Massachusetts House District 2 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them
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Jim McGovern (Democrat) are the nominees for Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Jim McGovern is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Jim McGovern's campaign had raised $1.0 million (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $10 for Jim McGovern and $0 against.
Jim McGovern (DEM, incumbent).
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Money in this race
From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.
Jim McGovern (DEM, incumbent)
- Raised
- $1.0M through 2026-10-14
individuals $703K · PACs $306K · cash on hand $369K
- Outside spending
- $10 supporting McGovern · latest reported 2026-04-07
- Largest outside spenders
- SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
— $10 supporting McGovern
- Bundled through PACs
- none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01
78 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $10K
- ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS POLITICAL ACTION FUND $8,500
- ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- ALSTON & BIRD PAC $1,000
- AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY PAC $2,500
- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION (ATU) COPE VOLUNTARY ACCOUNT $2,500
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE PAC $5,000
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CROP INSURERS PAC $2,000
- AMERICAN BAKERS ASSOCIATION AMERICAN BAKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
- AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES PAC $2,500
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR PAC $10K
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES PAC $6,000
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES-AFL-CIO PAC $10K
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS COPE $2,500
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS COPE $2,500
- AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASS. PAC $8,000
- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
- AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
- AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) $7,000
- ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION PAC $2,000
- ARGENTUM'S SILVER PAC $5,500
- CARPENTERS' LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE PAC $10K
- CASTEN FOR CONGRESS $1,000
- COMMITTE TO ELECT ALEJANDRO GUARDIOLA $100
- COMMITTEE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON $5,000
- COMMITTEE TO ELECT JOSEPH CONNOLLY OCPF ID: 13938 $500
- COMMITTEE TO ELECT KAREN SPILKA $100
- COMMITTEE TO ELECT KATE TOOMEY $50
- COMMITTEE TO ELECT MICHAEL O. MOORE $100
- CREDIT UNION LEGISLATIVE ACTION COUNCIL THE PAC $5,000
- DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC. - PAC $3,000
- DEMOCRATS WIN FUND $1,000
- END CITIZENS UNITED PAC $3,000
- ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
- FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC $1,000
- HB STRATEGIES PAC $1,000
- HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT $2,000
- HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND PAC $6,000
- HUSCH BLACKWELL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
- IBEW PAC VOLUNTARY FUND $5,000
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOC OF FIRE FIGHTERS PAC $2,500
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF IRON WORKERS (IPAL) PAC $7,500
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS PAC $3,500
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS PAC $2,500
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS PAC $2,500
- KING & SPALDING NONPARTISAN COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT $5,000
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC $10K
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE $5,000
- MASSMEDIC GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $1,000
- MINN-DAK FARMERS CO-OP PAC $1,000
- NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOC. PAC $10K
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES PAC $5,000
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS PAC $6,000
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
- NATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS PAC/ INTN'L UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS (NEC PAC) $5,000
- NATIONAL NURSES UNITED PAC $1,000
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION PAC $1,000
- NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH FED PAC $1,000
- NIXON PEABODY LLP FEDERAL PAC $500
- O'NEILL & ASSOC. PAC $1,000
- PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES INTERNATIONAL UNION PAC $1,000
- PROFESSIONAL AVIATION SAFETY SPECIALISTS (PASS PAC) $1,000
- REALTORS PAC $5,000
- REVIVING AMERICAN JOBS AGAIN PAC DBA EQUAL OPPORTUNITY NOW $2,026
- SERVICE EMPLOYEES INT'L UNION PAC $5,000
- SHEET METAL AIR RAIL TRANSPORTATION POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE $10K
- SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC $1,000
- SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS PAC $2,500
- STERLING DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE $250
- SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COALITION PAC (SEEC PAC) $2,500
- UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICE $5,000
- UNITED FRESH PRODUCE ASSOCIATION FRESH PAC $1,000
- UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND $10K
- WESTERN SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC $1,000
All filings at the FEC ↗
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