BURKE, ROBERT G.

Party not classifiedUnclassifiedNo party reported (08) candidate · U.S. House · Massachusetts · District 8 · Election 2026 · ChallengerH2MA08090

Overview

Raised: $1,525vs $1,147 2023–2024
Spent: $12.6Kvs $20.8K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: -$17Kvs -$13.6K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $1,500vs $10K 2023–2024

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Sep 30, 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

Rating: Safe D
Predicted margin: D+37.8

VotePredictor forecasts this race between Stephen Lynch (D) and Robert Burke (R) as of November 4, 2026, giving the Democrat a 99% chance. Rob Burke is not one of the two candidates it forecasts. No polls of the race: based on the district's lean, incumbency and the national environment, with published race ratings.

The Democrat’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	99%
Nov 5, 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 · No open linked indicators

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).

No open indicators are linked in the published index. This is not a compliance clearance.

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

Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. House · Massachusetts · District 8
Reported party: No party reported (08)
Election year: 2026
Race status: Challenger
Candidate status: Not yet a statutory candidate
Principal campaign committee: THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT ROB BURKE TO CONGRESS (C00952127)

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 Rob Burke? Read the article →

Sources

Unitemized individual contributions$25
Candidate loans$1,500

Top contributors

BURKE, ROBERT G.$1,5001 contribution

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Sources are the candidate's reported totals by line; the lists rank the principal committee's itemized receipts of $200 or more and exclude memo entries.

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$12.6K

Largest operating payments

SHIP IT BOSTON#248$2,133CAMPAIGN SINGAGE/ TSHIRTS/HATS/BUTTONS · Apr 16, 2026
HOLIDAY INN$825LOGGING · Jul 9, 2026
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES$821AIR TRAVEL · Aug 26, 2026
STARLINK$720INTERNET CONNECTION · Jul 27, 2026
VISTA PRINT$693CARDS/BANNER · Jun 22, 2026
EXPERDIA$672HOLIDAY INN-DALLAS · Sep 23, 2026
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES$588AIR TRAVEL · Sep 23, 2026
PUBLIC STORAGE$508CAMPAIGN STORAGE · Jun 27, 2026
STAPLES$486POLITICAL BANNERS · Jul 27, 2026
VITALE, CATHERINE$400PAYROLL · Apr 22, 2026

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Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month: $1,500 raised and $0 spent over 1 month.

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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: Massachusetts · District 8
Party affiliation: No party reported (08)
Race status: Challenger
Candidate status: Not yet a statutory candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 98 TAYLOR AVE · DEDHAM, Massachusetts, 02026
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.

THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT ROB BURKE TO CONGRESSC00952127 Authorized candidateBURKE, ROBERT G.H2MA08090
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Apr 1, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026
Contribution refunds: $0
Debts owed by committees: $1,500
Last report: OCTOBER QUARTERLY

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash62a91a7df413cbe8a1a3edec3c16161ebad90c5e103a71dada13d44f8c41aa42

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