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U.S. Representative · CT · District 5

Jahana Hayes

DemocratTerm through January 2027

Funding profile · 2023–2024 cycle

16% of the money Hayes raised came from small donors.

More grassroots-funded than 82% of the House.

Hayes raised $4.2M across the two-year election cycle (2023–2024), and ended the period with $523K cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.

16%from small donors
Small donors
16%$0.7M
Large donors
50%$2.1M
Bundled
4%$0.2M
PACs
22%$0.9M
Other
7%$0.3M

Against the house

How Hayes compares to the typical member.

Small-donor share
16%vs 5% house median
PAC share
22%vs 37% house median

Who has a stake in Hayes

The organizations behind the money.

Hayes's largest organized backing comes from Emily'S List. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.

Money organized for Hayes

Emily'S List›

$122K

EMILY's List's PAC, which backs Democratic women who support abortion rights.

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $2.4M to 47 members

Jstreetpac›$47K

J Street's PAC, a liberal pro-Israel group that backs candidates supporting a two-state solution, often a counterweight to AIPAC.

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $4.0M to 144 members

Fair Shot PAC›$23K

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $914K to 102 members

Women'S Political Committee Federal›$10K

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $335K to 39 members

Nea Fund For Children And Public Education›$10K

The National Education Association's political fund, one of the largest labor PACs, representing public-school teachers.

Who it funds, across Congress

98% Democrats · 2% Republicans · $1.5M to 238 members

› What is organized money?

An organization reaches a member two ways. Its own PAC writes a direct check. And it bundles: it gathers individual donations from its supporters and routes them through its conduit. Both count here as one “organized” total. The bundled part is already inside the individual giving shown in the funding mix above. Here it is regrouped by the organization that gathered it, so you can see who did the organizing.

The same money, by industry

Which industries have a stake.

The same organized money, grouped by the industry of the organization that moved it. It shows the interests behind Hayes's backing, not just the individual groups.

$190KIdeological
$134KLabor
$48KAg & Food
$47KPro-Israel
$45KHealth

Plus $336K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.

The money spent about Hayes

Spent for or against.

Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Hayes, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Hayes.

All outside groups18% to help, 82% to hurt$796K
  1. NRCC›$572K
    To help Hayes
    —
    To hurt Hayes
    $572K

    The National Republican Congressional Committee, the party committee for electing House Republicans.

  2. LCV Victory Fund›$100K
    To help Hayes
    $100K
    To hurt Hayes
    —

    The League of Conservation Voters' super PAC, spending on environmental-minded candidates.

  3. Americans For Prosperity Action›$72K
    To help Hayes
    —
    To hurt Hayes
    $72K

    Americans for Prosperity Action, the super PAC of the Koch network, spending independently for mostly conservative candidates.

  4. Working Families Party PAC$40K
    To help Hayes
    $40K
    To hurt Hayes
    —

FEC filings, 2023–2024 cycle · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 232 organizations with a stake

About this data

FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2023–2024 cycle. This is the disclosed money only. Spending by outside groups that do not reveal their donors, the dark money that set a record in 2024, never appears in these figures.

Every percentage here is a share of all receipts, not of individual contributions only. So the small-donor share counts transfers, loans, and other money in its base, and can read higher than figures that divide only by individual money.

PAC figures are contributions to Hayes's campaign committee from FEC filings. Industry labels are grouped from each committee's name and are approximate. Joint fundraising committees and small-dollar conduits like ActBlue and WinRed are not counted.

84%want dark money disclosed

Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.

Where Hayes stands