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U.S. Representative · MA · District 2

James P. McGovern

DemocratTerm through January 2027

Funding profile · 2023–2024 cycle

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

More grassroots-funded than 82% of the House.

McGovern raised $1.1M across the two-year election cycle (2023–2024), and ended the period with $394K cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.

16%from small donors
Small donors
16%$0.2M
Large donors
51%$0.6M
Bundled
1%$0.0M
PACs
32%$0.3M
Other
1%$0.0M

Against the house

How McGovern compares to the typical member.

Small-donor share
16%vs 5% house median
PAC share
32%vs 37% house median

Who has a stake in McGovern

The organizations behind the money.

McGovern's largest organized backing comes from J Street PAC. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.

Money organized for McGovern

J Street PAC

$14K

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

National Association Of Realtors$10K

Who it funds, across Congress

43% Democrats · 57% Republicans · $4.9M to 452 members

Outside spending, by party

Spent $18.9M to elect Republicans.

National Beer Wholesalers Association PAC$10K

The National Beer Wholesalers Association's PAC, a large trade PAC representing beer distributors.

Who it funds, across Congress

47% Democrats · 53% Republicans · $2.8M to 410 members

Air Line Pilots Association PAC$10K

The Air Line Pilots Association's PAC, representing commercial airline pilots.

Who it funds, across Congress

64% Democrats · 36% Republicans · $1.9M to 329 members

National Association Of Letter Carriers PAC$10K

The National Association of Letter Carriers' political fund, representing postal workers.

Who it funds, across Congress

82% Democrats · 18% Republicans · $1.5M to 253 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 McGovern's backing, not just the individual groups.

$155KLabor
$40KAg & Food
$26KHealth
$14KPro-Israel
$13KReal Estate

Plus $67K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.

FEC filings, 2023–2024 cycle · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 85 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 McGovern'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 McGovern stands