Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Pete Stauber

Official portrait of Pete Stauber
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Minnesota’s 8th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Hermantown, MN
Born
1966
In Congress
House since 2019 · 7 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
STAUBER, PETER ALLEN
Next election
Primary August 11, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Minnesota with the current district highlighted

Minnesota, District 8

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

RepublicanU.S. House · Minnesota District 8IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H8MN08043 · Principal campaign committee: PETE STAUBER FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Minnesota District 8$2,566,760.29General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Minnesota District 8$2,276,284.45Won the general election (58%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Minnesota District 8$2,485,203.09Won the general election (57.2%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Minnesota District 8$2,602,490.35Won the general election (56.7%)
Total raised$2,566,760.29
Total spent$2,008,966.94
Cash on hand$1,086,286.90
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: $1,070,438.02PACs and other committees: $1,218,709.59Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $212,017.03Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $65,595.65
  • Individual contributions$1,070,438.0242%
  • PACs and other committees$1,218,709.5947%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$212,017.038%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$65,595.653%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$189,104.0718%
  • Contributions over $200$883,563.2682%
  • Itemized from inside Minnesota$569,692.5363%
  • Itemized from other states$337,485.8737%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Texas $104,214.88 · Florida $34,410.00 · California $30,500.00 · District of Columbia $28,500.00 · Virginia $27,333.33. 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 $303,952.38APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $212,537.31JULY QUARTERLY: raised $310,962.91JULY QUARTERLY: spent $152,950.38OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $288,717.03OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $235,039.09YEAR-END: raised $251,069.26YEAR-END: spent $151,193.28APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $314,830.84APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $239,720.29JULY QUARTERLY: raised $470,764.18JULY QUARTERLY: spent $268,744.42PRE-PRIMARY: raised $56,601.01PRE-PRIMARY: spent $64,370.22OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $505,481.56OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $490,006.682025-032025-092026-032026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea521
Voted nay142
Did not vote11 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored25
Sponsored that became law2
Cosponsored338

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
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
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
PassedYea
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
PassedNay
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
PassedYea
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. 10637 Voter Vouching Transparency Act
    Introduced Sep 28, 2026 · Latest action Sep 28, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
  • H.R. 9588 FRAUD Act
    Introduced Jul 2, 2026 · Latest action Jul 2, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.R. 8865 Protecting Taxpayers from Fraudulent Providers Act of 2026
    Introduced May 15, 2026 · Latest action May 15, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak…
  • H.R. 7923 Stop Fraud by SOMALIA Act
    Introduced Mar 12, 2026 · Latest action Mar 12, 2026: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Sp…
  • H.R. 7882 To provide for the leasing of certain deposits of minerals located within the City of Carlsbad, New Mexico.
    Introduced Mar 9, 2026 · Latest action Jun 10, 2026: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  • H.R. 7634 Judicial Loyalty Act of 2026
    Introduced Feb 20, 2026 · Latest action Feb 20, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 7320 Minnesota Voter Integrity Act of 2026
    Introduced Feb 2, 2026 · Latest action Feb 2, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
  • H.J.Res. 140 Public Law 119-85 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN.
    Introduced Jan 12, 2026 · Latest action Apr 27, 2026: Became Public Law No: 119-85.
  • H.R. 6422 American Water Stewardship Act
    Introduced Dec 4, 2025 · Latest action Mar 25, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  • H.R. 5337 Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act of 2024
    Introduced Sep 11, 2025 · Latest action Sep 12, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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

266 committees reported giving $1,007,368.00 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 Peter Allen Stauber$285.64
  • Independent expenditures opposing Peter Allen Stauber$554.87

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

Minnesota U.S. House, District 8, 2026 · 10 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Peter Allen Stauber (R)$2,566,760.29$1,086,286.902026-10-14
Trina Swanson (D)$727,329.66$176,815.902026-10-14
Luke Gulbranson (D)$218,718.41$522.782026-09-30
Chad McKenna (D)$27,881.21$399.932026-10-14
Emanuel Anastos (D)$5,915.00$46.942026-06-30
Cyle Cramer (D)$4,515.00$3,211.372026-06-30
Wendell Robert Smith (D)$3,415.00$1,384.212026-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLikely RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSafe RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSafe RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJuly 15, 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 Minnesota (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: PETE STAUBER 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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