Ben McAdams
- Democratic · On the Nov 3 ballot for US House, Utah District 1
- Served
- US House UT-04, 2019 to 2021
- Background
- Attorney
- Raised
- $2.8M
- Cash on hand
- $378K
- First race on record
- 2010
- Age
- 51
- Races
- Won 2 of 3
Now
US House, Utah District 1 · Tue, Nov 3
Ben McAdams DemocraticElias Henry Montgomery IndependentRiley Owen RepublicanJesse West Libertarian
- Newest poll
- McAdams 62.7, Owen 21.2, West 4.7, Montgomery 3.3 · Lighthouse Research, Sep 10, 2026 · polls as of Oct 30, 2026, from VoteHub
Career
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | US House, UT-04 | Lost · primary won 100% | 46.7% | Burgess Owens 47.7% |
| 2018 | US House, UT-04 | Won · primary won 100% | 50.1% | |
| 2010 | State Senate, UT | Won | 73.8% |
Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $2.5M · Debts owed $0
Reports through Oct 14, 2026. Matched to the FEC by name, party and seat, so it could be the wrong person.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle. Raised $2,813,807. Cash on hand $377,817. Spent $2,450,992. Debts owed $0. Main committee: Friends of Ben Mcadams. No donor names are shown.
More about Ben McAdams
Offices held (2 terms and offices)
- 2019 to 2020US House, Utah District 4 · 1 term
- State Senate, Utah
Background
- Attorney
Source: Wikidata
Official pages (1 link)
Sources (8 sources)
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Sep 21, 2026.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
unitedstates/congress-legislators
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
Election Wrld state legislative returns (web/data/results/sld); each row names its upstream source
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2024
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
- Age: Wikidata, counted to Nov 3, 2026. A community-edited source, not an official record. We show the age, never the birth date.
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
Not available for Ben McAdams: an ideology score.
DataSources: FEC, Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits