SCHWARTZ, DANIEL

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Maryland · District 1 · Election 2026 · ChallengerH6MD01320

Overview

Raised: $1.2M
Spent: $1.2M
Cash on hand: -$4,473
Debts owed: $27.5K

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: 2%
Rating: Safe R
Predicted margin: R+12.9

VotePredictor gives Dan Schwartz a 2% chance of winning as of November 1, 2026. Based on 1 poll of the race, blended with its fundamentals.

Dan Schwartz’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	4%
Oct 1, 2026	4%
Oct 6, 2026	4%
Oct 10, 2026	4%
Oct 16, 2026	5%
Oct 24, 2026	2%
Oct 25, 2026	2%
Oct 31, 2026	2%
Nov 1, 2026	2%

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

2 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).

0 receipt eligibility · 2 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $23,031
PAYROLL DATA PROCESSING received 51.1% of positive itemized operating spending in DAN SCHWARTZ FOR CONGRESS's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Jun 27, 2025
Financial integrity review →Associated amount: $0
The FEC issued 2 notice(s) to DAN SCHWARTZ FOR CONGRESS about reports it had not filed, most recently on 2026-06-16, and no filing covering those periods appears in the loaded archive.
Evidence date: Jun 16, 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 · Maryland · District 1
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Challenger
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: DAN SCHWARTZ FOR CONGRESS (C00902957)

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 Dan Schwartz? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$674.8K
Unitemized individual contributions$442K
Other committees$19.9K
Party committees$2,500
Candidate contributions$2,568
Candidate loans$13K

Top contributors

SCHWARTZ, DANIEL$15.6K5 contributions
SCHWARTZ, HAROLDDemocraticDerived from contributions$10.3K4 contributions
GABEL, CAROLINE

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$1.1M
Loan repayments$13K
Contribution refunds$5,459
Other disbursements$510

Largest operating payments

UPWAVE$50.8KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING, DIGITAL ADVERTISING · Apr 2, 2026
MANAGEMENT PERSONELL XCHANGE$21.9KPROJECT MANAGEMENT · May 19, 2026
MANAGEMENT PERSONELL XCHANGE$17KPROJECT MANAGEMENT · Feb 10, 2026
UPWAVE$16.1KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Jun 3, 2026
MANAGEMENT PERSONELL XCHANGE$14.3KPROJECT MANAGEMENT · Apr 20, 2026
UPWAVE$13.7KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING, DIGITAL ADVERTISING · May 21, 2026
MANAGEMENT PERSONELL XCHANGE$11.2KPROJECT MANAGEMENT · Feb 20, 2026
MANAGEMENT PERSONELL XCHANGE

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Apr 25	$25,647	$0
May 25	$11,650	$0
Jun 25	$48,132	$0
Jul 25	$8,288	$6,302
Aug 25	$12,595	$0
Sep 25	$62,909	$0
Oct 25	$13,910	$0
Nov 25	$17,566	$0
Dec 25	$34,227	$0
Jan 26	$11,453	$0
Feb 26	$9,005	$0
Mar 26	$44,910	$0
Apr 26	$14,534	$0
May 26	$30,231	$0
Jun 26	$46,294	$0

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2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: Maryland · District 1
Party affiliation: Democratic
Race status: Challenger
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026
Registered address: PO BOX 44 · ROYAL OAK, Maryland, 21662
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.

SCHWARTZ VICTORY FUNDC00960260 Joint fundraising participantDAN SCHWARTZ FOR CONGRESSC00902957
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 2010116Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
DAN SCHWARTZ FOR CONGRESSC00902957 Authorized candidateSCHWARTZ, DANIELH6MD01320
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
DAN SCHWARTZ FOR CONGRESSC00902957 Connected organizationSCHWARTZ VICTORY FUNDReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Oct 11, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Apr 21, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $5,459
Debts owed by committees: $27,477
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash157c2b516fe4e207e23d4b78559fb7a8ff17fa15e430967bb573f2aaf0354dfd

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SCHWARTZ, DANIEL

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