Funding profile
Stephen F. Lynch
Democrat · Representative for Massachusetts’s 8th district
Career totals · 13 elections · 2002–2026
$14.1 million
raised by Lynch’s campaigns, everything from 2002 to 2026 added together.
35%
of it came from organized groups rather than from people giving on their own: at least $4.9 million from PACs.
$40,000
was spent about Lynch 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 Lynch on FEC.gov
Where the money came from
Everything Lynch’s campaigns have reported raising, split by who gave it.
- Individual donorsMoney given by people, in their own name.60%$8.5 million
- Political action committeesOrganized groups: company-run committees, unions, trade associations.35%$4.9 million
- Other sourcesParty transfers, the candidate's own money, loans and smaller categories.5%$678,000
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.
- Corporation25%$176,000
- Trade association17%$118,000
- Labor union43%$307,000
- Membership organization5%$34,000
- Co-operative2%$15,000
- Corporation without capital stock2%$12,000
- Unclassified7%$46,000
Which industries
- Insurance56% · $16,000
- Banking & finance44% · $13,000
The FEC records that a committee is a corporation; it does not record its industry. Those labels are ours, kept in a published list anyone can check. Where we have not labeled a giver we say “Other” rather than guessing.
Largest committee givers
- 1Laborers' International Union of North America$20,000
- 2International Association of Fire Fighters$20,000
- 3United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America$20,000
- 4American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Afl-Cio$20,000
- 5National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors$16,000
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- 6Unite Here$15,000
- 7National Rural Letter Carriers' Association$15,000
- 8International Brotherhood of Teamsters$15,000
- 9International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers$15,000
- 10National Association of Realtors$14,000
“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.
Their money and their votes, side by side
For each industry that gave to Lynch: the money, then the bills they voted on in that industry’s area of law. The Library of Congress assigns each bill’s subject, not us, so nothing here is picked to make a point.
This is not evidence that money bought a vote. People often donate to politicians who already agree with them. We show what was given and how Lynch voted; the judgment is yours.
Insurance—$16,000 given
Lynch voted on 19 bills in this area. The 3 most substantive are listed first.
- H R 736On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassProtect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025 This bill extends the deadline for certain companies that are required to file beneficial ownership information with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).Yes
- S J RES 28On PassageThis joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) titled Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications and published on December 10, 2024.No
- S J RES 18On PassageThis joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau titled Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions and published on December 30, 2024.No
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- S J RES 13On PassageThis joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency titled Business Combinations Under the Bank Merger Act and published on September 25, 2024.No
- H R 3394On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedFair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act This bill expands the eligibility criteria for an accredited investor for purposes of participating in private offerings of securities to include an individual determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to have qualifying professional knowledge through educational or professional experience. (Certain unregistered securities may only be offered to accredited investors.) The bill also provides statutory authority for certain existing criteria for an accredited investor, including licensure or registration in good standing as a broker or investment adviser, specified annual salary, and specified net worth.Yes
- H R 3234On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedThis bill increases the amount insured depository institutions may accept as reciprocal deposits. (Reciprocal deposits are used by institutions to increase the availability of deposit insurance by splitting large deposits using a reciprocal network of institutions.) The bill creates a tiered system so that the allowable amount is based on the institution's total liabilities.Yes
- H R 4544On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedThis bill requires federal financial regulators to review and streamline the application process for the formation of de novo, or new, depository institutions or credit unions.Yes
- H R 5317On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedThis bill changes the treatment of certain types of deposits so they are no longer classified as brokered deposits.Yes
We do not score these or say which way a vote favored an industry, because that would be our opinion dressed up as a finding. Each bill links to the chamber’s own roll-call record. Industries where fewer than three bills came to a vote are left out, because a handful of votes cannot show a pattern.
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. Lynch has no legal control over any of it.
This is not a donation. Nobody gave this money to Lynch. It was spent on advertising about Lynch, and money spent against a candidate is plainly not funding them. So it never gets added to the figures above.
$40,000
has been spent for or against Lynch by outside groups. $4,917 supported Lynch; $35,000 opposed Lynch.
Largest outside spenders
Summed across 2 elections, using the Commission's aggregated totals so amended filings and 24-hour notices are not double-counted.
Spent supporting
$4,917Ads urging people to vote for this member. Still not their money, and they cannot direct how it is spent.
- MASSACHUSETTS NURSES ASSOCIATION$4,917
Spent opposing
$35,000Ads urging people to vote against this member. This money was spent to defeat them.
- THE COMMITTEE FOR ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE$35,000
- NARAL Pro-Choice America$10
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 | $910,000 | $339,000 37% | none | FEC |
| 2024 | $710,000 | $408,000 57% | none | FEC |
| 2022 | $962,000 | $427,000 44% | none | FEC |
| 2020 | $911,000 | $497,000 55% | $40,000 | FEC |
| 2018 | $860,000 | $313,000 36% | none | FEC |
| 2016 | $1.2 million | $363,000 30% | none | FEC |
| 2014 | $881,000 | $296,000 34% | none | FEC |
| 2012 | $730,000 | $464,000 64% | none | FEC |
| 2010 | $1 million | $425,000 42% | $10 | FEC |
| 2008 | $1.1 million | $349,000 33% | none | FEC |
| 2006 | $1.2 million | $322,000 28% | none | FEC |
| 2004 | $1.2 million | $310,000 27% | none | FEC |
| 2002 | $2.5 million | $387,000 16% | none | 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.