Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Jahana Hayes

Official portrait of Jahana Hayes
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Connecticut’s 5th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Wolcott, CT
Born
1973
In Congress
House since 2019 · 7 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
HAYES, JAHANA
Next election
Primary August 11, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Connecticut with the current district highlighted

Connecticut, District 5

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Connecticut District 5IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H8CT05245 · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF JAHANA HAYES

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Connecticut District 5$1,716,462.12General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Connecticut District 5$4,218,172.13General-election nominee
2021–2022U.S. House · Connecticut District 5$2,779,884.08General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. House · Connecticut District 5$2,078,148.04Lost the general election (52.6%)
Total raised$1,716,462.12
Total spent$1,102,716.07
Cash on hand$1,136,297.07
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: $825,800.80PACs and other committees: $780,120.00Party committees: $7,741.52Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $96,771.14Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $6,028.66
  • Individual contributions$825,800.8048%
  • PACs and other committees$780,120.0045%
  • Party committees$7,741.520%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$96,771.146%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$6,028.660%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$237,181.3433%
  • Contributions over $200$487,597.8667%
  • Itemized from inside Connecticut$124,984.0023%
  • Itemized from other states$416,432.3977%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $127,607.03 · New York $74,619.35 · Massachusetts $57,227.64 · Texas $28,416.68 · Maryland $14,500.00. 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

$1.2M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $193,753.62APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $112,323.60JULY QUARTERLY: raised $245,695.75JULY QUARTERLY: spent $129,358.84OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $298,416.98OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $152,049.37YEAR-END: raised $172,788.95YEAR-END: spent $115,552.68APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $166,106.76APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $99,545.45PRE-CONVENTION: raised $27,615.72PRE-CONVENTION: spent $32,360.81JULY QUARTERLY: raised $185,700.21JULY QUARTERLY: spent $87,280.25OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $371,724.84OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $260,968.562025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea281
Voted nay379
Voted present1
Did not vote13 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored41
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored581

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10782 Clean School Bus Reauthorization Act
    Introduced Oct 9, 2026 · Latest action Oct 9, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 10393 WIC for Kids Act
    Introduced Sep 15, 2026 · Latest action Sep 15, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 9958 Head Start Expansion and Improvement Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 27, 2026 · Latest action Jul 27, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 9957 Time for Completion Act
    Introduced Jul 27, 2026 · Latest action Jul 27, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.Con.Res. 112 Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all persons of the United States, particularly persons with disabilities.
    Introduced Jul 15, 2026 · Latest action Jul 15, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Comme…
  • H.R. 9467 Green Ribbon Act of 2026
    Introduced Jun 25, 2026 · Latest action Jun 25, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 9431 Fair Telehealth Billing Act of 2026
    Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Latest action Jun 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 9245 Beginning Educator Mentorship and Retention Act
    Introduced Jun 10, 2026 · Latest action Jun 10, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 8928 Scratch Cooked Meals for Students Act
    Introduced May 20, 2026 · Latest action May 20, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 8815 Teacher Debt Relief Act
    Introduced May 14, 2026 · Latest action May 14, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

217 committees reported giving $638,311.00 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.

Show all 217 committees

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Jahana Hayes$140.34
  • Independent expenditures opposing Jahana Hayes$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

Connecticut U.S. House, District 5, 2026 · 7 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Jahana Hayes (D)$1,716,462.12$1,136,297.072026-10-14
Chris Shea (R)$465,963.04$53,768.432026-10-14
Michele Botelho (R)$56,496.71$0.002026-06-05
Jonathan De Barros (R)$28,742.28$774.352026-09-30
John Anthony Bucciarelli III (R)$500.00−$50.002026-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DSeptember 25, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DJanuary 15, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DJune 13, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJuly 30, 2026
  • The EconomistSafe DMay 6, 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 Connecticut (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: FRIENDS OF JAHANA HAYES.
  • 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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