TRONE, DAVID

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Maryland · District 6 · Election 2026 · ChallengerH6MD08549

Overview

Raised: $26.2Mvs $63.8M 2023–2024
Spent: $25Mvs $64M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $1.2Mvs $3,841 2023–2024
Debts owed: $25Mvs $73.7M 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+13.6

VotePredictor forecasts this race between April McClain Delaney (D) and Robin Ficker (R) as of November 8, 2026, giving the Democrat a 99% chance. David Trone 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	93%
Oct 1, 2026	93%
Oct 6, 2026	93%
Oct 9, 2026	96%
Oct 10, 2026	97%
Oct 16, 2026	97%
Oct 24, 2026	97%
Oct 25, 2026	98%
Oct 26, 2026	99%
Nov 9, 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: 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).

0 receipt eligibility · 3 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $4,361,720
CANAL PARTNERS MEDIA received 75.6% of positive itemized operating spending in DAVID TRONE FOR MARYLAND, INC.'s report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Jun 18, 2026
Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $2,459,274
CANAL PARTNERS MEDIA received 56.5% of positive itemized operating spending in DAVID TRONE FOR MARYLAND, INC.'s report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Mar 24, 2026
Financial integrity review →Associated amount: $0
The FEC issued 1 notice(s) to DAVID TRONE FOR MARYLAND, INC. about reports it had not filed, most recently on 2026-07-30, and no filing covering those periods appears in the loaded archive.
Evidence date: Jul 30, 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 6
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Challenger
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: DAVID TRONE FOR MARYLAND, INC. (C00653196)

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 David Trone? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$188.7K
Unitemized individual contributions$8,640
Candidate contributions$406.1K
Candidate loans$25M
Other receipts$380

Top contributors

TRONE, DAVID$25.4M22 contributions
ALTSCHULER, JONATHANDemocraticDerived from contributions$7,0002 contributions
BECKER, STEVEN RDemocraticDerived from contributions$7,0002 contributions

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$24.3M
Loan repayments$580K
Contribution refunds$63.5K
Other disbursements$21.8K

Largest operating payments

CANAL PARTNERS MEDIA$1.5MADVERTISING PLACEMENT & PRODUCTION · Apr 24, 2026
CANAL PARTNERS MEDIA$1.3MADVERTISING PLACEMENT & PRODUCTION · Dec 29, 2025
CANAL PARTNERS MEDIA$1.2MADVERTISING PLACEMENT & PRODUCTION · Apr 13, 2026
CANAL PARTNERS MEDIA$1.2MADVERTISING PLACEMENT & PRODUCTION · May 8, 2026
CANAL PARTNERS MEDIA$1MADVERTISING PLACEMENT & PRODUCTION · Mar 13, 2026
CANAL PARTNERS MEDIA$1MADVERTISING PLACEMENT & PRODUCTION · Apr 1, 2026
CANAL PARTNERS MEDIA$1MADVERTISING PLACEMENT & PRODUCTION · Jun 5, 2026

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Mar 25	$0	$580,000
Nov 25	$193,360	$0
Dec 25	$5,212,746	$5,000
Feb 26	$6,050	$0
Mar 26	$5,021,900	$0
Apr 26	$5,134,025	$0
May 26	$10,009,100	$0
Jun 26	$17,050	$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 6
Party affiliation: Democratic
Race status: Challenger
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: PO BOX 83998 · GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, 20883
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.

DAVID TRONE FOR MARYLAND, INC.C00653196 Authorized candidateTRONE, DAVIDH6MD08549
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
DAVID TRONE FOR MARYLAND, INC.C00653196 Authorized candidateTRONE, DAVIDS4MD00319
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate master: reported principal campaign committee (CAND_PCC). The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jan 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026
Contribution refunds: $63,500
Debts owed by committees: $25,000,000
Last report: OCTOBER QUARTERLY

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hashed0562cdc254fbf7ba7a215da239680a9f8a91253c046c17826e9fe735d29040

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TRONE, DAVID

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