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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

Individual donations ≥$200$21K · 60%
Small dollar donations <$200$13K · 38%
Candidate self-funding$40 · 0%
Loans and other receipts$400 · 1%

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