Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle
Missy Cotter Smasal
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · Virginia District 2
- Filing address
- Virginia Beach, VA (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- COTTER SMASAL, MISSY
- Next election
- Primary June 18, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Virginia, District 2
FEC candidate ID H4VA02060 · Principal campaign committee: MISSY FOR CONGRESS
Total raised$3,250,762.89
Total spent$3,237,816.04
Cash on hand$12,946.85
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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$2,642,920.2281%
- PACs and other committees$472,099.8215%
- Party committees$10,000.000%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$124,943.874%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$798.980%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
126 committees reported giving $452,297.00 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.
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- 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$10,000.00
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- FORWARD TOGETHER PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- VOTEVETSHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- HMPHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- COMMON GROUND PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENConnected PAC$10,000.00
- DIGIDEMS PACHybrid PAC$9,900.00
- DCCCParty committee$9,258.00
- EVERGREEN PACLeadership PAC$9,000.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$7,499.00
- COMMONWEALTH PACLeadership PAC$7,000.00
- VOTE MAMAHybrid PAC$6,669.00
- BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS NOW PACHybrid PAC$6,600.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,889.00
- EMILYS LISTConnected PAC$5,021.00
- SMART TD PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
Show all 126 committees
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONPAC$5,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- BUILD AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SUPPORTING HOUSE PROBLEM SOLVERS - SHP PACPAC$5,000.00
- BACKPACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SERVE AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- MOMS FED UPPAC$5,000.00
- SERVICE FIRST PACPAC$5,000.00
- SECURING PROGRESS ACROSS OUR NATION PAC (SPAN PAC)PAC$5,000.00
- VOTE SAVE AMERICAPAC$5,000.00
- HOLD THE LINE PACPAC$5,000.00
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 400 PACPAC$5,000.00
- BEYOND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS PACLeadership PAC$4,500.00
- JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- BRIDGE THE GAP PACLeadership PAC$4,000.00
- SECURE PROGRESSHybrid PAC$4,000.00
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- CFFE PACHybrid PAC$3,300.00
- PROGRESSIVE CHOICES PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- DMFI PACHybrid PAC$3,000.00
- CAROLINA VICTORY FUNDLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S GIVING COLLECTIVE PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ACADEMY OF RAIL LABOR ATTORNEYS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,500.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SHERMAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER THROUGH ADVOCACYLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- DELBENE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MAC PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN DEFENSE AND MILITARY PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BEEPAC (BUILDING ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SCOTT PETERS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- KATHERINE CLARK FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- EQUALITY PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- PUGET PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BRITTANY PETTERSEN FOR COLORADOCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DR KIM SCHRIER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MARCH ON PACHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- COURAGEOUS LEADERSPAC$2,000.00
- VINDMAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,500.00
- EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND, INC. PAC (EVERYTOWN PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- CE4A ACTIONHybrid PAC$1,200.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, INC. PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL POSTAL MAIL HANDLERS UNION - DIVISION OF LABORERS' INT'L UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CHC BOLD PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTYConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WOLVERINE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- QUIGLEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- FRIENDS OF CHERI BUSTOSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- JULIA BROWNLEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- GRACE FOR NEW YORKCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BLUE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ROBIN KELLY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- PERIMETER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FUTURE FORUM PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- JOE NEGUSE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- KATHY MANNING FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DEMOCRACY SUMMER LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN MOSAIC PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HOPE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FIGHT FOR PROGRESS PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DEFEND THE VOTEHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- FIGHT THE RIGHT PACPAC$1,000.00
- LIFTOFF PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SPIKE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEMOCRACY ACTION NOW PACPAC$1,000.00
- FUELING INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS EVERYWHERE (FIRE) PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MCCLELLAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- STORM PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ELFRETH FOR MARYLANDCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ELECT DEMS NOW PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- REBUILD AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DULLES AREA DEMOCRATSPAC$750.00
- TRI-STATE MAXED-OUT WOMENHybrid PAC$500.00
- AMERICAN INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMI PAC)PAC$500.00
- DEMOCRATIC VALUESHybrid PAC$500.00
- ENERGIZED FOR CHANGE FEDERAL PACHybrid PAC$500.00
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE PACConnected PAC$211.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Missy Cotter Smasal$713,936.15
- Independent expenditures opposing Missy Cotter Smasal$3,179,648.81
FEC totals for the 2024 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.
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDOpposing$2,587,642.00
- STRATEGIC MAJORITY PACOpposing$592,000.00
- HMPSupporting$461,636.00
- LCV VICTORY FUNDSupporting$195,069.00
- CHESAPEAKE CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK ACTION FUNDSupporting$23,804.00
- WORKING AMERICASupporting$16,348.00
- CASA IN ACTION PACSupporting$8,199.00
- RURAL GROUNDGAME 3XSupporting$5,350.00
- PROTECT THE VOTESupporting$1,750.00
- WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PACSupporting$851.00
- MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONSupporting$711.00
- GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTIONSupporting$148.00
The race
Virginia U.S. House, District 2, 2024 · 3 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missy Cotter Smasal (D) | $3,250,762.89 | $12,946.85 | 2024-12-31 |
| Jennifer Kiggans (R) | $6,481,317.57 | $45,477.40 | 2024-12-31 |
| Jake Denton (D) | $388,964.20 | $0.00 | 2024-08-14 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCCC Analytics (D) | October 19–20, 2024 | 373 (LV) | ± 5.1% | Jen Kiggans 47% · Missy Cotter Smasal 47% |
| Christopher Newport University | October 11–20, 2024 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.9% | Jen Kiggans 46% · Missy Cotter Smasal 45% |
| Christopher Newport University | September 6–10, 2024 | 792 (LV) | ± 4.7% | Jen Kiggans 45% · Missy Cotter Smasal 40% |
| Impact Research (D) | August 20–25, 2024 | 500 (LV) | – | Jen Kiggans 48% · Missy Cotter Smasal 47% |
| DCCC Analytics (D) | May 28–30, 2024 | 420 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Jen Kiggans 48% · Missy Cotter Smasal 44% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia (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: MISSY 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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