Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Tina Smith

Official portrait of Tina Smith
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from Minnesota (class 2)
Party
Democrat
Born
1958
In Congress
Senate since 2018 · 8 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2021 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
SMITH, TINA
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Minnesota with the whole state highlighted

Minnesota

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. Senate · MinnesotaIncumbentWon the general election (48.74%)

FEC candidate ID S8MN00578 · Principal campaign committee: TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · Minnesota$48,878.44Not running (declined to run)
2019–2020U.S. Senate · Minnesota$16,468,404.53Won the general election (48.74%)
Total raised$16,468,404.53
Total spent$16,100,431.77
Cash on hand$801,755.36
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: $13,356,797.77PACs and other committees: $2,436,253.69Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $5,600.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $630,587.96Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $39,165.11
  • Individual contributions$13,356,797.7781%
  • PACs and other committees$2,436,253.6915%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$5,600.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$630,587.964%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$39,165.110%

Self-funding: $5,600.00 (0% of money raised): $5,600.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

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

525 committees reported giving $2,393,558.00 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 Tina Smith$447,491.88
  • Independent expenditures opposing Tina Smith$299,050.00
  • Electioneering communications naming Tina Smith$490,000.00

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

Minnesota U.S. Senate, 2020 · 7 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Tina Smith (D)$16,468,404.53$801,755.362020-12-31
Jason Lewis (R)$7,091,526.74$360,524.932020-12-31
Al Franken (D)$39,001.93$2,615,970.612020-12-31
Robert Paul Barrett Jr. (R)$35,975.39$3,978.582020-12-31
Forest W. Hyatt (R)$10,200.00$10,200.002020-03-31
Paula Mirare Overby (D)$1,148.00$358.902020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Research Co.October 31 – November 1, 2020450 (LV)4.6%Tina Smith 50% · Jason Lewis 39%
Data for ProgressOctober 27 – November 1, 20201,259 (LV)± 2.8%Tina Smith 54% · Jason Lewis 44%
SwayableOctober 23 – November 1, 2020430 (LV)± 6.1%Tina Smith 55% · Jason Lewis 46%
Public Policy PollingOctober 29–30, 2020770 (V)–Tina Smith 51% · Jason Lewis 42%
Targoz Market Research/PollSmartOctober 25–30, 20201,138 (LV)–Tina Smith 53% · Jason Lewis 44%
St. Cloud State UniversityOctober 10–29, 2020372 (A)± 6.7%Tina Smith 53% · Jason Lewis 36%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States Senate election 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: TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA.
  • 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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