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Ben Mcadams

Running for U.S. House District 1 — 2026 election

Raised · 2026 cycle

$2.3M

Source: FEC

As of July 2026, Ben Mcadams is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 1 in Utah in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $2,262,255 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.

Benjamin McAdams is the Democratic nominee for Utah's 1st Congressional District in the 2026 general election. An attorney, he served as mayor of Salt Lake County from 2013 to 2019 and represented Utah's 2nd Senate District in the Utah State Senate from 2009 to 2012. He previously represented Utah's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House from 2019 to 2021 after defeating incumbent Mia Love in 2018. McAdams holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Utah and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.

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87% of fundraising comes from individual donors — one of the more grassroots-funded profiles in this cycle.

$2.3M

Total raised

$2.0M

Total spent

$299K

Cash on hand

Where the money comes from

Individual donations ≥$200$1.8M · 78%
Small dollar donations <$200$223K · 10%
PAC contributions$193K · 9%
Transfers from other committees$90K · 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