Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past 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
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 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 8IncumbentWon the general election (57.2%)

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$2,485,203.09
Total spent$2,053,768.49
Cash on hand$428,433.33
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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: $1,391,193.40PACs and other committees: $917,300.04Party committees: $7,000.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $169,709.65
  • Individual contributions$1,391,193.4056%
  • PACs and other committees$917,300.0437%
  • Party committees$7,000.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$169,709.657%

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

256 committees reported giving $929,599.00 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$1,171.01
  • Independent expenditures opposing Peter Allen Stauber$3,821.18
  • Company and union communications to members about Peter Allen Stauber$897.56

FEC totals for the 2022 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, 2022 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Peter Allen Stauber (R)$2,485,203.09$428,433.332022-12-31
Jennifer Schultz (D)$694,758.14$39,416.532022-12-31
Ernest Joseph Oppegaard-Peltier III (D)$11,744.72$13.002022-09-30
Theresa E Lastovich (D)$712.61$576.262021-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 10, 2022
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RApril 7, 2022
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RFebruary 16, 2022
  • PoliticoLikely RApril 5, 2022
  • RCPSafe RJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsSolid RJuly 11, 2022
  • DDHQSolid RJuly 20, 2022
  • 538Solid RJune 30, 2022
  • The EconomistSafe RSeptember 28, 2022

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota (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: PETE STAUBER FOR CONGRESS.
  • 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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