Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
Teresa Benitez-Thompson
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · Nevada District 2
- Filing address
- Washington, DC (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- BENITEZ-THOMPSON, TERESA
- Next election
- Primary June 9, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Nevada, District 2
FEC candidate ID H6NV02362 · Principal campaign committee: ELECT TERESA
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$674,507.8385%
- PACs and other committees$95,969.5912%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$20,000.003%
Self-funding: $20,000.00 (3% of money raised): $0.00 given and $20,000.00 lent by the candidate. $20,000.00 of loans repaid so far.
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$154,813.8352%
- Contributions over $200$145,727.0048%
- Itemized from inside Nevada$137,119.0087%
- Itemized from other states$19,600.0013%
Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $11,600.00. 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
Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand
PAC and committee contributors
15 committees reported giving $48,850.00 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.
- UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAW Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SUPPORTERS OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL UNION #3 ENDORSED CANDIDATES Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC (OB-GYN PAC) Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- CHC BOLD PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ALL FOR OUR COUNTRY LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SMART SOLUTIONS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,600.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BEAT THE ODDS PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- DEMOCRATS TIME IN NEVADALeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BLUE NEVADA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MORGAN WADSWORTH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$250.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Teresa Benitez-Thompson$10.00
- Independent expenditures opposing Teresa Benitez-Thompson$82,334.23
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.
- SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSupporting$10.00
The race
Nevada U.S. House, District 2, 2026 · 22 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teresa Benitez-Thompson (D) | $790,477.42 | $230,699.43 | 2026-09-30 |
| David Flippo (R) | $2,934,107.53 | $161,162.06 | 2026-10-14 |
| Greg Kidd (D) | $1,232,973.81 | $4,046.92 | 2026-09-30 |
| Mark Eugene Amodei (R) | $525,367.70 | $326,351.16 | 2026-09-30 |
| James Arnold Settelmeyer (R) | $460,999.26 | $24,519.16 | 2026-09-30 |
| Matthew William Fonken (D) | $96,420.73 | −$277.37 | 2026-09-30 |
| Kathy L Durham (D) | $68,339.41 | $0.00 | 2026-07-14 |
| Mike Smith (R) | $46,544.48 | $190.72 | 2026-10-22 |
| George Forbush (R) | $36,819.39 | −$66.92 | 2026-09-30 |
| Joshua Russell Hebert (D) | $19,731.66 | $7,902.31 | 2026-09-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBAO (D) | August 31 – September 3, 2026 | 500 (LV) | David Flippo 37% · Teresa Benitez-Thompson 38% · Lynn Chapman 14% | |
| Strategies 360 | August 22–26, 2026 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | David Flippo 45% · Teresa Benitez-Thompson 42% · Lynn Chapman 7% |
| GBAO (D) | August 31 – September 3, 2026 | 500 (LV) | Generic Republican 48% · Generic Democrat 42% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada (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: ELECT TERESA.
- 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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