Pete Stauber

Representative · MN-8

RepublicanCurrent memberServed 2019–presentAge 60

Campaign fundraising

House · MN-08

Raised, 2025–26

$2.57M

Spent

$2.01M

Cash on hand

$1.09M

Reported through

Oct 14, 2026

Current cycle

Receipts per two-year cycle

Campaign receipts per two-year cycle
Cycle	Receipts
2017–18	$1,777,703.02
2019–20	$2,602,490.35
2021–22	$2,485,203.09
2023–24	$2,276,284.45
2025–26	$2,566,760.29

2026 race · MN-08

Peter Allen Stauber · R · Incumbent$2.57M
Trina Swanson · D · Challenger$727K
Luke Gulbranson · D · Challenger$219K
Chad McKenna · D · Challenger$28K
Emanuel Anastos · D · Challenger$5,915
Cyle Cramer · D · Challenger$4,515
Wendell Robert Smith · D · Challenger$3,415

Total receipts for the whole 2026 election period. 7 candidates reported receipts.

Source: Federal Election Commission candidate totals, all authorized campaign committees combined; principal campaign committee PETE STAUBER FOR CONGRESS; cycles since 2017–18; updated Nov 2, 2026. No individual donor data.

Cycle2025–26 2023–24 2021–22 2019–20 2017–18

PAC contributions

2025–26 · current cycle

From committees

$1.05M

Net of refunds

Committees

271

Contributions

508

By type of committee

All Corporate$360K · 34%Trade association$271K · 26%Labor union$141K · 13%Ideological / issue$88,666 · 8%Leadership PAC$79,500 · 8%Membership org$61,994 · 6%Cooperative$37,000 · 4%Candidate committee$10,000 · 1%

Committee	Company / sponsor	Member's trades	Contributions	Total
American Bankers Association PAC (BANKPAC)Trade association	American Bankers Association (ABA)	—	4	$10,000
American Council of Engineering Companies (Acec/PAC)Trade association	American Council of Engineering Companies	—	3	$10,000
Ua Union Plumbers & Pipefitters Vote! PAC (United Association OF Journeymen AND Apprentices OF THE Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry OF THE United States AND Canada)Labor union	—	—	2	$10,000
United States Steel Corporation Political Action CommitteeCorporate	United States Steel Corporation	—	3	$10,000
Amalgamated Transit Union - CopeLabor union	Amalgamated Transit Union	—	2	$10,000
Air Line Pilots Association PACLabor union	Air Line Pilots Association	—	2	$10,000
National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action CommitteeTrade association	National Automobile Dealers Association	—	2	$10,000
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Political Action CommitteeMembership org	American Institute of Certified Public Accountants	—	4	$10,000
National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association RockpacTrade association	National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association	—	3	$10,000
Delta Air Lines PACCorporate	DALDelta Air Lines, Inc.	—	5	$10,000
Xcel Energy Employee Political Action Committee (XPAC)Corporate	XELXcel Energy Inc.	—	5	$10,000
Valero Energy Corporation Political Action CommitteeCorporate	VLOValero Energy Corp./TX	—	3	$10,000
American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action CommitteeCooperative	American Crystal Sugar Compay	—	3	$10,000
National Electrical Contractors Association Political Action CommitteeTrade association	National Electrical Contractors Association	—	3	$10,000
Southern Company Employees PACCorporate	SOSouthern Co	—	6	$10,000
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Sugar PAC (MDSPAC)Cooperative	Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative	—	4	$10,000
The Farm Credit Council Political Action CommitteeTrade association	The Farm Credit Council	—	4	$10,000
National Pork Producers Council Pork PACTrade association	National Pork Producers Council	—	3	$10,000
Waterpac - National Rural Water Association Political CommitteeTrade association	—	—	2	$10,000
Koch, Inc. Political Action Committee (KOCHPAC)Corporate	Koch, Inc.	—	7	$10,000
National Air Traffic Controllers Association PACLabor union	National Air Traffic Controllers Association	—	5	$10,000
Allied Pilots Association Political Action CommitteeLabor union	—	—	5	$10,000
The Home Depot Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporate	HDHome Depot, Inc.	—	3	$10,000
Southwest Airlines Pilots Association Political Action Committee (Swapa PAC)Labor union	—	—	4	$10,000
C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. PACCorporate	—	—	2	$10,000

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Contributions (incl. in-kind) from PACs, party and other candidate committees to Pete Stauber's campaign committees in the 2025–26 cycle, net of refunds, from the committees' own FEC reports. Donations from individuals passed through WinRed or ActBlue are not included. Company and ticker matched by name; no ticker means no listed company was found; for other committees the sponsor as registered with the FEC. Member's trades counts every disclosed trade in that company's stock. Filers that aren't committees are combined into one line.

Outside spending

2025–26 · through the latest regular FEC reports

Supporting

$285

Opposing

$554

Spenders

Spender	Supporting	Opposing
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor PartyParty	—	$554
Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, Inc. Federal PACCorporate	$285	—

2 spenders

Independent expenditures for or against Pete Stauber in the 2025–26 cycle, through the latest regular FEC reports. Spending reported on 24- and 48-hour notices in the final weeks before an election appears here once the spender's next regular report is processed. Spenders that aren't registered committees (individuals and groups filing FEC Form 5) are combined into one line.

Source: Federal Election Commission bulk data (committee contributions and independent expenditures); updated Nov 2, 2026. No individual donor data.