Florida 7th District 2026

The money race

Campaign fundraising this cycle, with independent expenditures by outside groups for and against each candidate.

DBale Dalton
$2.33M
+$700K for
RRyan Elijah
$818K

Bars: money raised by the campaign this cycle. Thin bars: outside spending by super PACs and other groups, for and against.

Money raised and outside spending by candidate
Candidate	Party	Raised	Outside support	Outside opposition	Small-dollar
Bale Dalton	D	$2,334,664	$700,000	$0	2%
Ryan Elijah	R	$818,460	$0	$0	100%

$3.15M

Raised by candidates

$2.78M

Spent by candidates

$700K

Outside spending

1 spender · + $1.71M in 24/48-hour notices (may overlap; not included)

Candidates

Candidate	Raised	Individuals	PACs	Small-dollar	In-state	Spent	Donors
Bale Dalton (D)	$2.33M^†	$1.20M	$181K	2%	48%	$2.13M^†	790
Ryan Elijah (R)	$818K^†	$222K	$0	100%	85%	$645K^†	84

† The FEC's official total. Poliscope's figure disagreed (usually a report it has not loaded yet), so the other columns for that candidate may cover an earlier period.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC (Schedule E). “Dark money in” is the total of grants the spender received from 501(c) nonprofits, as traced by Poliscope.Provisional

Spender	Target	Stance	Spent	Network	Dark money in
BDA PAC C00908707	Bale Dalton	Support	$700K 4 filings		—

Candidates

Bale Dalton

D Democrat

Raised: $2.33M
Small-dollar: 2%
In-state: 48%
Outside for / against: $700K / $0

Backed byVoteVetsOpposed byAndreessen & Horowitz Trump's PACs Union PAC

Ryan Elijah

R Republican

Raised: $818K
Small-dollar: 100%
In-state: 85%
Outside for / against: $0 / $0

Opposed byVoteVets Small-dollar funded

Source: Poliscope (poliscope.org), from FEC filings. Roster curated from FEC candidate registrations. Withdrawn and defeated primary candidates are not shown.