Political ads · 2026 · MD

Maryland House District 8 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

Jamie Raskin won · 82.9% to 15.4%, with an estimated 78% of the vote counted · Called by AP on Nov 3

Jamie Raskin (Democrat) and Cheryl Riley (Republican) are the nominees for Maryland's 8th congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Jamie Raskin is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Jamie Raskin's campaign had raised $9.3 million (through October 14, 2026) and Cheryl Riley's campaign $22,000 (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $4,000 for Jamie Raskin and $0 against.

Jamie Raskin (DEM, incumbent), Cheryl Riley (REP). 1 other filed with the FEC; any ads they ran are below. 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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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.

Jamie Raskin (DEM, incumbent)

Raised
$9.3M through 2026-10-14 individuals $8.2M · PACs $500K · party $1,444 · from the candidate's other committees $332K · cash on hand $7.9M
Outside spending
$4,155 supporting Raskin · latest reported 2026-06-22
Largest outside spenders
NEA ADVOCACY FUND — $3,971 supporting Raskin Largest donors: Association Nea Advocacy Fund $7.1M (100%), NEA, NOT Applicable UNITY & JUSTICE FUND — $174 supporting Raskin Largest donors: CAIR ACTION $185K (25%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Jukaku Tayeb $100K (14%), NOT Employed SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION — $10 supporting Raskin
Bundled through PACs
$41K through 3 PACs · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01 JSTREETPAC — $34K from 77 gifts Lobbyist/registrant PAC SERVE AMERICA PAC — $7,000 from 2 gifts NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) — $250 from 1 gift Lobbyist/registrant PAC
221 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
  • ABBVIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • ACADEMY OF RAIL LABOR ATTORNEYS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • ADAM SMITH FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE $84
  • ADEIA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ADEIA PAC) $2,000
  • AGER FOR CONGRESS $132
  • AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE $3,250
  • ALLIANCE FOR AUTOMOTIVE INNOVATION PAC (AUTO PAC) $1,000
  • AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE $5,000
  • AMAZON CORPORATE LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC) $8,000
  • AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) $10K
  • AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AXPPAC) $2,500
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA-TEMP PAC $1,000
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES PEOPLE $10K
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO C'TEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $5,000
  • AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS PAC $8,500
  • AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION (AIPLA) PAC $2,000
  • AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTION $2,500
  • AMERICAN SENIORS HOUSING ASSOCIATION (SENIORS HOUSING PAC) $2,500
  • AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION PAC (ASHA PAC) $5,000
  • AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
  • AMIGOS DE PABLO JOSE $109
  • ANDREA SALINAS FOR OREGON $30
  • ANDY KIM FOR NEW JERSEY $469
  • ANGIE CRAIG FOR CONGRESS $273
  • APRIL MCCLAIN DELANEY FOR CONGRESS $129
  • ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS PAC (AAP PAC) $1,000
  • ASSOCIATION OF MARYLAND PILOTS PAC $1,000
  • BAKERY CONFECTIONERY, TOBACCO WORKERS & GRAIN MILLERS INT'L UNION PAC $2,500
  • BALLARD SPAHR LLP PAC $1,000
  • BARNES & THORNBURG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • BE FOR INNOVATION PROMOTION PAC (B4IP PAC) $1,000
  • BEATTY FOR CONGRESS $170
  • BMI POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BMI PAC) $10K
  • BOB BROOKS FOR CONGRESS $80
  • BONAMICI FOR CONGRESS $284
  • BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC. PAC (BOOZ ALLEN PAC) $3,000
  • CAP-PAC SSF OF THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION FOUNDATION INC $5,000
  • CASTEN FOR CONGRESS $109
  • CASTOR FOR CONGRESS $58
  • CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • CHRIS DELUZIO FOR CONGRESS $246
  • CHRISSY HOULAHAN FOR CONGRESS $201
  • CHRISTINA BOHANNAN FOR CONGRESS $108
