STRONG, DALE WHITNEY

RepublicanFEC reportedRepublican candidate · U.S. House · Alabama · District 5 · Election 2026 · IncumbentH2AL05102

Overview

Raised: $1.8Mvs $1.3M 2023–2024
Spent: $1.4Mvs $691.3K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $1.1Mvs $629K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $240Kvs $240K 2023–2024

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Oct 14, 2026, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Race forecast

Chance of winning: 99%
Rating: Safe R
Predicted margin: R+22.8

VotePredictor gives Dale Strong a 99% chance of winning as of November 2, 2026. No polls of the race: based on the district's lean, incumbency and the national environment, with published race ratings.

Dale Strong’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	99%
Nov 2, 2026	99%

As VotePredictor published it each day since September 25, 2026, including changes to its model.

Forecast by VotePredictor , updated daily. Its probabilities stay between 1% and 99%; no race is called before it is decided.

Compliance review indicators

3 open

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).

1 receipt eligibility · 1 integrity · 1 fundraising patterns

Fundraising pattern for review →Cluster total: $11,700
Multiple reported donors associated with the same normalized employer gave to this recipient on one date. Repeated amounts and concentration within the loaded cycle warrant a review of possible fundraising activity. The pattern does not establish a bundler, coordination or wrongdoing.
Evidence date: May 13, 2025
LLC or partnership eligibility →Associated amount: $5,000
Reported contributor appears to be an LLC or partnership. Verify permissible tax status, written eligibility notice, member or partner attribution, and contribution limits.
Evidence date: Aug 18, 2025
Financial integrity review →Associated amount: $0
The FEC issued 1 notice(s) to DALE STRONG FOR CONGRESS about reports it had not filed, most recently on 2026-06-21, and no filing covering those periods appears in the loaded archive.
Evidence date: Jun 21, 2026

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

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Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. House · Alabama · District 5
Reported party: Republican
Election year: 2026
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: DALE STRONG FOR CONGRESS (C00774281)

The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.

Money in

Who's funding Dale Strong? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$857.6K
Unitemized individual contributions$11K
Other committees$745.2K
Transfers from affiliates$133.9K
Other receipts$21.7K

Top contributors

STRONG VICTORY FUNDRepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$133.9K6 contributions
BREWER, KELLY S.RepublicanDerived from contributions$7,0002 contributions
GENTRY, JAMES

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$1.3M
Contribution refunds$26.8K
Other disbursements$70K

Largest operating payments

FUNDRAISING INC.$43.9KDELIVERY SERVICE · Nov 20, 2025
MCLAUGHLIN & ASSOCIATES$33.2KPOLLING · Feb 9, 2026
FUNDRAISING INC.$22.4KFUNDRAISING COMMISSIONS · May 21, 2025
FUNDRAISING INC.$16.8KFUNDRAISING COMMISSIONS · Apr 28, 2026
FUNDRAISING INC.$15.5KFOOD / BEVERAGE · Aug 5, 2025
FUNDRAISING INC.$12.8KDELIVERY SERVICE / EQUIPMENT / FOOD / BEVERAGE / OFFICE SUPPLIES / TRAVEL · Jan 13, 2026
CROSBY OTTENHOFF GROUP$10.8KCOMPLIANCE CONSULTING / FILING FEES · Jun 18, 2026
CROSBY OTTENHOFF GROUP$10.1KCOMPLIANCE CONSULTING · May 25, 2026

Over time

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Financial timeline

2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: Alabama · District 5
Party affiliation: Republican
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: P.O. BOX 18502 · HUNTSVILLE, District of Columbia, 35804
Compliance screening: View review flags

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

STRONG VICTORY FUNDC00835363 Joint fundraising participantDALE STRONG FOR CONGRESSC00774281
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1693020Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
LEAN FORWARD AMERICAC00930396 Joint fundraising participantDALE STRONG FOR CONGRESSC00774281
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1930604Official FEC source ↗

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $26,800
Debts owed by committees: $240,000
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash869f1d4579275505f8b994d025b78892a3304cf13d72e4b0fdc04c617af5ab7a

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Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$100,900	$0
Feb 25	$89,100	$0
Mar 25	$35,850	$1,000
Apr 25	$29,509	$0
May 25	$28,950	$0
Jun 25	$30,750	$7,000
Jul 25	$21,100	$2,500
Aug 25	$29,400	$2,000
Sep 25	$37,000	$7,500
Oct 25	$8,775	$0
Nov 25	$4,025	$0
Dec 25	$7,275	$8,000
Jan 26	$50,675	$0
Feb 26	$89,425	$10,127
Mar 26	$80,373	$18,372
Apr 26	$110,703	$4,000
May 26	$28,275	$0
Jun 26	$18,640	$0

STRONG, DALE WHITNEY

Overview

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Candidate & race

Money in

Sources

Top contributors

Money out

Spending by kind

Largest operating payments

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Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Top employers

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Money network

FEC-reported relationships

Race forecast