Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Laurel M. Lee

Official portrait of Laurel M. Lee
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Florida’s 15th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Tampa, FL
Born
1974
In Congress
House since 2023 · 3 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
LEE, LAUREL MRS.
Next election
Primary August 23, 2022 · General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Florida with the current district highlighted

Florida, District 15

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

RepublicanU.S. House · Florida District 15ChallengerWon the general election (58.5%)

FEC candidate ID H2FL15241 · Principal campaign committee: LAUREL LEE FOR CONGRESS, INC.

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Florida District 15$2,711,189.14General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Florida District 15$2,162,709.67Won the general election (56.2%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Florida District 15$1,563,092.79Won the general election (58.5%)
Total raised$1,563,092.79
Total spent$1,475,852.50
Cash on hand$87,240.29
Debts owed by the campaign$172,500.00
Loans from the candidate$165,000.00

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: $942,124.14PACs and other committees: $322,900.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $165,000.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $133,068.65
  • Individual contributions$942,124.1460%
  • PACs and other committees$322,900.0021%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$165,000.0011%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$133,068.659%

Self-funding: $165,000.00 (11% of money raised): $0.00 given and $165,000.00 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

108 committees reported giving $312,400.00 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 Laurel Lee$1,477,098.36
  • Independent expenditures opposing Laurel Lee$78,243.67
  • Company and union communications to members about Laurel Lee$14,837.97

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

Florida U.S. House, District 15, 2022 · 13 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Laurel Lee (R)$1,563,092.79$87,240.292022-12-31
Alan Cohn (D)$825,897.45$2,040.512022-12-31
Jackie Toledo (R)$599,075.58$300.292022-12-31
Eddie Geller (D)$554,201.77$7.682022-11-28
Kevin John McGovern (R)$494,083.41$3,038.892022-12-31
Demetries Andrew Cdr Usn Ret Grimes (R)$421,920.23$0.002022-09-30
Kelli Stargel (R)$360,993.00$0.002022-09-30
Dennis Ross (R)$192,471.00$0.002022-07-31
Gavin Brown (D)$26,646.00$0.002022-10-03
William Vanhorn (D)$22,297.59$3,065.452022-08-03

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLikely RApril 25, 2022
  • Inside ElectionsLikely RMay 17, 2022
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely RApril 27, 2022
  • PoliticoLikely ROctober 18, 2022
  • RCPLikely RJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsLikely RJuly 11, 2022
  • DDHQLean RAugust 29, 2022
  • 538Solid ROctober 19, 2022
  • The EconomistLikely RSeptember 28, 2022

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Alvarado Strategies (R)September 19–20, 2022352 (LV)± 5.2%Alan Cohn 34% · Laurel Lee 41%
GQR Research (D)August 24–29, 2022400 (LV)± 4.9%Alan Cohn 44% · Laurel Lee 47%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida (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: LAUREL LEE 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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