  • CHRISTOPHER STREET PROJECT PAC (CSP PAC) $2,000
  • CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. FEDERAL PAC, AKA CISCO SYSTEMS EPAC $5,000
  • CITIZENS FOR FROSH $990
  • COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL PAC-FED $5,000
  • COMMITTEE TO ELECT JARED GOLDEN $88
  • COOKE FOR CONGRESS $107
  • COVINGTON AND BURLING LLP PAC $6,000
  • CVS HEALTH PAC $2,000
  • D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER ED $2,500
  • DAN SCHWARTZ FOR CONGRESS $277
  • DAVE MIN FOR CONGRESS $351
  • DEBBIE DINGELL FOR CONGRESS $601
  • DELBENE FOR CONGRESS $438
  • DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
  • DEMAND JUSTICE PAC $5,000
  • DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF GREENVILLE COUNTY $250
  • DEREK TRAN FOR CONGRESS $471
  • DGA-PAC THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA $1,000
  • DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC PAC (WBD PAC) $2,000
  • DON DAVIS FOR NC $156
  • DR KIM SCHRIER FOR CONGRESS $73
  • DR. RAUL RUIZ FOR CONGRESS $111
  • EBAY INC-COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE INTERNET COMMERCE $2,500
  • ELAINE LURIA FOR CONGRESS $178
  • ELFRETH FOR MARYLAND $298
  • ELIZABETH PANNILL FLETCHER FOR CONGRESS $113
  • EMILIA SYKES FOR CONGRESS $79
  • EMILY RANDALL FOR CONGRESS $60
  • END CITIZENS UNITED $2,500
  • ENGINEERS PEC /INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS $5,000
  • ERIC SORENSEN FOR ILLINOIS $48
  • FGS GLOBAL (US) LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • FOOD SOLUTIONS ACTION PAC $2,500
  • FOX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FOX PAC) $1,000
  • FRIENDS OF DON BEYER $161
  • FRIENDS OF JANELLE STELSON $225
  • FRIENDS OF MARK WARNER $212
  • GEORGE WHITESIDES FOR CONGRESS $378
  • GILLEN FOR NY $26
  • GOOGLE LLC NETPAC $6,500
  • GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY PAC $1,000
  • GREENBERG TRAURIG, P.A. PAC $2,500
  • HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION ALLIANCE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • HEART OF DIXIE OBLIGATION PAC $5
  • HICKENLOOPER FOR COLORADO $185
  • HIMES FOR CONGRESS $127
  • HOYER FOR CONGRESS $47
  • HUFFMAN FOR CONGRESS $877
  • HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PAC $2,500
  • HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • ILHAN FOR CONGRESS $536
  • INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) $1,000
  • INTEL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IPAC) $2,000
  • INTERDIGITAL, INC., PAC $2,500
  • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS PAC (IAFF) $2,000
  • INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS INC PAC $1,000
  • INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK ASSOCIATION PAC $4,000
  • IRANIAN AMERICAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • JARED MOSKOWITZ FOR CONGRESS $347
  • JASON CROW FOR CONGRESS $235
  • JOE MORELLE FOR CONGRESS $339
  • JOE NEGUSE FOR CONGRESS $184
  • JOHN CAVANAUGH FOR CONGRESS $250
  • JOHNNY O FOR CONGRESS $87
  • JONATHAN NEZ FOR CONGRESS $212
  • JOSH HARDER FOR CONGRESS $52
  • KAPTUR FOR CONGRESS $47
  • KENNEDY FOR CONGRESS $475
  • LATEEFAH FOR CONGRESS $162
  • LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS $89
  • LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND $1,000
  • LEIDOS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • LICCARDO FOR CONGRESS $73
  • LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,000
  • LOIS FRANKEL FOR CONGRESS $90
  • LORI TRAHAN FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE $47
  • MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & $5,000
  • MAD4PA PAC $470
  • MAGGIE FOR CONGRESS $115
  • MANNION FOR NEW YORK $334
  • MARIE FOR CONGRESS $164
  • MAXINE FOR CONGRESS $452
  • MAXWELL ALEJANDRO FROST FOR CONGRESS $2,284
  • MCBRIDE FOR DELAWARE INC. $108
  • MCCLELLAN FOR CONGRESS $168
  • MCCOLLUM FOR CONGRESS $367
  • MELISSA MCDONOUGH FOR CONGRESS $160
  • MENDOZA FOR CONGRESS $212
  • MICROSOFT CORPORATION STAKEHOLDERS VOLUNTARY PAC - MSVPAC $4,000
  • MOLDER FOR CONGRESS $373
  • MORGAN MCGARVEY FOR CONGRESS $257
  • MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • MOULTON FOR CONGRESS $169
  • MRVAN FOR CONGRESS $222
  • NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION PAC $7,500
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES PAC $2,500
