Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Laura Gillen

Official portrait of Laura Gillen
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for New York’s 4th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Rockville Centre, NY
Born
1969
In Congress
House since 2025 · 1 year in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
GILLEN, LAURA
Next election
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of New York with the current district highlighted

New York, District 4

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

DemocraticU.S. House · New York District 4ChallengerLost the general election (48.2%)

FEC candidate ID H2NY04244 · Principal campaign committee: GILLEN FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · New York District 4$6,221,631.04General-election nominee
2021–2022U.S. House · New York District 4$1,832,377.75Lost the general election (48.2%)
Total raised$1,832,377.75
Total spent$1,822,130.79
Cash on hand$10,246.96
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

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: $1,196,781.87PACs and other committees: $430,110.72Party committees: $5,000.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $114,282.16Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $86,203.00
  • Individual contributions$1,196,781.8765%
  • PACs and other committees$430,110.7223%
  • Party committees$5,000.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$114,282.166%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$86,203.005%

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

121 committees reported giving $435,117.00 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 Laura Gillen$416,305.57
  • Independent expenditures opposing Laura Gillen$1,474,171.32
  • Company and union communications to members about Laura Gillen$2,039.05

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

New York U.S. House, District 4, 2022 · 9 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Laura Gillen (D)$1,832,377.75$10,246.962022-12-31
Anthony P Desposito (R)$1,325,986.26$22,466.672022-12-31
Kathleen Rice (D)$547,491.06$15,417.092022-12-31
Keith Corbett (D)$417,860.32$946.652022-12-31
William Staniford (R)$274,217.21$1,880.442022-12-31
Carri㉠Solages (D)$217,038.00−$5,044.832022-12-31
Siela Bynoe (D)$120,040.00$34,762.002022-12-31
Kevin Bryan Shakil (D)$71,344.04$608.242022-12-31
Muzibul Huq (D)$63,744.35−$5,413.442022-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Inside ElectionsTilt DNovember 3, 2022
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean DOctober 19, 2022
  • Politicorowspan="3"November 3, 2022
  • RCPJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsNovember 1, 2022
  • DDHQLean DOctober 20, 2022
  • FiveThirtyEightLikely DJune 30, 2022
  • The EconomistLikely DSeptember 28, 2022

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
McLaughlin & Associates (R)March 3–6, 2022300 (LV)± 5.7%Laura Gillen 36% · Anthony D'Esposito 48%
McLaughlin & Associates (R)March 3–6, 2022300 (LV)± 5.7%Generic Democrat 33% · Generic Republican 55%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New York (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: GILLEN 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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