Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Paul Tonko

Official portrait of Paul Tonko
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for New York’s 20th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Amsterdam, NY
Born
1949
In Congress
House since 2009 · 17 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
TONKO, PAUL DAVID
Next election
Primary June 23, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of New York with the current district highlighted

New York, District 20

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

DemocraticU.S. House · New York District 20IncumbentLost the general election (54%)

FEC candidate ID H8NY21203 · Principal campaign committee: PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · New York District 20$1,247,202.32General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · New York District 20$1,547,112.87Lost the general election (55.2%)
2021–2022U.S. House · New York District 20$1,777,899.62Lost the general election (50.1%)
2019–2020U.S. House · New York District 20$1,547,275.17Lost the general election (54%)
Total raised$1,547,275.17
Total spent$1,424,284.83
Cash on hand$811,660.35
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: $544,915.60PACs and other committees: $995,064.64Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $7,294.93
  • Individual contributions$544,915.6035%
  • PACs and other committees$995,064.6464%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$7,294.930%

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

290 committees reported giving $981,435.00 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 Paul David Tonko$819.76
  • Independent expenditures opposing Paul David Tonko$0.00

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

New York U.S. House, District 20, 2020 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Paul David Tonko (D)$1,547,275.17$811,660.352020-12-31
Elizabeth L Joy (R)$380,630.31$34,006.652020-12-31
Michael Robert Seney (R)$41,823.40−$1,029.252020-03-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe DJuly 2, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe DJune 2, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJuly 2, 2020
  • PoliticoSafe DApril 19, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe DJune 3, 2020
  • RCPSafe DJune 9, 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 New York (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: PAUL TONKO 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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