Jim McGovern Democrat Nominee
✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
2026 fundraising (FEC)$864,676 raised · $910,105 spent · $348,736 cash on hand through Aug 12, 2026
Focus: Human rights, campaign finance reform, ending hunger, thriving economy
About this race
This district usually votes strongly Democratic. Nobody in this race has donations linked to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group, according to available records. The candidates are Jim McGovern, a Democrat.
Key issues in Massachusetts
Major issues facing Massachusetts, based on 2025–2026 reporting. Compare them with what each candidate says they focus on below.
- Cost of living — Residents name cost of living the state's top problem, ahead of housing and energy prices.
- Housing shortage — Massachusetts faces a shortfall of roughly 115,000 homes, state planning data show.
- Rising energy costs — Electricity rates near 30 cents per kilowatt-hour rank among the nation's highest.
- Gun law referendum — Voters will decide in November whether to keep the 2024 law restricting ghost guns and assault weapons.
- Marijuana legalization repeal — A ballot measure asks voters whether to end regulated commercial sales of recreational marijuana.
Candidates & funding
Where the money comes from
FEC campaign finance data through Aug 12, 2026. Campaign dollars, by source.
| Jim McGovern D | |
|---|---|
| Raised | $865K |
| Individuals | $628K73% |
| PACs & parties | $233K27% |
| Self-funded | $0 |
| Other | $3K0% |
| AIPAC-linked* | — |
| Outside spending† | — |
* AIPAC-linked money is already counted in the rows above — it flags the pro-Israel share, not extra money.
† Independent spending on ads for or against a candidate. It never goes to their campaign.
“Individuals” covers both small-dollar (under $200) and large donors.
Who are the biggest donors?
Every donor ranked by how much they gave, from the candidate’s own FEC filings — individuals, PACs, and party committees all in one list. Expand a candidate to see theirs, then tap any name to learn more about the donor.
Why are so many gifts exactly $10,000? That’s the legal maximum a PAC can give one candidate for the whole cycle — $5,000 for the primary plus $5,000 for the general — so many PACs give the max. Individuals can give up to $3,500 per election.
Jim McGovern 609 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$865K
Campaign spent$910K
Cash on hand$349K
FEC 2026 through 08/12/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals73%
PACs / committees27%
Self-funding0%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
- Labor PAC$10K
- Labor PAC$10K
- Labor PAC$10K
- Labor PAC$10K
- Cooperative PAC$10K
- Trade association PAC$8K
- Labor PAC$8K
- Membership PAC$8K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
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- Individual$7K
- Organization$6K
- Labor PAC$6K
- Membership PAC$6K
- PAC$6K
- Individual$6K
- Trade association PAC$6K
- Individual$5K
- Individual$5K
- Trade association PAC$5K
- Labor PAC$5K
- Membership PAC$5K
- Labor PAC$5K
- Trade association PAC$5K
- Labor PAC$5K
- Membership PAC$5K
- Labor PAC$5K
- Labor PAC$5K
- Labor PAC$5K
- Labor PAC$5K
- Labor PAC$5K
- Labor PAC$5K
- Labor PAC$5K
- Trade association PAC$5K
- Trade association PAC$5K
- Trade association PAC$5K
- Trade association PAC$5K
- Individual$4K
- Individual$4K
Showing the 50 biggest of 609 donors. The other 559 gave $374K combined.
Plus $179K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.
These figures come from the candidate’s own itemized FEC reports (2026 cycle, through the coverage date above), with amendments applied and refunds netted. Joint fundraising transfers are left out of the ranking: they’re pass-throughs, and the individual donations behind them are listed above. Bank interest, vendor refunds, and other non-donation receipts are excluded. Donor names are as reported — the same person can appear twice if their name was recorded differently. Independent spending on ads is never included here — see the Outside spending column.