Florida 7th District 2026

The money race

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

DBale Dalton
$1.38M
+$450K for
RRyan Elijah
$356K

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	$1,378,109	$450,000	$0	2%
Ryan Elijah	R	$355,955	$0	$0	100%

$1.73M

Raised by candidates

$1.07M

Spent by candidates

$450K

Outside spending

1 spender

Candidates

Candidate	Raised	Individuals	PACs	Small-dollar	In-state	Spent	Donors
Bale Dalton (D)	$1.38M	$1.20M	$181K	2%	48%	$902K	790
Ryan Elijah (R)	$356K	$222K	$0	100%	85%	$170K	84

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.

Spender	Target	Stance	Spent	Network	Dark money in
BDA PAC C00908707	Bale Dalton	Support	$450K 2 filings		—

Candidates

Bale Dalton

D Democrat

Raised: $1.38M
Small-dollar: 2%
In-state: 48%
Outside for / against: $450K / $0

Backed by VoteVets Finance & investment money Union PAC money

Ryan Elijah

R Republican

Raised: $356K
Small-dollar: 100%
In-state: 85%
Outside for / against: $0 / $0

Small-dollar funded

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 Withdrawn and defeated primary candidates are not shown.