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC $2,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS, INC. PAC $1,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION - PAC $1,000
  • NATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS PAC (NEC PAC) $2,500
  • NATIONAL MUSIC PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION PAC $4,000
  • NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION PAC $7,500
  • NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS FEDERAL COPE $1,750
  • NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES ORGANIZATION PAC $1,000
  • NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION $5,000
  • NELLIE POU FOR CONGRESS $191
  • NEW VOICE PAC $28
  • NIKKI FOR CONGRESS $226
  • NOVO NORDISK INC. PAC (NOVO NORDISK PAC) $2,500
  • OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PAC $2,500
  • ORACLE AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ORACLE PAC) $1,000
  • PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES $2,500
  • PALLONE FOR CONGRESS $67
  • PARAMOUNT GLOBAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • PAT RYAN FOR CONGRESS $196
  • PATENT OFFICE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
  • PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA BGC $1,000
  • PHIL EHR FOR CONGRESS $109
  • PROFESSIONAL AVIATION SAFETY SPECIALISTS PAC $1,000
  • PSYCHOLOGY PAC OF AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC. $10K
  • RASHIDA TLAIB FOR CONGRESS $442
  • RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEE $104
  • SAZERAC COMPANY, INC. PAC (SAZERACPAC) $397
  • SCANLON FOR CONGRESS $211
  • SCHOLTEN FOR CONGRESS $1,621
  • SCOTT PETERS FOR CONGRESS $597
  • SEAN MCCANN FOR CONGRESS $83
  • SEIU COPE $5,000
  • SHERMAN FOR CONGRESS $61
  • SHONTEL BROWN FOR CONGRESS $104
  • SHRUTI BHATNAGAR FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY $100
  • SILVER SPRING PROGRESSIVE ACTION $500
  • SMALL BUSINESS COUNCIL OF AMERICA-PAC, INC. $4,000
  • SMART TD PAC $3,000
  • SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT EMPLOYEE ACTION FUND $2,000
  • SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT, INC. PAC $2,500
  • SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS PAC (SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS PAC) $1,000
  • STANTON FOR CONGRESS $157
  • STRICKLAND FOR WASHINGTON $86
  • SUHAS FOR VIRGINIA $88
  • SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS $235
  • SWALWELL FOR CONGRESS $326
  • T-MOBILE USA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (T-PAC) $2,500
  • TD BANK US HOLDING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TD BANK PAC) $2,000
  • TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS $50
  • TEXANS FOR HENRY CUELLAR CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN $256
  • THE ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTS $7,500
  • THE CENTER FOR FREETHOUGHT EQUALITY PAC $2,000
  • THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT AYANNA PRESSLEY $79
  • THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • THE KROGER CO. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. PAC $4,000
  • THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. PAC $1,000
  • TOKUDA FOR HAWAII $206
  • TRI-STATE MAXED-OUT WOMEN $1,000
  • TRUCKING PAC OF THE AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS INC. $1,000
  • TWDC ENTERPRISES 18 CORP. EMPLOYEES PAC $3,000
  • TYSON FOODS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TYPAC) $2,000
  • UNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $5,000
  • UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. PAC (UPSPAC) $2,000
  • UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
  • VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC) $2,000
  • VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESS $356
  • VICENTE GONZALEZ FOR CONGRESS $73
  • VINDMAN FOR CONGRESS $403
  • VISA, INC. PAC $2,000
  • WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $3,500
  • YASSAMIN ANSARI FOR CONGRESS $242
  • ZENECA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AZPAC) $1,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

Cheryl Riley (REP)

Raised
$22K through 2026-10-14 individuals $22K · PACs $250 · cash on hand $2,691
Outside spending
none reported
Bundled through PACs
none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

All filings at the FEC ↗

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