Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Stephen F. Lynch
- Office
- U.S. representative for Massachusetts’s 8th district
- Party
- Democrat
- Hometown
- South Boston, MA
- Born
- 1955
- In Congress
- House since 2001 · 24 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- LYNCH, STEPHEN
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Massachusetts, District 8
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookYouTubeInstagramFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H2MA09072 · Principal campaign committee: STEPHEN LYNCH FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Massachusetts District 8 | $1,052,702.73 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Massachusetts District 8 | $710,123.92 | Won the general election (70.4%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Massachusetts District 8 | $962,334.32 | Won the general election (69.7%) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Massachusetts District 8 | $911,202.10 | Won the general election (100%) |
Total raised$911,202.10
Total spent$1,140,250.06
Cash on hand$1,213,384.35
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$394,251.0443%
- PACs and other committees$497,000.0055%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$19,951.062%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Financial Services
- Capital Markets
- Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence Ranking Member
- Financial Institutions
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Delivering on Government Efficiency
- Military and Foreign Affairs
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
130 committees reported giving $458,512.00 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.
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)Connected PAC$10,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$10,000.00
- MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$9,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$9,500.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$9,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY - PAC Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- NATIONAL POSTAL MAIL HANDLERS UNION - DIVISION OF LABORERS' INT'L UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS POLITICAL ACTION COMM Company pagePAC$7,000.00
- NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND Company pageConnected PAC$7,000.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$7,000.00
- SOUTHWEST AIRLINES PILOTS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SWAPA PAC)Connected PAC$6,500.00
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INT'L UNION OF BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
Show all 130 committees
- UNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GEPAC)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY VOLUNTARY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PITNEY BOWES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- FMR LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL (FIDELITY PAC)PAC$5,000.00
- INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$4,500.00
- EXPERIAN NORTH AMERICA, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EXPERIAN PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$4,500.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (USA) FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION ILA-COPE Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- COSTELLO FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$4,000.00
- SUN LIFE FINANCIAL (U.S.) SERVICES COMPANY INC PAC SUN LIFE PAC Company pagePAC$4,000.00
- CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CITIZENS PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- CHUBB GROUP HOLDINGS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- LPL FINANCIAL LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (LPL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GDC PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT AFL-CIO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TTD/PAC)Connected PAC$3,000.00
- PROFESSIONAL AVIATION SAFETY SPECIALISTS PAC Company pagePAC$3,000.00
- STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (STATE FARM FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- MASTERS, MATES AND PILOTS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- UNITED POSTMASTERS AND MANAGERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL FUND (UPMA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- EVERSOURCE ENERGY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EVERSOURCEPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NECAPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AIRCRAFT OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BBVA USA BANCSHARES, INC. PACPAC$2,500.00
- BAKER & HOSTETLER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ZURICH HOLDING COMPANY OF AMERICA INC. COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT (Z-PAC, ZURICH PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- DISTRICT NO. 1-PCD, MARINE ENGINEERS' BENEFICIAL ASSOC. - POLITICAL ACTION FUND (MEBA-PAF) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SURETY BOND PRODUCERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SURETYPAC) Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MCA-PAC)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- NASDAQ, INC. PAC (NASDAQ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ROCK HOLDINGS INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- FINANCIAL SERVICES INSTITUTE PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- EDUCATE AND INNOVATE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- THE SURETY & FIDELITY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- HALLMARK CARDS PAC Company pagePAC$2,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- EMPLOYEES OF RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,000.00
- HOYER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY FEDERAL PACPAC$2,000.00
- SIEMENS CORPORATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- THE TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (T-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- MASSACHUSETTS BIOTECHNOLOGY COUNCIL INC. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS PAC/ INTN'L UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS (NEC PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- BRIAN HIGGINS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- INVESTMENT ADVISER ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IAA-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED EMPLOYEES PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AKIN GUMP PAC)PAC$1,500.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- K&L GATES LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DC)Connected PAC$1,500.00
- ZENECA. INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AZPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA-COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION - SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NA-AGLIW Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION PHYSICAL THERAPY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PT-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BIPARTISAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE/THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION BIPAC/BNYMCConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN MARITIME OFFICERS VOLUNTARY POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BMS PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL GRID USA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CNA FINANCIAL CORPORATION CITIZENS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENTPAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN ROAD & TRANSPORTATION BUILDERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA - PRUDENTIAL FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GENENTECH INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AHOLD DELHAIZE USA, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MASSACHUSETTS BANKERS PAC-FEDERAL FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BEST 4 AMERICAConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CALFEE FUND FOR GOOD GOVERNMENTConnected PAC$1,000.00
- EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC. EMPLOYEES PAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMERIPRISEPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BLACKROCK FUNDS SERVICES GROUP LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE/THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION-FEDERAL(BNY MELLON-FED)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- THE HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. FEDERAL PAC (AKA HARTFORD ADVOCATES FEDERAL FUND) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT ATTENDANTS (APFA PAC) POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$500.00
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF SLEEP MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$500.00
- SUNOVION PHARMACEUTICALS INC. GOOD GOVERNANCE FUNDConnected PAC$500.00
- TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE TEPAC Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$12.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Stephen Lynch$4,916.66
- Independent expenditures opposing Stephen Lynch$35,325.00
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 COMMITTEE FOR ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTHCAREOpposing$35,325.00
- MASSACHUSETTS NURSES ASSOCIATIONSupporting$4,916.00
The race
Massachusetts U.S. House, District 8, 2020 · 4 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Lynch (D) | $911,202.10 | $1,213,384.35 | 2020-12-31 |
| Robbie Goldstein (D) | $593,012.33 | $1,472.18 | 2020-12-31 |
| Brianna Wu (D) | $281,958.33 | $0.00 | 2020-09-30 |
| Mohammad Dar (D) | $192,106.13 | $479.00 | 2020-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts (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: STEPHEN LYNCH 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.
TerraCivic shows public filings without scores, grades or judgments about any candidate.
Federal law prohibits using information copied from FEC reports to solicit contributions or for commercial purposes. Do not use TerraCivic for fundraising, donor prospecting, or contact lists. TerraCivic shows no individual contributor names, addresses, employers or amounts. Data use & privacy