Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Leon Benjamin Sr.

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Virginia District 4
Filing address
Richmond, VA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BENJAMIN, LEON MR. SR.
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 4

RepublicanU.S. House · Virginia District 4ChallengerLost the general election (38.2%)

FEC candidate ID H0VA04064 · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF LEON BENJAMIN, INC.

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2023–2024U.S. House · Virginia District 4$127,170.71Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2021–2022U.S. House · Virginia District 4$382,045.09Lost the general election (34.9%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Virginia District 4$546,613.56Lost the general election (38.2%)
Total raised$546,613.56
Total spent$524,688.86
Cash on hand$21,924.70
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: $524,083.72PACs and other committees: $21,550.00Party committees: $200.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $779.84
  • Individual contributions$524,083.7296%
  • PACs and other committees$21,550.004%
  • Party committees$200.000%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$779.840%

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

5 committees reported giving $15,000.00 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.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Leon Benjamin Sr.$40,875.01
  • Independent expenditures opposing Leon Benjamin Sr.$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

Virginia U.S. House, District 4, 2020 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Leon Benjamin Sr. (R)$546,613.56$21,924.702020-12-31
Aston Donald McEachin (D)$986,394.45$209,132.002020-12-31
Rongerlis Cazel Levine (D)$31,376.00$0.002020-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe DJuly 2, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe DJune 2, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJuly 2, 2020
  • PoliticoSafe DApril 19, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe DJune 3, 2020
  • RCPSafe DJune 9, 2020
  • NiskanenSafe DJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

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: FRIENDS OF LEON BENJAMIN, 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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