Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Kristy Gnibus
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 16
- Filing address
- Erie, PA (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- GNIBUS, KRISTY
- Next election
- Primary June 2, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Pennsylvania, District 16
FEC candidate ID H0PA16034 · Principal campaign committee: KRISTY FOR CONGRESS
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$508,195.3986%
- PACs and other committees$78,775.0113%
- Party committees$500.000%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$3,481.541%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$2,682.960%
Self-funding: $3,481.54 (1% of money raised): $2,481.54 given and $1,000.00 lent by the candidate. $1,000.00 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
24 committees reported giving $77,275.00 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.
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)Connected PAC$10,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEAT & FROST INSULATORS AND ALLIED WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$3,500.00
- UTILITY WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA COPE Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- KEYSTONE AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- BLOCK BY BLOCK PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- SHERMAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRATERNITY & SORORITY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- RESIST RECLAIM REBUILD PACConnected PAC$1,400.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA - COAL MINERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENPAC$1,000.00
- MAKING A DIFFERENCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MERCER COUNTY DEMOCRAT COMMITTEEParty committee$600.00
- PENNSYLVANIA FEDERATION OF DEMOCRATIC WOMEN INC FEDERAL PACPAC$500.00
- BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD SIGNALMEN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$200.00
- ENVIRONMENT AMERICA INC. VOTER ACTION (ABBV. 'ENVIRONMENT AMERICA VOTER ACTION')Connected PAC$75.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Kristy Gnibus$12,246.53
- Independent expenditures opposing Kristy Gnibus$2,074.18
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.
- COMMONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONSSupporting$8,504.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDOpposing$1,914.00
- PA COMMON SENSESupporting$753.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEESupporting$383.00
- PENNSYLVANIA PRO-LIFE FEDERATION PACOpposing$158.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESSupporting$104.00
The race
Pennsylvania U.S. House, District 16, 2020 · 3 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kristy Gnibus (D) | $593,634.90 | $4,751.07 | 2020-12-31 |
| George J Kelly Jr. (R) | $2,300,601.01 | $958,524.70 | 2020-12-31 |
| Daniel B Smith Jr. (D) | $26,567.26 | $0.00 | 2020-03-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Policy Polling (D) | June 22–23, 2020 | 726 (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: KRISTY 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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