MCADAMS, BEN

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Utah · District 1 · Election 2026 · ChallengerH8UT04053

Overview

Raised: $2.8Mvs $0 2023–2024
Spent: $2.5Mvs $2,398 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $377.8Kvs $15K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 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 D
Predicted margin: D+35.5

VotePredictor gives Ben McAdams a 99% chance of winning as of October 29, 2026. Based on 1 poll of the race, blended with its fundamentals.

Ben McAdams’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	99%
Oct 29, 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

1 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 · 1 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Financial integrity review →Associated amount: $0
The FEC issued 1 notice(s) to FRIENDS OF BEN MCADAMS about reports it had not filed, most recently on 2026-07-06, and no filing covering those periods appears in the loaded archive.
Evidence date: Jul 6, 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 · Utah · District 1
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Challenger
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF BEN MCADAMS (C00658633)

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 Ben McAdams? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$2.1M
Unitemized individual contributions$300.4K
Other committees$341.8K

Top contributors

BETTER BLUE FUNDDemocraticInferred from FEC-reported participants$89.6K1 contribution
RUGA, TINADemocraticDerived from contributions$10.8K4 contributions
ABELE, CHRIS99% DemocraticDerived from contributions$10.5K3 contributions

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$2.4M
Contribution refunds$3,600
Other disbursements$10.5K

Largest transfers and contributions to committees

FAIR SHOT PACDemocraticLinked candidate$4,500

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Largest operating payments

OLD TOWN MEDIA LLC$198.4KMEDIA BUY · Jun 4, 2026
OLD TOWN MEDIA LLC$147KMEDIA BUY · Jun 12, 2026
OLD TOWN MEDIA LLC$126.1KMEDIA BUY · May 28, 2026
OLD TOWN MEDIA LLC$126.1KMEDIA BUY · May 21, 2026
IMPACT RESEARCH, INC.$83.3KPOLLING · Jan 29, 2026

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by 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: Utah · District 1
Party affiliation: Democratic
Race status: Challenger
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 2205 S 1000 E · SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, 84106
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.

BETTER BLUE FUNDC00940890 Joint fundraising participantFRIENDS OF BEN MCADAMSC00658633
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1978416Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
FRIENDS OF BEN MCADAMSC00658633 Authorized candidateMCADAMS, BENH8UT04053
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
FRIENDS OF BEN MCADAMSC00658633 Connected organizationBETTER BLUE FUNDReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 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: Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $3,600
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash9f988f19473eda52e267e7016a97f7773cfd3f6cedb3d1843a8f99684777681d

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Month	Raised	Spent
Oct 25	$94,500	$0
Nov 25	$428,208	$0
Dec 25	$247,948	$0
Jan 26	$88,235	$4,050
Feb 26	$97,232	$0
Mar 26	$248,906	$0
Apr 26	$190,799	$0
May 26	$129,246	$0
Jun 26	$311,122	$0

MCADAMS, BEN

Overview

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