Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past 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
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 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 5IncumbentLost the general election (52.6%)

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$2,078,148.04
Total spent$1,605,007.59
Cash on hand$1,029,607.42
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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: $1,299,575.55PACs and other committees: $667,029.06Party committees: $10,369.46Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $85,625.99Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $15,547.98
  • Individual contributions$1,299,575.5563%
  • PACs and other committees$667,029.0632%
  • Party committees$10,369.460%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$85,625.994%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$15,547.981%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

213 committees reported giving $657,152.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. 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 Jahana Hayes$5,051.90
  • Independent expenditures opposing Jahana Hayes$35,047.89
  • Company and union communications to members about Jahana Hayes$381.07

FEC totals for the 2020 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, 2020 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Jahana Hayes (D)$2,078,148.04$1,029,607.422020-12-31
David Xavier Sullivan (R)$430,195.32$24.882020-12-31
Ryan Meehan (R)$45,677.14$0.002020-09-30
Robert Finley Hyde (R)$28,165.96$0.002020-05-22
Ruben Rodriguez (R)$3,782.54$0.002020-05-02

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe DJuly 2, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe DJune 2, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJuly 2, 2020
  • PoliticoLikely DOctober 11, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe DJune 3, 2020
  • RCPSafe DOctober 24, 2020
  • NiskanenSafe DJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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