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Trina Swanson

Running for U.S. House District 8 — 2026 election

Raised · 2026 cycle

$278K

Source: FEC

As of July 2026, Trina Swanson is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 8 in Minnesota in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $277,528 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.

Trina Swanson is the DFL-endorsed Democratic candidate running for the U.S. House in Minnesota's 8th Congressional District in 2026. She grew up in Hermantown, Minnesota, and holds a bachelor's degree from the University of St. Thomas and a law degree from Mitchell Hamline School of Law. After starting her federal career at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Duluth, she spent roughly 25 years with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, including overseas posts in Germany and Kenya, and rose to Director of International Operations. She left federal service and returned to Minnesota to start a law practice before launching her congressional campaign.

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96% of fundraising comes from individual donors — one of the more grassroots-funded profiles in this cycle.

$278K

Total raised

$160K

Total spent

$117K

Cash on hand

Where the money comes from

Individual donations ≥$200$166K · 60%
Small dollar donations <$200$102K · 37%
PAC contributions$10K · 4%

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