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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Dave Hughes

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Minnesota District 7
Filing address
Karlstad, MN (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
HUGHES, DAVE
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

FEC page

RepublicanU.S. House · Minnesota District 7ChallengerRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID H6MN07346 · Principal campaign committee: DAVE HUGHES FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$25,957.15
Total spent$25,540.40
Cash on hand$416.75
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

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: $21,376.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $4,581.15
  • Individual contributions$21,376.0082%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$4,581.1518%

Self-funding: $4,581.15 (18% of money raised): $4,581.15 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$2,626.0012%
  • Contributions over $200$18,750.0088%
  • Itemized from inside Minnesota$18,150.0096%
  • Itemized from other states$750.004%

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

Raised and spent over time

$23K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $23,051.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $5,756.94JULY QUARTERLY: raised $2,906.15JULY QUARTERLY: spent $19,762.46OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $0.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $21.002026-032026-062026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

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

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

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: DAVE HUGHES FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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