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U.S. House District 2

2022 general election. Election concluded.

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

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No incumbent is running.

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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
Alexander Mooney Republican$4,477,287$7,083$458,382
Barry Wendell Democratic$28,025$0$290

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: Alexander Mooney at $4,477,287. Lowest: Barry Wendell at $28,025. The largest reported value sets this scale at $4,477,287.

Cash on hand

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

Highest cash on hand: Alexander Mooney at $7,083. Lowest: Barry Wendell at $0. The largest reported value sets this scale at $7,083.

Direct PAC receipts

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

Highest direct PAC receipts: Alexander Mooney at $458,382. Lowest: Barry Wendell at $290. The largest reported value sets this scale at $458,382.

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: Alexander Mooney at $806,490. Lowest: Barry Wendell at $0. The largest reported value sets this scale at $806,490.

Outside spending opposing

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

Highest outside spending opposing: Alexander Mooney at $103,283. Lowest: Barry Wendell at $0. The largest reported value sets this scale at $103,283.

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
CategoryAlexander Mooney Republican
Leadership PACs$192,72343.7%
Trade association PACs$86,56519.6%
Corporate PACs$59,50013.5%
Non-connected committees$35,9628.2%
Other candidates' committees$32,4007.4%
Membership organization PACs$29,0006.6%
Corporations without capital stock$2,5000.6%
Labor union PACs$2,0000.5%
Itemized total$440,650

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
CategoryAlexander Mooney Republican
Insurance Finance, insurance, and real estate$22,50010.4%
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate$20,5009.5%
Commercial banking Finance, insurance, and real estate$14,5006.7%
Physicians and medical specialties Health$11,0005.1%
Construction Construction$8,5003.9%
Lawyers and law firms Professional services$7,5003.5%
Automotive Transportation$5,5002.6%
Electric utilities Energy and natural resources$5,5002.6%
Food and beverage Agriculture$5,5002.6%
Oil and gas Energy and natural resources$5,0002.3%
Pro-Israel Ideological and single-issue$5,0002.3%
Credit unions Finance, insurance, and real estate$2,5001.2%
Hospitals and nursing homes Health$2,5001.2%
Mining Energy and natural resources$2,0000.9%
Transportation unions Labor$2,0000.9%
Pharmaceuticals Health$1,0000.5%
Securities and investment Finance, insurance, and real estate$1,0000.5%
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees$225,123
Committees not yet categorized$93,52743.4%
Itemized total$440,650

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
CategoryAlexander Mooney Republican
Non-connected committees$648,28680.4%
Leadership PACs$148,50618.4%
Membership organization PACs$9,6981.2%
Itemized total$806,490

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
CategoryAlexander Mooney Republican
Pro-Republican Party Ideological and single-issue$522,83179.5%
Education policy Ideological and single-issue$125,45619.1%
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees$148,506
Committees not yet categorized$9,6981.5%
Itemized total$806,490

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
CategoryAlexander Mooney Republican
Non-connected committees$103,283100.0%
Itemized total$103,283

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
CategoryAlexander Mooney Republican
Committees not yet categorized$103,283100.0%
Itemized total$103,283

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.

  • Barry Wendell: 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
Alexander Mooney Republican$154,68617Oct 19 to Nov 1, 2022$16,000 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 ↗.