Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Mike Kelly

Official portrait of Mike Kelly
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Pennsylvania’s 16th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Butler, PA
Born
1948
In Congress
House since 2011 · 15 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
KELLY, GEORGE J JR
Next election
Primary June 2, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Pennsylvania with the current district highlighted

Pennsylvania, District 16

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

RepublicanU.S. House · Pennsylvania District 16IncumbentWon the general election (59.3%)

FEC candidate ID H0PA03271 · Principal campaign committee: MIKE KELLY FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 16$1,414,934.57General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 16$1,670,916.24Won the general election
2021–2022U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 16$1,320,811.66Won the general election (59.4%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 16$2,300,601.01Won the general election (59.3%)
Total raised$2,300,601.01
Total spent$1,380,453.45
Cash on hand$958,524.70
Debts owed by the campaign$90,000.00
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: $636,904.86PACs and other committees: $1,472,701.32Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $142,252.97Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $48,741.86
  • Individual contributions$636,904.8628%
  • PACs and other committees$1,472,701.3264%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$142,252.976%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$48,741.862%

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

362 committees reported giving $1,369,189.00 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 George J Kelly Jr.$135,034.48
  • Independent expenditures opposing George J Kelly Jr.$763.15

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

Pennsylvania U.S. House, District 16, 2020 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
George J Kelly Jr. (R)$2,300,601.01$958,524.702020-12-31
Kristy Gnibus (D)$593,634.90$4,751.072020-12-31
Daniel B Smith Jr. (D)$26,567.26$0.002020-03-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLikely ROctober 8, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe RJune 2, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJuly 2, 2020
  • PoliticoLean RApril 19, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe RJune 3, 2020
  • RCPSafe RJune 9, 2020
  • NiskanenSafe RJune 7, 2020
  • 270toWinSafe RAugust 21, 2020

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Public Policy Polling (D)June 22–23, 2020726 (V)± 3.6%Mike Kelly 48% · Kristy Gnibus 40%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania (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: MIKE KELLY 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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