VODVARKA, JESSE JAMES

RepublicanFEC reportedRepublican candidate · U.S. House · Pennsylvania · District 17 · Election 2026 · ChallengerH4PA17174

Overview

Raised: $21.5K
Spent: $20.7K
Cash on hand: $839
Debts owed: $19K

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Jun 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+15.9

VotePredictor forecasts this race between Chris Deluzio (D) and Tony Guy (R) as of November 13, 2026, giving the Democrat a 99% chance. James Vodvarka 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 Republican’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	4%
Oct 1, 2026	4%
Oct 6, 2026	4%
Oct 10, 2026	3%
Oct 16, 2026	3%
Oct 24, 2026	3%
Oct 25, 2026	2%
Oct 26, 2026	1%
Nov 13, 2026	1%

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: Nov 5, 2026 · Index refreshed: Nov 5, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Nov 5, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 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 · Pennsylvania · District 17
Reported party: Republican
Election year: 2026
Race status: Challenger
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: COMMITTEE TO ELECT JESSE JAMES VODVARKA 24 (C00865329)

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 James Vodvarka? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$2,082
Unitemized individual contributions$424
Candidate loans$19K

Top contributors

VODVARKA, JESSE JAMES$19K3 contributions
EVANS, LACHUSRepublicanDerived from contributions$2,0821 contribution

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Top employers

O'NEAL MANUFACTURING SERVICES$2,0821 contribution

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Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$20.7K

Largest operating payments

FOTORECORD PRINT CENTER$5,425POST CARD · May 11, 2026
SIGNS 4 USA$5,382YARD SIGNS · Apr 22, 2026
PIGEON CREEK DESIGNS$5,105TEXT MESSAGING · May 29, 2026
IHEART MEDIA$2,057RADIO ADS · May 14, 2026
LARRY OTTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW$1,300LEGAL FEES · Apr 5, 2026
SOME GOOD PRINT$588PALM CARDS · May 24, 2026
ST BARNABAS BROADCASTING$360RADIO AD · May 18, 2026
USPS$234POSTAGE · Feb 15, 2026

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Payments are the principal committee's reported transactions, largest first.

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month: $21.1K raised and $0 spent over 3 months.

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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: Pennsylvania · District 17
Party affiliation: Republican
Race status: Challenger
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 101 FRANCES DR. · MC KEES ROCKS, Pennsylvania, 15136
Compliance screening: View review flags

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

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COMMITTEE TO ELECT JESSE JAMES VODVARKA 24C00865329 Authorized candidateVODVARKA, JESSE JAMESH4PA17174
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Feb 15, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
Contribution refunds: $0
Debts owed by committees: $19,000
Last report: JULY QUARTERLY

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash18d4699db86ba26a965ba2dc620b05036d1c49350fe87ade5f2b884cc7330a80

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