Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Dale W. Strong

Official portrait of Dale W. Strong
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Alabama’s 5th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Huntsville, AL
Born
1970
In Congress
House since 2023 · 3 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
STRONG, DALE WHITNEY
Next election
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Alabama with the current district highlighted

Alabama, District 5

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

RepublicanU.S. House · Alabama District 5ChallengerWon the general election (67.09%)

FEC candidate ID H2AL05102 · Principal campaign committee: DALE STRONG FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Alabama District 5$1,775,618.30General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Alabama District 5$1,301,231.26Won the general election (95.4%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Alabama District 5$1,994,353.59Won the general election (67.09%)
Total raised$1,994,353.59
Total spent$1,975,308.27
Cash on hand$19,045.32
Debts owed by the campaign$240,000.00
Loans from the candidate$240,000.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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: $1,393,769.91PACs and other committees: $360,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $240,000.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $583.68
  • Individual contributions$1,393,769.9170%
  • PACs and other committees$360,000.0018%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$240,000.0012%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$583.680%

Self-funding: $240,000.00 (12% of money raised): $0.00 given and $240,000.00 lent by the candidate.

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

97 committees reported giving $357,550.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. 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 Dale Whitney Strong$429,762.33
  • Independent expenditures opposing Dale Whitney Strong$491,901.72
  • Company and union communications to members about Dale Whitney Strong$398.26

FEC totals for the 2022 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

Alabama U.S. House, District 5, 2022 · 9 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Dale Whitney Strong (R)$1,994,353.59$19,045.322022-12-31
Mo Brooks (R)$3,615,102.95$1,968.662022-12-31
Casey Wardynski (R)$777,338.34$0.002022-08-02
John Roberts (R)$167,173.32$0.002022-08-31
Kathy L Warner-Stanton (D)$85,150.00$195.032022-11-28
Paul Sanford (R)$70,308.97$0.002022-12-31
Kevin Andrew Blalock (R)$51,494.96$2,239.222022-05-24
Charles Thompson (AL)$35,028.56$133.432022-06-30
Harrison Gage Woodard Wright (R)$811.00$0.002022-07-21

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RNovember 5, 2021
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RNovember 22, 2021
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RNovember 11, 2021
  • PoliticoSolid RApril 5, 2022
  • RCPSafe RJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsSolid RJuly 11, 2022
  • DDHQSolid RJuly 20, 2022
  • 538Solid RJune 30, 2022
  • The EconomistSafe RSeptember 7, 2022

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama (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: DALE STRONG 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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