Claire Valdez

Where the money comes from

• Individual contributions$1,692,287.9389%
• PACs and other committees$109,550.006%
• Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$82,317.134%
• Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$9,601.951%

Individual money

• Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$727,346.4443%
• Contributions over $200$960,171.1057%
• Itemized from inside New York$662,805.7464%
• Itemized from other states$365,896.0336%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $121,379.00 · New Jersey $44,277.00 · Texas $26,157.69 · Florida $22,351.54 · District of Columbia $22,313.50. 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

19 committees reported giving $64,677.00 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.

• PROGRESSIVE VOTERS OF AMERICALeadership PAC$10,000.00
• 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
• INT'L UNION OF BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
• CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
• JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
• COURAGE TO CHANGELeadership PAC$5,000.00
• LEADERS WE DESERVEHybrid PAC$5,000.00
• CHRISTOPHER STREET PROJECT PAC (CSP PAC)Hybrid PAC$5,000.00
• INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
• PEACE, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND LEADERSHIP PACHybrid PAC$3,500.00
• AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
• FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
• AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR MIDDLE EAST RIGHTS - MIDDLE EAST RIGHTS & INTEGRITY PAC (ACMER MERIT PAC)PAC$1,750.00
• HOBBS STRAUS TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY DEFENSE PACPAC$1,500.00
• SUNRISE PACHybrid PAC$1,427.00
• COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
• PAC FOR GOODLeadership PAC$1,000.00
• NOT SO OLD FASHIONED PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
• INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENGINEERS LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION ACTION PROGRAM-POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$500.00

Outside spending

• Independent expenditures supporting Claire Valdez$1,242,663.99
• Independent expenditures opposing Claire Valdez$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.

• AMERICAN PRIORITIES (AP)Supporting$427,875.00
• NEW YORKERS FOR LOWER COSTSSupporting$357,242.00
• JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PACSupporting$278,500.00
• LEADERS WE DESERVESupporting$175,000.00
• CHRISTOPHER STREET PROJECT PAC (CSP PAC)Supporting$3,300.00
• EMGAGE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEESupporting$746.00

The race

New York U.S. House, District 7, 2026 · 15 registered candidates

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 DSeptember 18, 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 New York (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.