2026 general election
Connecticut 2nd District
The candidate who raised the most money won. · Incumbent re-elected.
$1.3M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2026 Connecticut 2nd District race: $1.3M raised by the campaigns, $537K of it from PACs, plus $0 from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). Joe Courtney (Democrat) won and was the top fundraiser.
Receipts + outside spending
$1.3M
Raised by campaigns
$1.3M
PAC checks
$537K
Outside money
$0
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Joe CourtneyDemocrat, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $967K
- Spent
- $932K
- From individuals
- $428K
- From PACs
- $533K
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 55% of Courtney's money came from PACs
Corporate $189K (40%)Trade group $54K (11%)Leadership PAC $3K (1%)Membership $51K (11%)Union $148K (31%)Other $32K (7%)
- Rtx Corporation Corporate$10K
- Ttm Technologies Inc. Political Action Committee Corporate$10K
- The Boeing Company Corporate$10K
- National Education Association Union$10K
- General Dynamics Corporation Corporate$10K
- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO Union$10K
- American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee On Political Education Union$10K
- Fairbanks Morse, LLC Political Action Committee Corporate$10K
George AustinRepublican
✗ Lost- Raised
- $315K
- Spent
- $218K
- From individuals
- $59K
- From PACs
- $4K
- From party
- $8K
- Own money & loans
- $240K
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 1% of Austin's money came from PACs
Other $2K (100%)
- Grassroots East - Federal Other$2K
Questions people ask
- How much money is tied to the 2026 Connecticut 2nd District race?
- $1.3M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2026 Connecticut 2nd District race: $1.3M raised by the campaigns, $537K of it from PACs, plus $0 from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). Joe Courtney (Democrat) won and was the top fundraiser.
- Who raised the most money in the 2026 Connecticut 2nd District race?
- Joe Courtney (Democrat) raised $967K.
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2026 Connecticut 2nd District race?
- Employees of Rtx Corporation Political Action Committee gave $10K to Joe Courtney; Ttm Technologies Inc. Political Action Committee gave $10K to Joe Courtney; The Boeing Company PAC gave $10K to Joe Courtney.