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DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE · U.S. HOUSE · INDIANA · 5TH DISTRICTDEMOCRATIC NOMINEE · IN-5
James Ford
James Ford is the Democratic nominee for Indiana’s 5th district in the November 3, 2026 election.
- Running for
- U.S. House · IN-5
- Election
- Nov 3, 2026
- Stage
- Nominee
- Raised
- $582K
- RAISED
- $582K
- STAGE
- NOMINEE
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SENTIMENT BY TOPICNET
NEXT ELECTION · IN-5
34DAYS
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
LAST R+18.6ON THE BALLOT
IN THIS RACE · 2026
Victoria SpartzREPIncumbent · $1.3M raised
PAST RESULTSNo earlier House or Senate results on record (ChamberLight’s results start in 2018).IN-5 RACE PAGE →
RAISED · 2025–26 CYCLE$582K
CASH ON HAND
$315K
SPENT
$267K
WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM
FEC REPORTS THROUGH JUN 30FILINGS ↗Individuals$530K · 91.3%
PACs$50K · 8.6%
Self-funding$1K · 0.1%
18.5% from donors giving $200 or less.TOP DONORS
Maurer, Michael S.Not Employed · RETIRED$7K
Levy, JeffreyNot Employed · NOT EMPLOYED$7K
Holz, StephanieIu Health Physicians · PHYSICIAN$7K
Harrington, MichaelNot Employed · NOT EMPLOYED$7K
Anderson, DavidNot Employed · NOT EMPLOYED$7K
Mcnally, MattUnited Air Lines · PILOT$7K
Shapiro, BrianMax Shapiro INC · OWNER$7K
Brown, Shelly3xlogic · ENGINEER$6K
Hahn, GregoryBose Mckinney & Evans,Llp · ATTORNEY$5K
Carter, DavidNot Employed · NOT EMPLOYED$5K
Totals by donor name from itemized FEC receipts: individuals and committees that gave over $200.CAMPAIGN SPENDING
Other$172K
Administrative$65K
Advertising$13K
Events$3K
Refunds$1K
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