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U.S. House District 1

2026 general election.

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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 Jun 30, 2026.

Reported campaign finance for each candidate with complete FEC data in the 2026 cycle
CandidateTotal receiptsCash on handDirect PAC receipts
Don Davis Democratic incumbent$4,287,386$3,570,366$1,524,569
Laurie Buckhout Republican$3,793,077$1,829,661$346,704

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. Every figure is reported through Jun 30, 2026.

Total receipts

Everything the authorized campaign committee took in, including contributions, loans, and transfers.

Highest total receipts: Don Davis at $4,287,386. Lowest: Laurie Buckhout at $3,793,077. The largest reported value sets this scale at $4,287,386.

Cash on hand

The balance the campaign reported at the end of its coverage period.

Highest cash on hand: Don Davis at $3,570,366. Lowest: Laurie Buckhout at $1,829,661. The largest reported value sets this scale at $3,570,366.

Direct PAC receipts

Money the campaign received from PACs and other political committees. This is not outside spending.

Highest direct PAC receipts: Don Davis at $1,524,569. Lowest: Laurie Buckhout at $346,704. The largest reported value sets this scale at $1,524,569.

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: Don Davis at $1,011,307. Lowest: Laurie Buckhout at $920,003. The largest reported value sets this scale at $1,011,307.

Outside spending opposing

Independent expenditures by other organizations opposing the candidate, not coordinated with any campaign.

Highest outside spending opposing: Laurie Buckhout at $42,116. Lowest: Don Davis at $0. The largest reported value sets this scale at $42,116.

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
CategoryDon Davis DemocraticLaurie Buckhout Republican
Corporate PACs$569,04636.6%$21,8455.9%
Leadership PACs$233,50015.0%$169,50045.6%
Trade association PACs$295,00019.0%$5,0001.3%
Non-connected committees$159,75010.3%$89,00023.9%
Membership organization PACs$122,0007.8%$16,0004.3%
Other candidates' committees$51,5003.3%$65,50017.6%
Labor union PACs$99,5006.4%$0
Cooperative PACs$12,5000.8%$0
Party committees$4,6500.3%$5,0001.3%
Corporations without capital stock$8,5000.5%$0
Itemized total$1,555,946$371,845

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
CategoryDon Davis DemocraticLaurie Buckhout Republican
Pharmaceuticals Health$145,54611.5%$0
Agribusiness Agriculture$124,0009.8%$0
Insurance Finance, insurance, and real estate$64,5005.1%$0
Food and beverage Agriculture$59,0004.7%$0
Securities and investment Finance, insurance, and real estate$47,5003.8%$0
Defense Defense$47,0003.7%$0
Construction Construction$36,0002.8%$5,0003.8%
Physicians and medical specialties Health$35,5002.8%$0
Public sector unions Labor$30,5002.4%$0
Technology Communications and technology$28,0002.2%$0
Air transport Transportation$25,0002.0%$0
Industrial unions Labor$24,5001.9%$0
Telecommunications Communications and technology$23,0001.8%$0
Commercial banking Finance, insurance, and real estate$20,0001.6%$0
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate$18,5001.5%$0
Lawyers and law firms Professional services$18,0001.4%$0
Building trades unions Labor$17,5001.4%$0
Automotive Transportation$17,0001.3%$0
Electric utilities Energy and natural resources$17,0001.3%$0
Pro-Republican Party Ideological and single-issue$0$15,00011.4%
Pro-Israel Ideological and single-issue$11,0000.9%$0
Credit unions Finance, insurance, and real estate$10,0000.8%$0
Health insurance Health$10,0000.8%$0
Veterans Ideological and single-issue$10,0000.8%$0
Oil and gas Energy and natural resources$7,5000.6%$0
Transportation unions Labor$7,5000.6%$0
Trucking Transportation$7,5000.6%$0
Pro-Democratic Party Ideological and single-issue$5,0000.4%$0
Hospitals and nursing homes Health$3,5000.3%$0
Democracy and election reform Ideological and single-issue$3,0000.2%$0
Nurses and nursing specialties Health$1,0000.1%$0
Renewable energy Energy and natural resources$1,0000.1%$0
Cryptocurrency and blockchain Finance, insurance, and real estate$5000.0%$0
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees$289,650$240,000
Committees not yet categorized$390,75030.9%$111,84584.8%
Itemized total$1,555,946$371,845

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
CategoryDon Davis DemocraticLaurie Buckhout Republican
Non-connected committees$1,011,307100.0%$920,003100.0%
Itemized total$1,011,307$920,003

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
CategoryDon Davis DemocraticLaurie Buckhout Republican
Pro-Republican Party Ideological and single-issue$0$573,00362.3%
Committees not yet categorized$1,011,307100.0%$347,00037.7%
Itemized total$1,011,307$920,003

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
CategoryDon Davis DemocraticLaurie Buckhout Republican
Non-connected committees$0$42,116100.0%
Itemized total$0$42,116

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
CategoryDon Davis DemocraticLaurie Buckhout Republican
Committees not yet categorized$0$42,116100.0%
Itemized total$0$42,116

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
Don Davis Democratic$93,6686Feb 15 to Feb 28, 2026Covered by regular reports
Laurie Buckhout Republican$20,0004Feb 13 to Feb 26, 2026Covered 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.

  • Tom Bailey (Libertarian): No FEC data is stored for cycle 2026.

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 ↗.