Ruth Fortune
Running for U.S. House District 1 — 2026 election
Raised · 2026 cycle
$104K
Source: FEC
As of July 2026, Ruth Fortune is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 1 in Connecticut in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $103,536 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle. All figures on this page are drawn from primary sources — FEC filings, congressional records, and STOCK Act disclosures — and link back to them.
Data last updated July 2026.
Ruth Fortune is a Democratic candidate for Connecticut's 1st Congressional District in 2026 and an attorney based in Connecticut. She is an at-large member of the Hartford Public Schools Board of Education. Fortune, who immigrated to the U.S. from Haiti as a child and was undocumented for a decade, qualified for the August 11, 2026 Democratic primary by collecting petition signatures. Her principal campaign committee, Ruth Fortune for Congress, reported $103,536.01 in total receipts to the FEC.
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Individual donors make up 76% of fundraising, with the remainder from PACs and party committees.
$104K
Total raised
$78K
Total spent
$25K
Cash on hand
Where the money comes from
Reflects money received by the campaign committee itself. “Loans and other receipts” covers candidate or bank loans, offsets to operating expenditures, interest and other non-contribution receipts reported to the FEC. Independent expenditures by super PACs are not included.
Totals through 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC