Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Richard Sean Parnell
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 17
- Filing address
- Cranberry Township, PA (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- PARNELL, RICHARD SEAN
- Next election
- Primary June 2, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Pennsylvania, District 17
FEC candidate ID H0PA17115 · Principal campaign committee: AMERICANS FOR PARNELL COMMITTEE
Total raised$3,991,543.49
Total spent$3,788,168.77
Cash on hand$203,374.72
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$3,167,655.6579%
- PACs and other committees$306,128.008%
- Party committees$10,000.000%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$11,200.000%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$189,927.835%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$306,632.018%
Self-funding: $11,200.00 (0% of money raised): $11,200.00 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
111 committees reported giving $292,879.00 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.
- CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- CITIZENS FOR PROSPERITY IN AMERICA TODAY PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- GREATER TOMORROW POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- RELIGHT AMERICA PACPAC$10,000.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACConnected PAC$9,000.00
- CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$7,500.00
- BUILDING LEADERSHIP AND INSPIRING NEW ENTERPRISE PACLeadership PAC$6,500.00
- CONSERVATIVE OPPURTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC (COLE PAC)Leadership PAC$6,000.00
- WINREDHybrid PAC$5,479.00
- NRCCParty committee$5,000.00
- NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL VICTORY FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ALLIANCE COAL, LLC PACPAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- F.N.B. CORPORATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- JET PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- KEEP AMERICA ROLLINGLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- JOBS, FREEDOM, AND SECURITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- JOBS OPPORTUNITY AND NEW IDEAS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$4,950.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
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- BELIEF IN LIFE AND LIBERTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BILL'S PAC)Leadership PAC$4,000.00
- MEUSER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,500.00
- SALEM MEDIA GROUP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SALEM MEDIA GROUP, INC.) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- ANDY HARRIS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- FIGHTIN' NINTH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$3,000.00
- VICTORY AND FREEDOM PAC (VAF PAC)Leadership PAC$3,000.00
- RURAL AMERICA COUNTS PAC (RAC PAC)Leadership PAC$3,000.00
- THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNIONConnected PAC$2,500.00
- FAMILY PACPAC$2,500.00
- REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION-POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC) Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- KEYSTONE ALLIANCE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,500.00
- MAKING AMERICA PROSPEROUS PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- WELLS PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- SUPPORT TO ENSURE VICTORY EVERYWHERE PAC-STEVE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP FUNDConnected PAC$2,500.00
- COWBOY PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- JAM PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- RE-JOYCE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAPS-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC Company pagePAC$2,000.00
- DEVIN NUNES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- NEW PACPAC$2,000.00
- ADRIAN SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MAVERICK PAC USAHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF GLENN THOMPSONCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BLAINE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CMR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- CHESAPEAKE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- KEYSTONE FUTURE PACPAC$2,000.00
- DAVID ROUZER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JASON SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ELISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- RON ESTES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- STAR PACPAC$2,000.00
- DR JOHN JOYCE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FREEDOM RINGS EVERY DAY PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- U.S. ISRAEL PAC (USI PAC)Connected PAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CAMPAIGN FOR WORKING FAMILIESConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BURGER KING FRANCHISEE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MICHAEL BURGESS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- AMERICAN SECURITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- NEW PIONEERS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CRAWFORD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- LEADERSHIP FOR AMERICA TODAY TOMORROW AND ALWAYS PACPAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN PRINCIPLESConnected PAC$1,000.00
- RAZOR PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- VICKY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HEARTDOCPACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GIVING US SECURITY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GUS PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM AND SECURITYHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- VESTED PACPAC$1,000.00
- BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- STAND PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GATORPACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- BUILDING AMERICA'S REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LEE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE PROMISES PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- TEXANS FOR JODEY ARRINGTONCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BUILDING AND RESTORING THE AMERICAN DREAM FUNDLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANSLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BUDDY PACPAC$1,000.00
- LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DREW FERGUSON FOR CONGRESS INC.Candidate committee$1,000.00
- 1848 PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CAROL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ARMSTRONG FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- RVFPACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEFENSE OF FREEDOM PACPAC$1,000.00
- TEXAS REDLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- EAT'N PARK RESTAURANTS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$500.00
- COZEN O'CONNOR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- REDWINGMCPACConnected PAC$500.00
- RESTORING OUR NATION (RON) PACLeadership PAC$500.00
- COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT STEVE WATKINSCandidate committee$500.00
- KISH BANK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- CONSERVATIVE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEEConnected PAC$350.00
- 21ST CENTURY LEADERSHIP PACConnected PAC$250.00
- UPSTATE SC PACLeadership PAC$250.00
- SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST INC. CANDIDATE FUNDConnected PAC$100.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Richard Sean Parnell$172,151.45
- Independent expenditures opposing Richard Sean Parnell$525,378.07
- Company and union communications to members about Richard Sean Parnell$2,916.94
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.
- VOTEVETSOpposing$524,885.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACSupporting$59,250.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDSupporting$46,553.00
- GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.Supporting$33,063.00
- CONSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP PACSupporting$21,500.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDSupporting$6,941.00
- NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUNDSupporting$4,664.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESOpposing$491.00
- PENNSYLVANIA PRO-LIFE FEDERATION PACSupporting$158.00
The race
Pennsylvania U.S. House, District 17, 2020 · 4 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Sean Parnell (R) | $3,991,543.49 | $203,374.72 | 2020-12-31 |
| Conor Lamb (D) | $4,116,059.90 | $833,819.13 | 2020-12-31 |
| Scott Richard Timko (R) | $72,934.18 | $0.00 | 2020-12-31 |
| Brian Thomsen (R) | $30,984.70 | $0.00 | 2020-06-03 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OnMessage Inc. (R) | September 2–3, 2020 | 400 (LV) | – | Conor Lamb 45% · Sean Parnell 44% |
| OnMessage Inc. (R) | July 27–29, 2020 | 400 (LV) | – | Conor Lamb 50% · Sean Parnell 41% |
| OnMessage Inc. (R) | March 9–11, 2020 | 400 (LV) | – | Conor Lamb 54% · Sean Parnell 36% |
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: AMERICANS FOR PARNELL COMMITTEE.
- 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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