Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Ben McAdams

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Utah District 4
Filing address
Slc, UT (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
MCADAMS, BEN
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Utah with the 2020 district highlighted

Utah, District 4

DemocraticU.S. House · Utah District 4IncumbentLost the general election (46.7%)

FEC candidate ID H8UT04053 · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF BEN MCADAMS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Utah District 1$2,813,806.53General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. House · Utah District 4$5,638,024.49Lost the general election (46.7%)
Total raised$5,638,024.49
Total spent$5,580,074.10
Cash on hand$136,322.56
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: $4,110,567.14PACs and other committees: $1,518,053.70Party committees: $7,521.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,882.65
  • Individual contributions$4,110,567.1473%
  • PACs and other committees$1,518,053.7027%
  • Party committees$7,521.000%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,882.650%

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

433 committees reported giving $1,489,878.00 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 Ben McAdams$772,063.39
  • Independent expenditures opposing Ben McAdams$5,221,941.68
  • Company and union communications to members about Ben McAdams$18,436.34

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

Utah U.S. House, District 4, 2020 · 9 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Ben McAdams (D)$5,638,024.49$136,322.562020-12-31
Burgess Owens (R)$5,149,325.14$80,329.192020-12-31
Kim Coleman (R)$678,088.60$0.002020-11-30
Dan Hemmert (R)$488,618.42$0.002020-12-31
Kathleen Anderson (R)$308,254.26$0.002020-07-30
Trent Christensen (R)$100,717.78$2,564.892020-12-31
Chris Biesinger (R)$44,200.00$0.002020-06-02
Jonia Marie Broderick (OTH)$21,393.59$1,002.282020-10-23
Daniel Beckstrand (D)$8,363.61$0.002020-05-15

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Inside ElectionsTilt DJune 2, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean DJuly 2, 2020

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
RMG ResearchOctober 12–17, 2020800 (LV)± 3.5%Ben McAdams 45% · Burgess Owens 46%
RMG ResearchSeptember 7–12, 2020800 (LV)± 3.5%Ben McAdams 45% · Burgess Owens 41%
Lighthouse ResearchAugust 31 – September 12, 2020500 (RV)± 4.38%Ben McAdams 47% · Burgess Owens 37%
RMG ResearchJuly 27 – August 1, 2020800 (RV)± 3.5%Ben McAdams 35% · Burgess Owens 35%
Moore Information (R)July 8–11, 2020400 (LV)± 5.0%Ben McAdams 34% · Burgess Owens 43%
Remington Research Group (R)October 5–6, 2019819 (LV)± 3.4%Ben McAdams 45% · Jay McFarland 40%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah (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 BEN MCADAMS.
  • 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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