Federal race · 2020

Connecticut U.S. House, District 4, 2020

General election: November 3, 2020

Money raised

  1. Jim Himes (D)$1.6M raised · $1.8M on hand
  2. Jonathan Riddle (R)$32K raised · $12K on hand
  3. Michael Ted Goldstein (R)$28K raised · $0 on hand

Raised Cash on hand · bars are blue for Democrats, red for Republicans, gray for others

Candidates

CandidateStatusRaisedSpentCash on handThrough
Jim Himes (D)Won the general election (62.2%)$1,632,646.85$2,199,740.31$1,823,199.612020-12-31
Jonathan Riddle (R)Lost the general election (36.3%)$31,591.47$17,385.20$11,975.752020-12-31
Michael Ted Goldstein (R)Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)$28,215.00$28,215.00$0.002020-06-30

Totals from the FEC candidate summary file, retrieved October 23, 2026. A dated snapshot, not live reporting; each candidate’s FEC page is the official source.

Total spent on this race

$2,209,511.52 = candidates’ own spending $2,209,382.00 + outside spending $129.52

CandidateOutside spending forAgainstElectioneering and member messages
Jim Himes$69.76$0.00$0.00
Jonathan Riddle$0.00$59.76$0.00

Candidates’ own spending is their committees’ disbursements less transfers to other committees, contributions to others, loan repayments and refunds (FEC committee summary). Outside spending is independent expenditures, electioneering communications and company or union member communications for or against these candidates (FEC totals by candidate from regular reports, retrieved October 24, 2026; the latest 24- and 48-hour notices are not included yet). Party coordinated spending is not split by race and is not included. All the money

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 Connecticut (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Results

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jim HimesDemocratic Party223,83262.2%
Jonathan RiddleRepublican Party130,62736.3%
Brian MerlenIndependent5,6561.6%

As listed on Wikipedia; official results come from the state election office.

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