Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

James Hayes

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 12
Filing address
Pittsburgh, PA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
HAYES, JAMES DR.
Next election
Primary May 19, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Pennsylvania with the 2026 district highlighted

Pennsylvania, District 12

RepublicanU.S. House · Pennsylvania District 12ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H4PA12068 · Principal campaign committee: JAMES HAYES FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 12$80,533.61General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 12$136,244.75General-election nominee
Total raised$80,533.61
Total spent$69,945.59
Cash on hand$11,273.53
Debts owed by the campaign$12,253.08
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, 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: $74,483.61PACs and other committees: $5,775.00Party committees: $250.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $25.00
  • Individual contributions$74,483.6192%
  • PACs and other committees$5,775.007%
  • Party committees$250.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$25.000%

Self-funding: $25.00 (0% of money raised): $25.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$17,270.6144%
  • Contributions over $200$22,300.0056%
  • Itemized from inside Pennsylvania$21,830.0096%
  • Itemized from other states$1,000.004%

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$32K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $350.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $325.00JULY QUARTERLY: raised $3,060.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $91.17OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,675.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $189.95YEAR-END: raised $5,801.00YEAR-END: spent $2,778.01APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $13,854.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $3,500.13PRE-PRIMARY: raised $2,366.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $9,353.25JULY QUARTERLY: raised $13,032.76JULY QUARTERLY: spent $15,065.37OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $24,751.85OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $31,795.432025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $1,000.00 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.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting James Hayes$22.95
  • Independent expenditures opposing James Hayes$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

The race

Pennsylvania U.S. House, District 12, 2026 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
James Hayes (R)$80,533.61$11,273.532026-10-14
Summer Lee (D)$1,630,367.66$1,713,225.122026-10-14
Adam Robert Forgie (D)$27,800.60$0.002026-06-30
William Parker (D)$20,010.00$1,118.732026-04-29
Leonard Benson Fechter (R)$17,476.88$6,805.202025-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DSeptember 11, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DSeptember 11, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DApril 10, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania (retrieved October 22, 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: JAMES HAYES FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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