Elections · U.S. House, District 1 · Utah
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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, Jesse West and Elias Henry Montgomery for this seat on November 3, 2026, with Babak "Bobby" Darvish certified as write-in candidate.
The general-election ballot as recorded September 21, 2026, not a prediction. Certified list: Utah Lieutenant Governor; 2026 Candidate Filings, last updated 9/08/2026: every filer's status, including the write-in candidate and those out in convention, out in primary, withdrawn or disqualified. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 10%$223K
- Large donors
- 78%$1.8M
- PACs
- 8%$193K
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- --
- Other
- 4%$91K
Separately, $2.7M in independent expenditures was reported supporting 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, 2026
Register 11 days before online, or same-day through Election Day in person.
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. These figures describe the district as drawn before its lines changed for 2026; estimates for the new lines are not yet published.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.
- Nate Blouin$705K
- Michael Farrell$313K
- Ben McAdamsthis page$2.3M
- Liban Mohamed$352K
- Riley Owen$133K
- Jesse West-
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. A hollow row is a candidate with no finance report on file yet, not one who raised nothing. Also on the ballot with no FEC filing, so no row: Elias Henry Montgomery.
Spending to support them
$2.7M- Think Big$1.1M
- New Democrat Majority$1.0M
- America's Credit Unions PAC$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 does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.
That absence is not a position for or against anything.
What the campaign says, on benmcadamsutah.comCandidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Wikimedia Commons, see Commons. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.
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