Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Shannon Leigh Taylor

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Virginia District 1
Filing address
Midlothian, VA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
TAYLOR, SHANNON LEIGH
Next election
Primary August 4, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Virginia with the 2026 district highlighted

Virginia, District 1

DemocraticU.S. House · Virginia District 1ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6VA01299 · Principal campaign committee: SHANNON TAYLOR FOR VA

Total raised$4,604,761.22
Total spent$4,006,026.95
Cash on hand$598,734.27
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
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: $3,606,006.93PACs and other committees: $614,742.62Party committees: $10,245.64Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $362,233.58Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $11,532.45
  • Individual contributions$3,606,006.9378%
  • PACs and other committees$614,742.6213%
  • Party committees$10,245.640%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$362,233.588%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$11,532.450%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$724,557.6134%
  • Contributions over $200$1,402,342.1166%
  • Itemized from inside Virginia$786,675.7754%
  • Itemized from other states$665,550.9546%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Massachusetts $116,792.68 · California $114,087.21 · New York $93,341.77 · Maryland $65,216.20 · District of Columbia $57,500.64. 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

$2.2M$0 OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $362,407.92OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $35,754.34YEAR-END: raised $403,910.38YEAR-END: spent $249,596.36APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $533,721.74APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $192,433.82JULY QUARTERLY: raised $754,466.88JULY QUARTERLY: spent $395,422.12PRE-PRIMARY: raised $86,473.20PRE-PRIMARY: spent $263,546.02OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $2,051,990.26OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $2,164,907.232025-092025-122026-032026-062026-072026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

102 committees reported giving $387,108.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Shannon Leigh Taylor$421,687.28
  • Independent expenditures opposing Shannon Leigh Taylor$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.

The race

Virginia U.S. House, District 1, 2026 · 14 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Shannon Leigh Taylor (D)$4,604,761.22$598,734.272026-10-14
Robert J. Wittman (R)$5,432,689.32$797,346.032026-10-14
Jason Knapp (D)$612,015.50$6,025.342026-09-30
Ata-Ul-Salaam Bhatti (D)$330,090.11$10,607.292026-09-30
Melvin Tull (D)$293,544.95$0.002026-09-30
Lisa Vedernikova Khanna (D)$277,648.13$0.002026-01-30
Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs (D)$198,744.34$0.002026-09-28
Sean Sublette (D)$66,110.85$0.002025-12-08
Andrew Lucchetti (D)$57,728.39$0.002025-08-22
Amanda Pohl (D)$51,417.71$0.002026-02-27

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
The Washington Post/SSPGSeptember 23–28, 2026609 (LV)±4.5%Rob Wittman 46% · Shannon Taylor 50%
DCCC Targeting Team (D)September 15–17, 2026519 (LV)± 4.3%Rob Wittman 47% · Shannon Taylor 46%
Public Policy Polling (D)August 8–9, 2025541 (RV)± 4.2%Rob Wittman 41% · Shannon Taylor 40%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia (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: SHANNON TAYLOR FOR VA.
  • 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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