Minnesota U.S. House, district 1 · 2026

Ballot list from the state's own certified list of candidates for the November 3, 2026 general election; not yet checked against the state’s own list.

The field

Republican Incumbent

Brad Finstad

Raised: $2,608,655
From individuals: $1,007,330
From PACs and other committees: $1,264,414
From the candidate (gifts + loans): $0
Cash on hand: $1,110,449
Debts: $0

FEC, campaign committee totals through Sept. 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $42,000 to support and $2,846,860 to oppose.

YOUR COMMUNITY PACagainst $2.3M
LCV VICTORY FUNDagainst $250K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L Eagainst $241K
SAVE AMERICAN FREEDOMfor $42K
TAKEACTION MN FEDERAL FUNDagainst $24K

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 13, 2026.

PAC and committee money

235 committees reported giving $990,927 in all.

MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC)$13,000
CROP INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION PAC-CIPA PAC$10,000
INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC)$10,000
THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; AKA DFA-PAC$10,000
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)$10,000
NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAC (CORNPAC)$10,000
EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC$10,000

As reported by the giving committees (FEC pas2: direct and in-kind contributions). May differ from the campaign’s own “from other committees” total, which counts what the campaign reports receiving.

Tracked networks

Defense contractorsPAC checks $20K
Companies controlled from outside the U.S.PAC checks $8K
Tech, AI and cryptoPAC checks $5K

Which committees belong to each network is Network groupings matched to FEC committee IDs. Amounts are from FEC files. Bundled (earmarked) money is not counted here.

Democrat

Jake Johnson

Raised: $3,205,255
From individuals: $2,800,942
From PACs and other committees: $341,203
From the candidate (gifts + loans): $5,372
Cash on hand: $1,024,360
Debts: $0

FEC, campaign committee totals through Sept. 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $401,636 to support and $1,313,938 to oppose.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER PACagainst $846K
DEFENDING MAIN STREET SUPERPAC INC.against $439K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L Efor $241K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTfor $116K
TAKEACTION MN FEDERAL FUNDfor $27K
MAGA INC.against $20K

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 27, 2026.

PAC and committee money

43 committees reported giving $160,499 in all.

NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION$10,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$10,000
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB$10,000
FAIR SHOT PAC$10,000
SMART TD PAC$5,000
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
MIDWEST VALUES PAC$5,000
NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUND$5,000

Money in this race (FEC)

Brad Finstad	Republican	$2,608,655	$1,110,449	$42,000	$2,846,860
Jake Johnson	Democrat	$3,205,255	$1,024,360	$401,636	$1,313,938

Raised and cash on hand are the campaign’s own totals; outside spending is by groups the campaign does not control. They are separate measures and are not added together.

Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2026 cycle: candidate summaries (weball26), committee-to-candidate contributions (pas226) and independent expenditures, downloaded Oct. 16, 2026.

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