Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Steny H. Hoyer

Official portrait of Steny H. Hoyer
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Maryland’s 5th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Mechanicsville, MD
Born
1939
In Congress
House since 1981 · 45 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
HOYER, STENY
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Maryland with the current district highlighted

Maryland, District 5

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

DemocraticU.S. House · Maryland District 5IncumbentWon the general election (68.8%)

FEC candidate ID H2MD05155 · Principal campaign committee: HOYER FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Maryland District 5$402,850.78Not running (declined to run)
2023–2024U.S. House · Maryland District 5$1,756,898.25Won the general election (67.75%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Maryland District 5$3,924,349.55Won the general election (65.9%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Maryland District 5$4,608,825.11Won the general election (68.8%)
Total raised$4,608,825.11
Total spent$4,363,890.74
Cash on hand$879,066.75
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: $1,208,607.46PACs and other committees: $2,804,040.00Party committees: $51.86Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $577,435.07Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $18,690.72
  • Individual contributions$1,208,607.4626%
  • PACs and other committees$2,804,040.0061%
  • Party committees$51.860%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$577,435.0713%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$18,690.720%

Raised and spent over time

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

Committees

  • House Committee on Appropriations
    • Financial Services and General Government Ranking Member
    • Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
    • Legislative Branch

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

506 committees reported giving $2,831,788.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Steny Hoyer$3,959.76
  • Independent expenditures opposing Steny Hoyer$0.00

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 race

Maryland U.S. House, District 5, 2020 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Steny Hoyer (D)$4,608,825.11$879,066.752020-12-31
McKayla Wilkes (D)$444,238.97$0.002020-11-23
Christopher Palombi (R)$47,061.87$1,366.492020-12-31
Briana Urbina (D)$21,694.01−$147.682020-12-31
Lee Havis (R)$8,396.00$882.412020-12-31
Douglas Millard Sayers (R)$6,236.75$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 Maryland (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: HOYER 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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