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Bale Dalton
U.S. House District 7
2026 general election · 1 open.
Incumbents
No incumbent is running.
Challengers
Campaign finance
Federal Election Commission filings for the 2026 two-year cycle. Candidates appear in the order they are listed on this page. They are not ranked by money, and these measures are never combined into a single score.
Every candidate below reports through Jul 29, 2026, except where a row says otherwise.
| Candidate | Total receipts | Cash on hand | Direct PAC receipts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bale Dalton Democratic | $1,378,109 | $475,858 | $181,100 |
| Ryan Elijah Republican | $355,955 | $186,155 | $0 |
| Christopher Allen Dennison Libertarian FEC data through Jun 30, 2026 | $10,500 | $60 | $0 |
Each measure below has its own scale and starts at zero, so bars can be read against each other within a measure but not across measures. Each candidate's own coverage end date is in the table above.
Total receipts
Everything the authorized campaign committee took in, including contributions, loans, and transfers.
Highest total receipts: Bale Dalton at $1,378,109. Lowest: Christopher Allen Dennison at $10,500. The largest reported value sets this scale at $1,378,109.
Cash on hand
The balance the campaign reported at the end of its coverage period.
Highest cash on hand: Bale Dalton at $475,858. Lowest: Christopher Allen Dennison at $60. The largest reported value sets this scale at $475,858.
Direct PAC receipts
Money the campaign received from PACs and other political committees. This is not outside spending.
Highest direct PAC receipts: Bale Dalton at $181,100. Lowest: Ryan Elijah at $0. The largest reported value sets this scale at $181,100.
Outside spending supporting
Independent expenditures by other organizations supporting the candidate, not coordinated with the campaign and never received by it.
Highest outside spending supporting: Bale Dalton at $700,000. Lowest: Christopher Allen Dennison at $0. The largest reported value sets this scale at $700,000.
Outside spending opposing
Independent expenditures by other organizations opposing the candidate, not coordinated with any campaign.
Every compared candidate reported $0 for outside spending opposing. The largest reported value sets this scale at $0.
Where each campaign's committee money came from
Each column is one candidate and each figure is that candidate's own money, taken over that candidate's own itemized total. Nothing here is added across candidates, and the two groupings below are never added to each other: the first is who the FEC says runs the giving committee, which covers every dollar, and the second is what interest a source says that committee advances, which is a claim MyRepTracker makes and covers only part of the money.
Contributions each campaign received, by who runs the committee
| Category | Bale Dalton Democratic | Ryan Elijah Republican |
|---|---|---|
| Leadership PACs | $62,50041.5% | $0 |
| Non-connected committees | $43,51028.9% | $0 |
| Other candidates' committees | $27,00017.9% | $0 |
| Corporate PACs | $7,4004.9% | $0 |
| Membership organization PACs | $5,0503.4% | $0 |
| Labor union PACs | $5,0003.3% | $0 |
| Itemized total | $150,460 | $0 |
Contributions each campaign received, by interest advanced
| Category | Bale Dalton Democratic | Ryan Elijah Republican |
|---|---|---|
| Pro-Democratic Party Ideological and single-issue | $10,00016.4% | $0 |
| Veterans Ideological and single-issue | $10,00016.4% | $0 |
| Building trades unions Labor | $5,0008.2% | $0 |
| Lawyers and law firms Professional services | $2,5004.1% | $0 |
| LGBTQ rights Ideological and single-issue | $2,5004.1% | $0 |
| Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees | $89,500 | $0 |
| Committees not yet categorized | $30,96050.8% | $0 |
| Itemized total | $150,460 | $0 |
Independent spending supporting each candidate, by who runs the committee
| Category | Bale Dalton Democratic | Ryan Elijah Republican |
|---|---|---|
| Non-connected committees | $700,000100.0% | $13,500100.0% |
| Itemized total | $700,000 | $13,500 |
Independent spending supporting each candidate, by interest advanced
| Category | Bale Dalton Democratic | Ryan Elijah Republican |
|---|---|---|
| Pro-Democratic Party Ideological and single-issue | $700,000100.0% | $0 |
| Committees not yet categorized | $0 | $13,500100.0% |
| Itemized total | $700,000 | $13,500 |
These candidates are compared in the table above but have no stored breakdown of where their committee money came from, so they are named here rather than shown as a column of zeroes.
- Christopher Allen Dennison: no breakdown is stored for this record yet
Last-minute contributions reported before an election
Within 48 hours of receiving a contribution or loan of $1,000 or more in the days just before an election, a campaign must notify the FEC. These notices are provisional: the same money appears again in the regular report covering those days, so it is not added to the amounts above and is not compared as a measure. Candidates file them only while their own election is close, so an absence here says nothing about a campaign's fundraising.
| Candidate | Reported on notices | Notices | Covers | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bale Dalton Democratic | $115,965 | 14 | Jul 30 to Aug 15, 2026 | $115,965 still provisional |
| Ryan Elijah Republican | $53,930 | 9 | Jul 30 to Aug 13, 2026 | $53,930 still provisional |
Direct contributions are money the campaign received. Independent expenditures are spending by other organizations that is not coordinated with any campaign, and are never added to a candidate's receipts. Source: Federal Election Commission ↗.