Home Virginia Elections 2022 U.S. House District 7

U.S. House District 7

2022 general election. Election concluded.

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

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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.

Reported campaign finance for each candidate with complete FEC data in the 2022 cycle
CandidateTotal receiptsCash on handDirect PAC receipts
Abigail Spanberger Democratic$9,083,201$280,386$1,293,670
Yesli Vega Republican$3,679,372$87,398$499,505

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 Dec 31, 2022.

Total receipts

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

Highest total receipts: Abigail Spanberger at $9,083,201. Lowest: Yesli Vega at $3,679,372. The largest reported value sets this scale at $9,083,201.

Cash on hand

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

Highest cash on hand: Abigail Spanberger at $280,386. Lowest: Yesli Vega at $87,398. The largest reported value sets this scale at $280,386.

Direct PAC receipts

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

Highest direct PAC receipts: Abigail Spanberger at $1,293,670. Lowest: Yesli Vega at $499,505. The largest reported value sets this scale at $1,293,670.

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: Abigail Spanberger at $4,039,977. Lowest: Yesli Vega at $1,619,004. The largest reported value sets this scale at $4,039,977.

Outside spending opposing

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

Highest outside spending opposing: Yesli Vega at $9,062,792. Lowest: Abigail Spanberger at $5,688,956. The largest reported value sets this scale at $9,062,792.

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
CategoryAbigail Spanberger DemocraticYesli Vega Republican
Leadership PACs$322,29924.8%$223,90046.8%
Non-connected committees$281,21221.6%$118,55024.8%
Labor union PACs$223,00017.2%$0
Trade association PACs$201,03815.5%$10,5002.2%
Membership organization PACs$121,4569.3%$39,5008.3%
Other candidates' committees$97,4107.5%$61,00012.7%
Corporate PACs$18,5751.4%$17,5003.7%
Cooperative PACs$24,2501.9%$0
Party committees$9,9910.8%$5,0001.0%
Corporations without capital stock$0$2,5000.5%
Itemized total$1,299,231$478,450

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
CategoryAbigail Spanberger DemocraticYesli Vega Republican
Public sector unions Labor$80,0009.2%$2,5001.3%
Agribusiness Agriculture$66,7507.7%$5,0002.7%
Building trades unions Labor$42,5004.9%$0
Transportation unions Labor$40,5004.7%$0
Industrial unions Labor$37,5004.3%$0
Food and beverage Agriculture$32,0383.7%$0
Physicians and medical specialties Health$22,0002.5%$2,0001.1%
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate$21,5002.5%$5000.3%
Insurance Finance, insurance, and real estate$16,5001.9%$1,0000.5%
Air transport Transportation$17,0002.0%$0
Electric utilities Energy and natural resources$10,0001.2%$5,0002.7%
Pro-Republican Party Ideological and single-issue$0$15,0008.0%
Construction Construction$11,5001.3%$2,5001.3%
Pharmaceuticals Health$13,0001.5%$0
Telecommunications Communications and technology$12,0001.4%$0
Lawyers and law firms Professional services$11,0001.3%$0
Hospitals and nursing homes Health$10,5001.2%$0
Democracy and election reform Ideological and single-issue$10,0001.2%$0
Veterans Ideological and single-issue$10,0001.2%$0
Mining Energy and natural resources$9,0001.0%$0
Pro-Democratic Party Ideological and single-issue$8,0000.9%$0
Pro-Israel Ideological and single-issue$6,2000.7%$0
Credit unions Finance, insurance, and real estate$5,0000.6%$0
Oil and gas Energy and natural resources$5,0000.6%$0
Media and entertainment Communications and technology$2,0000.2%$2,5001.3%
Health insurance Health$3,0000.3%$0
Trucking Transportation$3,0000.3%$0
Commercial banking Finance, insurance, and real estate$2,0000.2%$0
Gun control Ideological and single-issue$2,0000.2%$0
Securities and investment Finance, insurance, and real estate$1,0000.1%$0
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees$429,700$289,900
Committees not yet categorized$359,04341.3%$152,55080.9%
Itemized total$1,299,231$478,450

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
CategoryAbigail Spanberger DemocraticYesli Vega Republican
Non-connected committees$3,833,59294.9%$1,509,25893.2%
Party committees$190,2804.7%$0
Leadership PACs$0$99,5136.1%
Membership organization PACs$16,1050.4%$10,2340.6%
Itemized total$4,039,977$1,619,004

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
CategoryAbigail Spanberger DemocraticYesli Vega Republican
Pro-Republican Party Ideological and single-issue$0$1,100,06172.4%
Pro-Democratic Party Ideological and single-issue$944,67324.5%$0
Democracy and election reform Ideological and single-issue$300,0007.8%$0
Renewable energy Energy and natural resources$119,9013.1%$0
Environmental advocacy Ideological and single-issue$111,5502.9%$0
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate$16,1050.4%$0
Veterans Ideological and single-issue$4580.0%$0
Committees not yet categorized$2,357,00961.2%$419,43027.6%
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees$190,280$99,513
Itemized total$4,039,977$1,619,004

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
CategoryAbigail Spanberger DemocraticYesli Vega Republican
Party committees$5,182,61891.1%$2,321,95425.6%
Non-connected committees$506,3388.9%$6,740,83774.4%
Itemized total$5,688,956$9,062,792

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
CategoryAbigail Spanberger DemocraticYesli Vega Republican
Pro-Democratic Party Ideological and single-issue$0$4,684,19269.5%
Environmental advocacy Ideological and single-issue$0$1,353,01820.1%
Veterans Ideological and single-issue$0$306,2924.5%
Democracy and election reform Ideological and single-issue$0$290,6844.3%
Pro-Republican Party Ideological and single-issue$63,86512.6%$0
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees$5,182,618$2,321,954
Committees not yet categorized$442,47387.4%$106,6501.6%
Itemized total$5,688,956$9,062,792

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
Abigail Spanberger Democratic$387,10025Jun 3 to Nov 4, 2022Covered by regular reports
Yesli Vega Republican$328,44116Jun 2 to Nov 5, 2022Covered by regular reports

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 ↗.