Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Erik Osberg

Party
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Running for
U.S. House · Minnesota District 7
Filing address
Wadena, MN (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
OSBERG, ERIK
Next election
Primary August 11, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Minnesota with the 2026 district highlighted

Minnesota, District 7

Democratic-Farmer-LaborU.S. House · Minnesota District 7ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6MN07312 · Principal campaign committee: ERIK OSBERG FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$577,219.01
Total spent$450,470.81
Cash on hand$126,748.20
Debts owed by the campaign$5,173.00
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: $556,155.08PACs and other committees: $1,000.00Party committees: $1,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $19,063.74
  • Individual contributions$556,155.0896%
  • PACs and other committees$1,000.000%
  • Party committees$1,000.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$19,063.743%

Self-funding: $19,063.74 (3% of money raised): $19,063.74 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$231,938.6762%
  • Contributions over $200$142,424.4538%
  • Itemized from inside Minnesota$165,878.9293%
  • Itemized from other states$13,352.007%

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

Raised and spent over time

$207K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $18,157.14APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $4,749.32JULY QUARTERLY: raised $34,239.68JULY QUARTERLY: spent $16,129.27OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $61,594.62OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $33,354.30YEAR-END: raised $46,421.24YEAR-END: spent $18,891.61APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $51,893.60APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $43,517.18JULY QUARTERLY: raised $90,665.83JULY QUARTERLY: spent $72,066.94PRE-PRIMARY: raised $27,094.75PRE-PRIMARY: spent $26,630.87OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $206,939.65OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $198,952.722025-032025-092026-032026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

3 committees reported giving $4,500.00 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

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

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Erik Osberg (D)$577,219.01$126,748.202026-10-14
Michelle Fischbach (R)$1,673,105.11$866,361.882026-10-14
Heather Keeler (D)$62,509.80$984.362026-10-14
Dave Hughes (R)$25,957.15$416.752026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSafe RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSafe RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJuly 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 Minnesota (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: ERIK OSBERG 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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