Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Chris Shea

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Connecticut District 5
Filing address
Cheshire, CT (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
SHEA, CHRIS
Next election
Primary August 11, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Connecticut with the 2026 district highlighted

Connecticut, District 5

RepublicanU.S. House · Connecticut District 5ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6CT05231 · Principal campaign committee: CHRIS SHEA FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$465,963.04
Total spent$412,194.61
Cash on hand$53,768.43
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
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: $373,193.11PACs and other committees: $27,233.53Party committees: $999.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $600.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $63,937.40
  • Individual contributions$373,193.1180%
  • PACs and other committees$27,233.536%
  • Party committees$999.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$600.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$63,937.4014%

Self-funding: $600.00 (0% of money raised): $600.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$99,633.1330%
  • Contributions over $200$234,456.3870%
  • Itemized from inside Connecticut$140,661.5059%
  • Itemized from other states$99,002.5241%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Florida $42,321.69 · Texas $8,489.35 · Virginia $7,447.16. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

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

Raised and spent over time

$192K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $163,323.04APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $24,219.93PRE-CONVENTION: raised $33,884.36PRE-CONVENTION: spent $54,560.57JULY QUARTERLY: raised $104,379.44JULY QUARTERLY: spent $55,345.93PRE-PRIMARY: raised $10,088.98PRE-PRIMARY: spent $31,932.56OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $119,293.64OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $192,149.572026-032026-042026-062026-072026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

8 committees reported giving $18,750.00 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.

The race

Connecticut U.S. House, District 5, 2026 · 7 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Chris Shea (R)$465,963.04$53,768.432026-10-14
Jahana Hayes (D)$1,716,462.12$1,136,297.072026-10-14
Michele Botelho (R)$56,496.71$0.002026-06-05
Jonathan De Barros (R)$28,742.28$774.352026-09-30
John Anthony Bucciarelli III (R)$500.00−$50.002026-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DSeptember 25, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DJanuary 15, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DJune 13, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJuly 30, 2026
  • The EconomistSafe DMay 6, 2026

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut (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: CHRIS SHEA 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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