John Cappello
Running for U.S. House District 17 — 2026 election
Raised · 2026 cycle
$81K
Source: FEC
As of July 2026, John Cappello is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 17 in New York in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $81,075 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.
John Cappello is a retired United States Air Force officer who ran as a Democrat for U.S. House in New York's 17th Congressional District and lost the 2026 primary. He grew up in Suffern, New York, graduated from Suffern High School, and received an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy, where he majored in political science. Over a 25-plus-year Air Force career he served as a B-1 bomber pilot and held assignments in Ukraine, Israel, and Serbia, and he reported raising $81,075 per FEC filings.
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100% of fundraising comes from individual donors — one of the more grassroots-funded profiles in this cycle.
$81K
Total raised
$68K
Total spent
$14K
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