Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Leela J Gray

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Florida District 13
Filing address
St Petersburg, FL (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
GRAY, LEELA J
Next election
Primary August 18, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Florida with the 2026 district highlighted

Florida, District 13

DemocraticU.S. House · Florida District 13ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6FL13312 · Principal campaign committee: LEELA J GRAY FOR CONGRESS INC

Total raised$2,917,664.89
Total spent$2,261,242.12
Cash on hand$656,422.77
Debts owed by the campaign$7,000.00
Loans from the candidate$7,000.00

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: $2,469,263.52PACs and other committees: $307,834.05Party committees: $322.03Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $7,115.20Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $126,646.55Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $6,483.54
  • Individual contributions$2,469,263.5285%
  • PACs and other committees$307,834.0511%
  • Party committees$322.030%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$7,115.200%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$126,646.554%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$6,483.540%

Self-funding: $7,115.20 (0% of money raised): $115.20 given and $7,000.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$433,782.6932%
  • Contributions over $200$913,585.3268%
  • Itemized from inside Florida$659,648.5070%
  • Itemized from other states$282,476.5730%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $61,700.00 · Massachusetts $35,150.00 · California $29,525.00 · Maryland $25,500.00 · Texas $23,025.00. 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

$1.4M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $564,999.77APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $64,764.82JULY QUARTERLY: raised $519,672.46JULY QUARTERLY: spent $254,764.77PRE-PRIMARY: raised $138,397.20PRE-PRIMARY: spent $220,244.37OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,344,203.88OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $1,426,997.492026-032026-062026-072026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

38 committees reported giving $115,550.00 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.

Show all 38 committees

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Leela J Gray$66,188.63
  • Independent expenditures opposing Leela J Gray$200,000.00

FEC totals for the 2026 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

Florida U.S. House, District 13, 2026 · 15 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Leela J Gray (D)$2,917,664.89$656,422.772026-10-14
Anna Paulina Luna (R)$4,351,791.83$746,955.172026-10-14
Earle Ford (D)$689,951.44−$10,737.842026-09-30
Timothy Brandt Robinson (D)$111,373.69$7,619.792026-09-30
Tony C D'Arrigo (I)$28,180.90$25,680.902026-06-30
John William Liccione (D)$16,695.25$0.002026-09-30
Reginald Paros (D)$15,863.96$0.002025-12-31
Karla Kemp (D)$10,638.58$706.612026-09-30
John T Fay (D)$3,729.67−$266.502026-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLikely RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportLean RSeptember 25, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsLean ROctober 1, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely RApril 10, 2025
  • The EconomistLikely RMay 6, 2026

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Public Policy Polling (D)October 14–15, 2026603 (LV)–Anna Paulina Luna 46% · Leela Gray 47%
Hart Research Associates (D)August 25–27, 2026500 (LV)± 4.4%Anna Paulina Luna 46% · Leela Gray 51%
Fabrizio, Lee & Associates (R)August 4–6, 2026400 (LV)± 4.9%Anna Paulina Luna 49% · Leela Gray 41%
GQR (D)August 4–6, 2026500 (LV)± 4.38%Anna Paulina Luna 47% · Leela Gray 44%
Public Policy Polling (D)May 19–20, 2026616 (RV)± 4.0%Anna Paulina Luna 41% · Leela Gray 39%
Hart Research Associates (D)August 25–27, 2026500 (LV)± 4.4%Generic Republican 44% · Generic Democrat 49%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida (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: LEELA J GRAY FOR CONGRESS INC.
  • 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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