Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
James P. McGovern
- Office
- U.S. representative for Massachusetts’s 2nd district
- Party
- Democrat
- Hometown
- Worcester, MA
- Born
- 1959
- In Congress
- House since 1997 · 29 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- MCGOVERN, JAMES P. MR.
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Massachusetts, District 2
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookYouTubeInstagramFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H4MA03022 · Principal campaign committee: RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEE
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Massachusetts District 2 | $1,013,810.25 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Massachusetts District 2 | $1,097,317.30 | Won the general election (68.6%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Massachusetts District 2 | $1,116,203.86 | Won the general election (66.2%) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Massachusetts District 2 | $1,056,341.59 | Won the general election (100%) |
Total raised$1,056,341.59
Total spent$1,093,204.78
Cash on hand$264,946.43
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$653,469.4762%
- PACs and other committees$401,568.0038%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,304.120%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Agriculture
- Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture
- House Committee on Rules Ranking Member
- Rules and Organization of the House
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
115 committees reported giving $390,555.00 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
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- UNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE 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
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONConnected PAC$10,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS 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
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- 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
- INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$7,000.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$7,000.00
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,500.00
- UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- 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$5,000.00
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- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- KING & SPALDING NONPARTISAN COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENTConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ARGENTUM'S SILVER PAC Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- NIXON PEABODY LLP PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- COVINGTON AND BURLING LLP PACPAC$5,000.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PACConnected PAC$4,500.00
- AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$4,500.00
- NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION GROCERS PAC Company pagePAC$4,500.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pagePAC$4,000.00
- MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY GROWERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SKINPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$3,000.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$3,000.00
- JSTREETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MORPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FKA ASMT/PAC)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMERICA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- UNITED POSTMASTERS AND MANAGERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL FUND (UPMA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF NURSE-MIDWIVES MIDWIVES-PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEXTILE ORGANIZATIONS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- EDUCATE AND INNOVATE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUES, INC. PAC, (MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- URGENT CARE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- PROTECTSENIORS.ORG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,493.00
- SMART TD PAC Company pagePAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION PHYSICAL THERAPY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PT-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- WINE INSTITUTE PACPAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- KIDSPACPAC$2,000.00
- HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENTPAC$2,000.00
- COSTELLO FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT AFL-CIO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TTD/PAC)Connected PAC$2,000.00
- SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SNAKE RIVER SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOS Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL POSTAL MAIL HANDLERS UNION - DIVISION OF LABORERS' INT'L UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION PAC (ESA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- O'NEILL AND ASSOCIATES PACConnected PAC$1,500.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$1,012.00
- UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AOTPAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AMERICAN BEVERAGE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FOLEY & LARDNER POLITICAL FUND, INC.Connected PAC$1,000.00
- INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ICI PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- LOCKE LORD LLP PACPAC$1,000.00
- OUTDOOR AMUSEMENT BUSINESS ASSOCIATION INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ARENT FOX LLP PAC (AFPAC)PAC$1,000.00
- ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP FEDERAL POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PROFESSIONAL AVIATION SAFETY SPECIALISTS PAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- FRATERNITY & SORORITY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NEUROSURGERYPAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL NURSES UNITED PAC - A FUND FOR A HEALTHY AMERICA Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION PAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COALITION PAC (SEEC PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICA'S ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, (ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS PAC) Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AKIN GUMP PAC)PAC$750.00
- IRISH AMERICAN DEMOCRATSConnected PAC$550.00
- ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- MORAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$500.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP PACConnected PAC$500.00
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF SLEEP MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$500.00
- NATIONAL AIR TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$250.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting James P. McGovern$69.76
- Independent expenditures opposing James P. McGovern$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.
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESSupporting$59.00
- SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSupporting$10.00
The race
Massachusetts U.S. House, District 2, 2020 · 3 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| James P. McGovern (D) | $1,056,341.59 | $264,946.43 | 2020-12-31 |
| Tracy Lyn Lovvorn (R) | $26,310.78 | $6,398.34 | 2020-12-31 |
| Summer Rae Miller (D) | $139.80 | $139.80 | 2019-09-30 |
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: RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEE.
- 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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