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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Patrick Thomas Roath

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Massachusetts District 8
Filing address
Jamaica Plain, MA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
ROATH, PATRICK THOMAS
Next election
Primary September 1, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Massachusetts with the 2026 district highlighted

Massachusetts, District 8

FEC page

DemocraticU.S. House · Massachusetts District 8ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6MA08307 · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF PATRICK ROATH

Total raised$1,503,557.38
Total spent$1,397,638.15
Cash on hand$105,919.23
Debts owed by the campaign$50,000.00
Loans from the candidate$50,000.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 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: $1,427,807.24PACs and other committees: $15,548.36Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $53,732.57Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $6,469.21
  • Individual contributions$1,427,807.2495%
  • PACs and other committees$15,548.361%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$53,732.574%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$6,469.210%

Self-funding: $53,732.57 (4% of money raised): $3,732.57 given and $50,000.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$348,965.5927%
  • Contributions over $200$930,546.6573%
  • Itemized from inside Massachusetts$737,699.6575%
  • Itemized from other states$247,785.0025%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $87,009.00 · California $41,775.00 · Connecticut $40,615.00 · Maryland $12,725.00 · Florida $12,250.00. 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

$459K$0 JULY QUARTERLY: raised $287,691.99JULY QUARTERLY: spent $64,086.66OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $142,789.48OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $105,025.41YEAR-END: raised $170,069.57YEAR-END: spent $131,401.01APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $288,139.81APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $178,565.83JULY QUARTERLY: raised $223,279.74JULY QUARTERLY: spent $174,118.42PRE-PRIMARY: raised $168,259.22PRE-PRIMARY: spent $407,210.25OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $223,327.57OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $337,230.572025-062025-122026-062026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

4 committees reported giving $13,123.00 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 Patrick Thomas Roath$279,011.55
  • Independent expenditures opposing Patrick Thomas Roath$0.00

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

Massachusetts U.S. House, District 8, 2026 · 7 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Patrick Thomas Roath (D)$1,503,557.38$105,919.232026-09-30
Stephen Lynch (D)$1,052,702.73$493,968.792026-10-14
Michael Hammond (I)$1,800.00$0.002026-06-30
Robert G. Burke (08)$1,525.00−$16,965.602026-09-30
Andrew 'Aj' Zylberfink (D)$1,261.13−$118.002026-03-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJuly 15, 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 Massachusetts (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: FRIENDS OF PATRICK ROATH.
  • 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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