Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
Wendell Robert Smith
- Party
- Democratic-Farmer-Labor
- Running for
- U.S. House · Minnesota District 8
- Filing address
- Virginia, MN (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- SMITH, WENDELL ROBERT
- Next election
- Primary August 11, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Minnesota, District 8
FEC candidate ID H6MN08187 · Principal campaign committee: WENDELL SMITH FOR CONGRESS
2025–2026 cycle totals through June 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$3,415.00100%
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$2,165.0063%
- Contributions over $200$1,250.0037%
- Itemized from inside Minnesota$1,450.00100%
- Itemized from other states$0.000%
FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history appears here after the next data refresh with FEC report data.
The race
Minnesota U.S. House, District 8, 2026 · 10 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Robert Smith (D) | $3,415.00 | $1,384.21 | 2026-06-30 |
| Peter Allen Stauber (R) | $2,566,760.29 | $1,086,286.90 | 2026-10-14 |
| Trina Swanson (D) | $727,329.66 | $176,815.90 | 2026-10-14 |
| Luke Gulbranson (D) | $218,718.41 | $522.78 | 2026-09-30 |
| Chad McKenna (D) | $27,881.21 | $399.93 | 2026-10-14 |
| Emanuel Anastos (D) | $5,915.00 | $46.94 | 2026-06-30 |
| Cyle Cramer (D) | $4,515.00 | $3,211.37 | 2026-06-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
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: WENDELL SMITH 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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