Michael Duffin
Running for U.S. House District 8 — 2026 election
Raised · 2026 cycle
$35K
Source: FEC
As of July 2026, Michael Duffin is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 8 in Virginia in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $35,184 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.
Michael Duffin (Democratic) is running for the U.S. House in Virginia's 8th Congressional District, with a Democratic primary scheduled for August 4, 2026. He is a former senior adviser in the State Department's Bureau of Counterterrorism's Office of Countering Violent Extremism, a position he held from 2016 until he was fired in July 2025 as part of a wave of more than 1,300 State Department layoffs. He holds a B.A. in communication from DePaul University, an M.S. in journalism from Northwestern University, a master's of public diplomacy from the University of Southern California, and a master's of international public policy from Johns Hopkins University.
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99% of fundraising comes from individual donors — one of the more grassroots-funded profiles in this cycle.
$35K
Total raised
$34K
Total spent
$2K
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