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2026 Rhode Island District 2 House Election

Seth Magaziner (D) incumbent

About this race

Seth Magaziner, a Democrat, currently holds this House seat and is running for re-election. Seth Magaziner, a Democrat, has taken $48,266 in donations linked to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group. Armando Anzoli, an independent, shows no AIPAC-linked donations in available records. Victor Mellor, a Republican, shows a record of donations linked to AIPAC, but the exact amount is still being confirmed. The November ballot lists 3 candidates: one Democrat, one Republican and one independent.

Key issues in Rhode Island

Major issues facing Rhode Island, based on 2025–2026 reporting. Compare them with what each candidate says they focus on below.

Candidates & funding

Seth Magaziner Democrat Nominee

AIPAC-linked $48,266FundVoter-reported, career 2024–2026 — methodology replication pending
AIPAC-linked contributions $32,675, career 2022-2026. Source: FEC via FundVoter.
No 2026 conduit activity detectedFEC filings show no earmarked contributions via conduits this cycle
A PAC can give at most $10K per cycle directly to a candidate. But when individuals route donations through a PAC acting as conduit, there’s no cap on how many donors can be bundled. That’s where the real money moves — not from the PAC’s treasury, but from individuals the PAC steered to the candidate. How conduits work →
2026 fundraising (FEC)$1,382,796 raised · $747,050 spent · $1,512,712 cash on hand through Aug 20, 2026
Focus: Fighting for working people: protecting Social Security, Medicare, and fundamental rights

Victor Mellor Republican Nominee

AIPAC-linkedamount under verification
FundVoter lists an AIPAC-linked FEC record for this candidate; the dollar amount is still under verification.
2026 fundraising (FEC)$2,999,002 raised · $2,722,098 spent · $276,904 cash on hand through Aug 20, 2026
Focus: Lowering energy, housing, and grocery costs; infrastructure; law and order; good-paying jobs

Where the money comes from

FEC campaign finance data through Aug 20, 2026. Campaign dollars, by source.

Seth Magaziner DVictor Mellor RArmando Anzoli I
Raised$1.4M$3M—
Individuals$777K56%$28K1%—
PACs & parties$520K38%$0—
Self-funded$0$2.9M98%—
Other$86K6%$41K1%—
AIPAC-linked*$48K——
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.

Seth Magaziner 698 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$1.4M
Campaign spent$747K
Cash on hand$1.5M
FEC 2026 through 08/20/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals56%
PACs / committees38%
Self-funding0%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
ROUTED CONTRIBUTIONS
No 2026 conduit activity detected
FEC filings show no earmarked contributions via conduits this cycle. Career AIPAC-linked total (above) may reflect prior cycles. How conduits work →
  • Individual$11K
  • Labor PAC$10K
  • Labor PAC$10K
  • Labor PAC$10K
  • Labor PAC$10K
  • Labor PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • PAC$10K
  • Individual$9K
  • Individual$9K
  • Labor PAC$9K
  • Corporate PAC$8K
  • Corporate PAC$8K
  • Trade association PAC$8K
  • Labor PAC$8K
  • Membership PAC$8K
  • Labor PAC$8K
  • Labor PAC$8K
  • Corporate PAC$8K
  • PAC$8K
  • Labor PAC$8K
  • Labor PAC$8K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Corporate PAC$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$6K
  • Corporate PAC$6K
  • Corporate PAC$6K
  • Labor PAC$6K
  • Corporate PAC$6K
  • Trade association PAC$6K
  • Corporate PAC$6K
  • Individual$6K
  • Individual$6K

Showing the 50 biggest of 698 donors. The other 648 gave $863K combined.

Plus $74K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.

See Seth Magaziner’s full FEC filings →

Victor Mellor 20 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$3.0M
Campaign spent$2.7M
Cash on hand$277K
FEC 2026 through 08/20/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals1%
PACs / committees0%
Self-funding98%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
  • Self-funded$735K
  • Individual$2K
  • Individual$2K
  • Individual$1K
  • Individual$1K
  • Individual$1K
  • Individual$1K
  • Individual$800
  • Individual$600
  • Individual$500
  • Individual$500
  • Individual$300
  • Individual$300
  • Individual$260
  • Individual$238
  • Individual$208
  • Individual$200
  • Individual$30
  • Individual$20
  • Individual$10

Plus $21K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.

See Victor Mellor’s full FEC filings →

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.

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