Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
Ben McAdams
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · Utah District 1
- Filing address
- Salt Lake City, UT (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- MCADAMS, BEN
- Next election
- Primary June 23, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Utah, District 1
FEC candidate ID H8UT04053 · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF BEN MCADAMS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Utah District 1 | $2,813,806.53 | General-election nominee |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Utah District 4 | $5,638,024.49 | Lost the general election (46.7%) |
Total raised$2,813,806.53
Total spent$2,450,992.38
Cash on hand$377,817.48
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$2,379,738.4685%
- PACs and other committees$341,790.8312%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$89,575.003%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$2,702.240%
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$305,023.1014%
- Contributions over $200$1,835,105.5986%
- Itemized from inside Utah$1,345,978.9772%
- Itemized from other states$519,689.4028%
Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $149,944.97 · California $111,289.17 · District of Columbia $47,727.78 · Texas $32,375.00 · Massachusetts $24,000.00. 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
Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand
PAC and committee contributors
80 committees reported giving $243,400.00 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.
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$10,000.00
- SKIPACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- BREAD FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. PAC (AKA BREAD FINANCIAL PAC)Connected PAC$10,000.00
- SD PACHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PACIFICORP - PACIFIC POWER/ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL AND REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSFORMATION CENTER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NMHC PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PAC (CREDA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$4,900.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- MATHESON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- COMMITTEE TO ELECT JARED GOLDENCandidate committee$4,000.00
- TURQUOISE PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- WAY BACK PACHybrid PAC$3,500.00
Show all 80 committees
- ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMERICA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ELI LILLY AND COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL READY MIXED CONCRETE ASSN. PAC (CONCRETEPAC)PAC$2,500.00
- CRH AMERICAS, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- HNTB HOLDINGS LTD. PACPAC$2,500.00
- BLUE MOMENTUM PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- ONEMAIN HOLDINGS, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- DEFEND THE VOTEHybrid PAC$2,500.00
- KIND FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- PITNEY BOWES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY FINANCIAL & INVESTMENTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BRIDGE THE GAP PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- STANTON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- TRIED-AND-TRUE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- HOPE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- LOBO PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- SNAP FINANCE LLC EMPLOYEE PACPAC$1,500.00
- AMERICAN ROAD & TRANSPORTATION BUILDERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CAREER EDUCATION COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ZURICH HOLDING COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC. COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT (Z-PAC, ZURICH PAC)PAC$1,000.00
- ZENECA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AZPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- TRANSUNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TU PAC) Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- BUILD AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FMR LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL (FIDELITY PAC)PAC$1,000.00
- AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMERIPRISEPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ADVANCING DEMOCRACY AND MOBILIZATION PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEMOCRATS WIN SEATS (DWS PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- ONLINE LENDERS ALLIANCE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (OLA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- INVENERGY LLC PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN DEFENSE AND MILITARY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BEEPAC (BUILDING ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- MARC VEASEY CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEECandidate committee$1,000.00
- PEOPLE FOR DEREK KILMERCandidate committee$1,000.00
- PUGET PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SUPPORTING HOUSE PROBLEM SOLVERS - SHP PACPAC$1,000.00
- FOSTERING PROGRESS PACPAC$1,000.00
- BFB PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CENTER AISLE PACPAC$1,000.00
- SERVING OUR COUNTRY (SOC) PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ELECT MORE DEMOCRATS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- PAC FOR GOODLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BEYOND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FIGHTING BACK PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MCKENZIE RIVER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- TOMORROW PACPAC$1,000.00
- SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$500.00
- GETTING RESULTS BY ENGAGING THE GRASSROOTS PACLeadership PAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Ben McAdams$2,713,377.05
- Independent expenditures opposing Ben McAdams$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.
- THINK BIGSupporting$1,128,696.00
- NEW DEMOCRAT MAJORITYSupporting$1,025,000.00
- AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PACSupporting$299,999.00
- ARTICLE ONE PACSupporting$214,830.00
- WELCOMEPACSupporting$22,804.00
- WAY BACK PACSupporting$22,037.00
The race
Utah U.S. House, District 1, 2026 · 15 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben McAdams (D) | $2,813,806.53 | $377,817.48 | 2026-10-14 |
| Nate Blouin (D) | $708,561.18 | $894.70 | 2026-09-30 |
| Liban Mohamed (D) | $352,887.88 | $62,106.13 | 2026-09-30 |
| Michael Farrell (D) | $313,062.27 | $12,769.13 | 2026-06-30 |
| Riley Montgomery Owen (R) | $164,069.93 | $9,503.11 | 2026-10-14 |
| Kathleen Riebe (D) | $125,123.99 | $0.00 | 2026-09-30 |
| Derek Kitchen (D) | $59,241.67 | $0.00 | 2026-04-09 |
| Eva Lopez Chavez (D) | $52,799.80 | $465.86 | 2026-09-30 |
| Anthony Tomkins (D) | $119.52 | $0.00 | 2025-09-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lighthouse Research | August 31 – September 10, 2026 | 515 (LV) | ± 4.32% | Ben McAdams 63% · Riley Owen 21% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah (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 BEN MCADAMS.
- 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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