A Smith (UNK)$8,718.07$494.792020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe DNovember 2, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe DJune 2, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely DJuly 2, 2020
  • PoliticoLean DApril 19, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe DJune 3, 2020
  • RCPLikely DJune 9, 2020
  • NiskanenSafe DJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Global Strategy Group (D)October 6–11, 2020400 (LV)± 4.9%Sean Patrick Maloney 53% · Chele Farley 35% · Scott Smith 5%
Global Strategy Group (D)October 6–11, 2020400 (LV)± 4.9%Generic Democrat 48% · Generic Republican 43%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New York (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: CHELE FARLEY 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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