Funding profile
Jahana Hayes
Democrat · Representative for Connecticut’s 5th district
Career totals · 5 elections · 2018–2026
$12.2 million
raised by Hayes’s campaigns, everything from 2018 to 2026 added together.
31%
of it came from organized groups rather than from people giving on their own: at least $3.8 million from PACs, plus donations that organizations collected and directed.
$5.4 million
was spent about Hayes by outside groups. These are ads for or against them that their campaign cannot control, and none of it is part of the money above.
Every number on this page comes from Federal Election Commission filings, read on August 24, 2026. An election still under way keeps raising money, so its figure will have grown since. Check Hayes on FEC.gov
Where the money came from
Everything Hayes’s campaigns have reported raising, split by who gave it.
- Individual donorsMoney given by people, in their own name.65%$8 million
- Political action committeesOrganized groups: company-run committees, unions, trade associations.29%$3.5 million
- Other sourcesParty transfers, the candidate's own money, loans and smaller categories.6%$743,000
Money bundled through organizations
Not every “individual” donation arrives on its own. An organization can collect checks from its members, already earmarked for Hayes, and deliver them in a bundle. The law counts that as individual money, but the organization still chose where it went.
$269,000
reached Hayes this way, 3% of everything they raised from individuals. Each donation came from a real person. The organization picked who got it.
- EMILY's ListA group that works to elect Democratic women who support abortion rights, and one of the oldest donation bundlers in politics.$199,000
- JStreetPAC$49,000
- AIPACThe American Israel Public Affairs Committee's political arm. It backs candidates of both parties it considers strong supporters of the U.S.-Israel relationship.$12,000
- GiveGreenA donation platform run by the League of Conservation Voters and NRDC Action Votes that directs money to candidates it rates strong on climate policy.$9,050
We can only count the organizations we have measured, so the real figure could be higher than this, never lower. Bundling is legal and widely used, and appearing here is not evidence of wrongdoing.
Who gave the most
Committee contributions from the 2024 and 2026 election periods, grouped by how the FEC classifies each giver. This covers a slice of the career total, and giving to a campaign is legal and ordinary.
- Corporation12%$189,000
- Trade association7%$109,000
- Labor union17%$268,000
- Membership organization10%$156,000
- Co-operative2%$36,000
- Corporation without capital stock<1%$4,500
- Unclassified51%$788,000
Largest committee givers
- 1Pelosi$20,000
- 2International Association of Fire Fighters$20,000
- 3Hoyer$20,000
- 4Jeffries$20,000
- 5American Association for Justice (Aaj)$20,000
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- 6International Union of Operating Engineers Local 965 Pef$20,000
- 7Clark$20,000
- 8International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers$20,000
- 9American Federation of Teachers, Afl-Cio Committee on Political Education$20,000
- 10Aguilar$20,000
“Unclassified” means the FEC records no organization type for that committee, which usually means a leadership PAC. We show it as unclassified rather than guessing which industry it belongs to.
Money spent about this member
Outside groups, usually super PACs, may spend without limit on ads for or against a candidate, as long as they do not coordinate with the campaign. Hayes has no legal control over any of it.
This is not a donation. Nobody gave this money to Hayes. It was spent on advertising about Hayes, and money spent against a candidate is plainly not funding them. So it never gets added to the figures above.
$5.4 million
has been spent for or against Hayes by outside groups. $2 million supported Hayes; $3.5 million opposed Hayes.
Largest outside spenders
Summed across 5 elections, using the Commission's aggregated totals so amended filings and 24-hour notices are not double-counted.
Spent supporting
$1.6 millionAds urging people to vote for this member. Still not their money, and they cannot direct how it is spent.
- DCCCThe Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the House Democrats' official campaign organization.$849,000
- NEA ADVOCACY FUND$315,000
- LCV VICTORY FUND$310,000
- CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PAC$109,000
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- A NEW PROMISE$65,000
Spent opposing
$3.4 millionAds urging people to vote against this member. This money was spent to defeat them.
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND$2.8 million
- NRCCThe National Republican Congressional Committee, the House Republicans' official campaign organization.$572,000
- AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONThe political network founded by the Koch family, which backs candidates favoring lower taxes and less regulation.$72,000
Election by election
The career figures above are the sum of these elections. Each row links to the Commission’s page for that election, where the numbers match line for line.
| Election | Raised | From PACs | Outside spending | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | $1.3 million | $574,000 45% | $140 | FEC |
| 2024 | $4.2 million | $944,000 22% | $797,000 | FEC |
| 2022 | $2.8 million | $957,000 34% | $4.5 million | FEC |
| 2020 | $2.1 million | $667,000 32% | $40,000 | FEC |
| 2018 | $1.9 million | $394,000 21% | $97,000 | FEC |
Raised is everything the campaign took in for that election. From PACs is the slice of it given by political action committees. Outside spending is what other groups spent on ads about the race, for and against—it is not part of “Raised”. An election marked in progress is still raising money, so its figures are not final.
We never publish the names of individual donors, and anything we cannot source stays off the page. The methodology explains every such choice.