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U.S. House District 4

2022 general election. Election concluded.

Archive: This page reflects certified results from the 2022 general election (certified January 31, 2023).

Campaign finance

Federal Election Commission filings for the 2022 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 Dec 31, 2022, except where a row says otherwise.

Reported campaign finance for each candidate with complete FEC data in the 2022 cycle
CandidateTotal receiptsCash on handDirect PAC receiptsOutside spending supportingOutside spending opposing
Christopher Smith Republican$1,494,147$226,433$441,230$247,374$16,250
Matthew Jenkins Democratic$42,545$3,312$1,000$0$0
Jason Cullen Libertarian FEC data through Jun 30, 2022$0-$659$0$0$0

Bars are not shown. Reported coverage ends 184 days apart (Jun 30, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022), so bars on one scale would compare different amounts of filed time rather than different amounts of money. Every reported amount is in the table above.

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

Contributions each campaign received for each compared candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs the giving committee
CategoryChristopher Smith RepublicanMatthew Jenkins Democratic
Labor union PACs$187,00041.1%$0
Non-connected committees$77,00016.9%$0
Trade association PACs$58,50012.8%$0
Corporate PACs$57,00012.5%$0
Leadership PACs$33,0007.2%$1,000100.0%
Membership organization PACs$32,9007.2%$0
Other candidates' committees$10,0002.2%$0
Itemized total$455,400$1,000

Contributions each campaign received, by interest advanced

Contributions each campaign received for each compared candidate, grouped by the interest the giving committee is categorized as advancing
CategoryChristopher Smith RepublicanMatthew Jenkins Democratic
Transportation unions Labor$46,50011.3%$0
Building trades unions Labor$44,50010.8%$0
Construction Construction$42,00010.2%$0
Industrial unions Labor$42,00010.2%$0
Public sector unions Labor$17,0004.1%$0
Air transport Transportation$16,5004.0%$0
Telecommunications Communications and technology$14,0003.4%$0
Food and beverage Agriculture$11,0002.7%$0
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate$11,0002.7%$0
Pro-Israel Ideological and single-issue$7,9001.9%$0
Defense Defense$7,5001.8%$0
Pharmaceuticals Health$7,0001.7%$0
Mining Energy and natural resources$6,0001.5%$0
Commercial banking Finance, insurance, and real estate$5,0001.2%$0
Technology Communications and technology$5,0001.2%$0
Lawyers and law firms Professional services$3,0000.7%$0
Media and entertainment Communications and technology$3,0000.7%$0
Physicians and medical specialties Health$2,5000.6%$0
Gun control Ideological and single-issue$2,0000.5%$0
Hospitals and nursing homes Health$2,0000.5%$0
Insurance Finance, insurance, and real estate$2,0000.5%$0
Oil and gas Energy and natural resources$1,0000.2%$0
Trucking Transportation$5000.1%$0
Committees not yet categorized$113,50027.5%$0
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees$43,000$1,000
Itemized total$455,400$1,000

Independent spending supporting each candidate, by who runs the committee

Independent spending supporting each candidate for each compared candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs the giving committee
CategoryChristopher Smith RepublicanMatthew Jenkins Democratic
Non-connected committees$247,374100.0%$0
Itemized total$247,374$0

Independent spending supporting each candidate, by interest advanced

Independent spending supporting each candidate for each compared candidate, grouped by the interest the giving committee is categorized as advancing
CategoryChristopher Smith RepublicanMatthew Jenkins Democratic
Committees not yet categorized$247,374100.0%$0
Itemized total$247,374$0

Independent spending opposing each candidate, by who runs the committee

Independent spending opposing each candidate for each compared candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs the giving committee
CategoryChristopher Smith RepublicanMatthew Jenkins Democratic
Non-connected committees$16,250100.0%$0
Itemized total$16,250$0

Independent spending opposing each candidate, by interest advanced

Independent spending opposing each candidate for each compared candidate, grouped by the interest the giving committee is categorized as advancing
CategoryChristopher Smith RepublicanMatthew Jenkins Democratic
Committees not yet categorized$16,250100.0%$0
Itemized total$16,250$0

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.

  • Jason Cullen: 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.

48-hour notices reported by candidates in this race
CandidateReported on noticesNoticesCoversState
Christopher Smith Republican$92,60012May 20 to Nov 5, 2022Covered by regular reports

Candidates not compared

These candidates are left out of the comparison rather than shown as zero, because a missing or partial record is not the same as no money.

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 ↗.