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2026 Utah District 1 House Election

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About this race

No current officeholder is running — the seat will have a new winner. Nobody in this race has donations linked to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group, according to available records. The November ballot lists 4 candidates: one Democrat, one Republican, one independent and one Libertarian.

Key issues in Utah

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

Candidates & funding

Ben McAdams Democrat Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
2026 fundraising (FEC)$2,262,255 raised · $1,977,908 spent · $299,350 cash on hand through Jun 30, 2026
Focus: protect Social Security, early childhood education, clean air, public lands, healthcare access

Riley Owen Republican Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
2026 fundraising (FEC)$132,533 raised · $122,965 spent · $9,568 cash on hand through Jun 30, 2026
Focus: affordable housing, paid maternity leave, child online safety, save Great Salt Lake, jobs

Elias Henry Montgomery Independent Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
Focus: lower everyday costs, curb corporate home-buying, fair ballots, end gerrymandering

Jesse West Libertarian Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
Focus: End foreign wars, abolish federal death penalty, legalize cannabis, protect public lands, cut taxes

Where the money comes from

FEC campaign finance data through Jun 30, 2026. Campaign dollars, by source.

Ben McAdams DRiley Owen RElias Henry Montgomery IJesse West L
Raised$2.3M$133K——
Individuals$2M87%$99K74%——
PACs & parties$193K9%$4K3%——
Self-funded$0$30K23%——
Other$91K4%$0——
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.

Ben McAdams 1083 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$2.3M
Campaign spent$2.0M
Cash on hand$299K
FEC 2026 through 06/30/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals87%
PACs / committees9%
Self-funding0%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
  • Individual$10K
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  • Leadership PAC$10K
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  • PAC$10K
  • Membership PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Trade association PAC$10K

Showing the 50 biggest of 1083 donors. The other 1033 gave $1.4M combined.

Plus $234K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.

See Ben McAdams’s full FEC filings →

Riley Owen 48 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$133K
Campaign spent$123K
Cash on hand$10K
FEC 2026 through 06/30/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals74%
PACs / committees3%
Self-funding23%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
  • Individual$14K
  • Individual$14K
  • Individual$10K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$5K
  • PAC$4K
  • Individual$4K
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  • Leadership PAC$2K
  • Individual$1K
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See Riley Owen’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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