Political ads · 2026 · MD

Maryland House District 2 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

Johnny Olszewski won · 62.8% to 37.2%, with an estimated 84% of the vote counted · Called by AP on Nov 3

Dave Wallace (Republican) and Johnny Olszewski (Democrat) are the nominees for Maryland's 2nd congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Johnny Olszewski is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Dave Wallace's campaign had raised $29,000 (through October 14, 2026) and Johnny Olszewski's campaign $1.3 million (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $10 for Johnny Olszewski and $0 against.

Dave Wallace (REP), Johnny Olszewski (DEM, incumbent). 0 ads analyzed, 0 with at least one technique in the copy. Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing.

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Registration Register by Tue, Oct 13 (5 p.m. advance deadline; after that, register in person at early voting or on Election Day.). Same-day registration: At early voting centers and Election Day polling places, with proof of residence. (passed)Source: elections.maryland.gov ↗Source: elections.maryland.gov ↗
Early voting in person Thu, Oct 22 to Thu, Oct 29 (7 a.m.-8 p.m. daily, including weekend, at any center in your county.) (passed)Source: elections.maryland.gov ↗
By mail Anyone can vote by mail; request a ballot by Tue, Oct 27 (Received by this date for ballot by mail/fax; 2026-10-30 for print-at-home; in person until 8 p.m. Nov 3.); return it by Tue, Nov 3 (Postmarked by Election Day or in a drop box by 8 p.m.; mailed ballots received by 10 a.m. Nov 13.) (passed)Source: elections.maryland.gov ↗Source: elections.maryland.gov ↗
Election Day Tue, Nov 3. Polls: 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. (passed)Source: elections.maryland.gov ↗
ID at the polls No ID for most voters; some first-time voters are asked for photo ID or a document showing name and address.Source: elections.maryland.gov ↗
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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.

Dave Wallace (REP)

Raised
$29K through 2026-10-14 individuals $27K · PACs $1,000 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $1,600 · cash on hand $4,899
Outside spending
none reported
Bundled through PACs
none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

All filings at the FEC ↗

Johnny Olszewski (DEM, incumbent)

Raised
$1.3M through 2026-10-14 individuals $826K · PACs $454K · cash on hand $682K
Outside spending
$10 supporting Olszewski · latest reported 2025-10-01
Largest outside spenders
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION — $10 supporting Olszewski
Bundled through PACs
$27K through 2 PACs · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01 JSTREETPAC — $14K from 20 gifts Lobbyist/registrant PAC AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE — $13K from 9 gifts Lobbyist/registrant PAC
135 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
  • ABC EDUCATION FUND UFCW LOCAL 27 $5,000
  • AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC) $1,000
  • AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $6,000
  • AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AKIN GUMP PAC) $1,500
  • ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS POLITICAL ACTION FUND $1,000
  • AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC) $2,000
  • AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. $1,500
  • AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SKINPAC) $1,000
  • AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FAMMEDPAC) $1,000
  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) $7,500
  • AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) $1,000
  • AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC (OB-GYN PAC) $1,000
  • AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
  • AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES PAC $2,000
  • AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E $10K
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $2,500
  • AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
  • AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) $7,000
  • AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA, INC PAC $3,000
  • AMERICAN WATERWAYS OPERATORS-PAC $1,000
  • ASSOCIATION OF MARYLAND PILOTS PAC $1,000
  • ATU COPE VOLUNTARY ACCOUNT $5,000
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC $1,000
  • BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY PAC $2,000
  • BHFS-E, PC PAC (BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE) $2,000
  • BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) $2,500
  • CAREFIRST BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD ASSOCIATES FEDERAL PAC $1,000
  • CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE $500
  • CENTENE CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CENTENE PAC) $1,000
  • CHUGACH ALASKA CORPORATION PAC (CAC PAC) $6,500
  • CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
  • CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CEPAC) $3,000
  • CVS HEALTH PAC $2,500
  • D.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS) $1,500
  • DADS PAC $1,000
  • DEFEND THE VOTE $2,500
  • DEMOCRATS FOR EDUCATION REFORM $1,000
  • DEMOCRATS UNITED TO CHANGE AND HOPE PAC $10K
  • DUANE MORRIS GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE $250
  • DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE $2,000
  • EDISON INTERNATIONAL PAC $2,500
  • ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC) $3,500
  • EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC $5,000
  • EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
  • ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS $2,500
  • ENTERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ENPAC) $1,000
  • ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • FAIR SHOT PAC $2,000
  • FGS GLOBAL (US) LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • FIRSTENERGY CORP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC $1,000
  • FOX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FOX PAC) $1,000
  • FRIENDS OF COUNCILMAN NICK C. D'ADAMO, JR. $300
  • FRIENDS OF JIMMY TARLAU $100
  • FRIENDS OF SHARON GREEN MIDDLETON $250
  • FUTURE FORUM PAC $4,500
  • GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP. PAC $2,000
  • GRAND CANYON STATE CAUCUS $3,000
  • GRIDIRON-PAC $2,500
  • HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PAC $1,000
  • HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (HIIPAC) $1,000
  • IBEW PAC VOLUNTARY FUND $3,500
  • INSPIRE BRANDS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) $2,500
  • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC $2,000
  • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE $5,000
  • INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ICSC PAC) $2,000
  • INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION FRANCHISING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,124
  • INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE $3,000
  • JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS $1,000
  • JSTREETPAC $3,500
  • LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC $5,000
  • LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND $1,050
  • LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • M & T AND WILMINGTON TRUST PAC $1,000
  • MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS $5,000
  • MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • MARYLAND HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION PAC $500
  • MARYLAND TEAMSTERS PAC $1,000
  • MCGUIREWOODS FEDERAL PAC $1,000
  • MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY GROWERS PAC $3,000
  • MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) $1,000
  • MONUMENTAL SPORTS PAC $1,000
  • NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC) $2,000
  • NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
  • NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND) $2,500
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
  • NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • NATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS PAC/ INTN'L UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS (NEC PAC) $5,000
  • NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION RURAL BROADBAND PAC $1,000
  • NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUND $2,000
  • NORTH AMERICA'S BUILDING TRADES UNIONS POLITICAL EDUCATIONAL FUND $1,000
  • PERATON CORP. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (A.K.A. 'PERATON PAC') $2,000
  • POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOS $1,000
  • POWERPAC OF THE EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE $2,500
  • RICHARD E NEAL FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE $2,000
  • ROBOTIC RESEARCH OPCO LLC- FORTERRA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $500
  • ROCKET LAB USA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ROCKET LAB PAC) $3,500
  • SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) $2,500
  • SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • SMITHS GROUP SERVICES CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,500
  • SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA (PAC) $500
  • SUN PAC $3,000
  • SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COALITION PAC (SEEC PAC) $1,000
  • TEXTRON INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • THE BOEING COMPANY PAC $1,000
  • THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • THE NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION $4,000
  • TRUIST FINANCIAL CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC $2,500
  • UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA) $5,000
  • UFCW LOCAL 400 ABC PAC $2,500
  • UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB $5,000
  • UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. PAC (UPSPAC) $1,000
  • UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED PAC (UNITEDHEALTH GROUP PAC) $4,500
  • UNUM GROUP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UNUMPAC) $2,500
  • VENABLE PAC (VEN-PAC) $150
  • VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC) $1,000
  • WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $3,000
  • WANADA $500
  • ZURICH HOLDING COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC. COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT (Z-PAC, ZURICH PAC) $1,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

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