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Elections · U.S. House, District 1 · Utah

Ben McAdams

Democrat On the November ballot

Raised for this seat

$2.3M

Through June 30, 2026

Cash on hand

$299K

Through June 30, 2026

On the November ballot

McAdams faces Riley Owen for this seat on November 3, 2026.

Riley OwenRepublican · $133KBen McAdamsthis pageDemocrat · $2.3M

The ballot as filed by the nominee source, recorded August 27, 2026, not a prediction. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

10%from small donors
Small donors
10%$223K
Large donors
78%$1.8M
PACs
9%$193K
Party
--
Self-funding
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Other
4%$91K

Separately, $2.7M in independent expenditures was reported for and against this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.

Receipts reported through June 30, 2026. Source: FEC.

How to vote in Utah

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 11 days before online, or same-day through Election Day in person.

All dates and rules

The district they want to represent

People
846K
Median household income
$93K
Unemployment
2.9%
Living below the poverty line
8.7%
Without health insurance
7.0%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

Against the field for this seat

Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, in ballot order, not money order.

Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. Showing 7 of 9 funded campaigns; every filing is on the race page.

The whole race

Spending to support them

$2.7M
  • Think Big$1.1M
  • New Democrat Majority$1.0M
  • America's Credit Unions PAC of Credit Union National Association$300K
  • Article One PAC$215K
  • Welcomepac$23K

The top 5 committees of the $2.7M filed in this direction.

Spending to oppose them

No committee has filed independent spending in this direction.

How these directions are decided

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.

Record in office

McAdams has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.

That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.

What the campaign says, on benmcadamsutah.com

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Wikimedia Commons, see Commons. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.