Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Benito Ben Loyola Jr.

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Virginia District 2
Filing address
Virginia Beach, VA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
LOYOLA, BENITO BEN JR
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Virginia with the 2020 district highlighted

Virginia, District 2

RepublicanU.S. House · Virginia District 2ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H0VA02092 · Principal campaign committee: BEN LOYOLA FOR CONGRESS, INC.

Total raised$256,328.05
Total spent$256,328.05
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$81,467.35
Loans from the candidate$54,682.86

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: $197,422.19PACs and other committees: $2,950.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $54,682.86Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,273.00
  • Individual contributions$197,422.1977%
  • PACs and other committees$2,950.001%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$54,682.8621%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,273.000%

Self-funding: $54,682.86 (21% of money raised): $0.00 given and $54,682.86 lent by the candidate. $2,091.34 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $1,000.00 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.

The race

Virginia U.S. House, District 2, 2020 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Benito Ben Loyola Jr. (R)$256,328.05$0.002020-12-31
Elaine Luria (D)$6,691,506.61$142,174.742020-12-31
Scott W. Taylor (R)$2,517,871.00$22,613.432020-12-31
Jarome Bell (R)$260,703.90$456.582020-12-31
Andy Baan (R)$25,755.00$18,568.262020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLean DOctober 21, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsLikely DOctober 28, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean DJuly 2, 2020
  • PoliticoLean DNovember 2, 2020
  • Daily KosLean DJune 3, 2020
  • NiskanenLean DJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Christopher Newport UniversityOctober 8–18, 2020807 (LV)± 3.8%Elaine Luria 50% · Scott Taylor 43%
Tarrance Group (R)July 14–16, 2020405 (LV)± 4.9%Elaine Luria 48% · Scott Taylor 48%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia (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: BEN LOYOLA 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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