Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Richard William Painter

Party
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Running for
U.S. House · Minnesota District 1
Filing address
Mendota Heights, MN (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
PAINTER, RICHARD WILLIAM
Next election
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Minnesota with the 2022 district highlighted

Minnesota, District 1

Democratic-Farmer-LaborU.S. House · Minnesota District 1Open seatRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID H2MN01231 · Principal campaign committee: RICHARD PAINTER FOR US CONGRESS

Total raised$50,383.42
Total spent$50,383.41
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through June 30, 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: $49,317.72PACs and other committees: $1,000.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $65.70
  • Individual contributions$49,317.7298%
  • PACs and other committees$1,000.002%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$65.700%

Raised and spent over time

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

The race

Minnesota U.S. House, District 1, 2022 · 13 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Richard William Painter (D)$50,383.42$0.002022-06-30
Jeffrey M. Ettinger (D)$2,592,366.71$9,730.902022-12-31
Brad Finstad (R)$1,500,243.97$264.532022-12-31
James Hagedorn (R)$1,119,825.62$133,175.252022-12-31
Jennifer Carnahan (R)$498,486.62−$2.202022-12-31
Jeremy Munson (R)$407,950.87$2,827.412022-12-31
Matthew L. Benda (R)$243,137.84$0.002022-06-03
Nels Pierson (R)$117,505.00$0.002022-09-30
Rick Devoe (D)$54,171.00$4,808.982022-05-04
Kevin Kocina (R)$28,476.00$0.002022-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
SurveyUSAOctober 20–23, 2022563 (LV)± 3.0%Brad Finstad 46% · Jeff Ettinger 37% · Richard Reisdorf 6%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota (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: RICHARD PAINTER FOR US CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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