Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Dan Helmer

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Virginia District 7
Filing address
Fairfax Station, VA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
HELMER, DAN
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 7

DemocraticU.S. House · Virginia District 7ChallengerWithdrawn

FEC candidate ID H6VA07247 · Principal campaign committee: HELMER FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$851,974.84
Total spent$588,571.90
Cash on hand$263,402.94
Debts owed by the campaign$1,776.41
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: $800,974.84PACs and other committees: $51,000.00
  • Individual contributions$800,974.8494%
  • PACs and other committees$51,000.006%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$113,626.4814%
  • Contributions over $200$692,618.3686%
  • Itemized from inside Virginia$253,315.0436%
  • Itemized from other states$444,654.3264%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: District of Columbia $89,213.32 · New York $74,416.00 · Maryland $70,387.00 · California $44,089.00 · Florida $32,734.00. 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

$642K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $642,313.79APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $69,111.74JULY QUARTERLY: raised $206,937.05JULY QUARTERLY: spent $444,532.29OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $2,724.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $74,927.872026-032026-062026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

9 committees reported giving $30,500.00 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.

The race

Virginia U.S. House, District 7, 2026 · 23 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Dan Helmer (D)$851,974.84$263,402.942026-09-30
Yevgeny 'Eugene' Vindman (D)$16,339,249.68$5,225,595.462026-10-14
Dorothy McAuliffe (D)$1,256,356.93$9,338.262026-09-30
Joseph Patrick Cooney (D)$641,664.56$143,411.422026-10-14
Tara Anne Durant (R)$392,489.05$94,873.582026-09-30
Douglas Ollivant (R)$389,127.17$109,216.152026-10-14
John Gray (R)$237,671.23$0.002026-08-31
Joseph Schiarizzi (D)$203,938.56$0.002026-06-30
Philip A. Harding (R)$141,405.56$11,306.352026-09-30
Adele McClure (D)$84,809.66$5,647.852026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLikely DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportLikely DMay 8, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsLikely DMay 21, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely DMay 8, 2026

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

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: HELMER FOR CONGRESS.
  • 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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