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Paul Tonko

Paul Tonko

Democratic · NY U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

18 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2009

  • background Born June 18, 1949
  • role New York State Assembly member 1983-2007 for 105th district
  • role President and CEO of New York State Energy Research and Development Authority 2007-2008
  • role U.S. House representative for New York's 21st district 2009-2013
  • role U.S. House representative for New York's 20th district since 2013
  • role Ranking member of House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House NY-20 · 2026 General Election

  • $957,587 raised
  • $1,152,761 spent
  • $404,327 cash on hand
$957.59K
$955.33K
$338.37K
Itemized (≥ $200)$240.76K
Unitemized (< $200)$97.61K
Other committees (PACs)$616.96K
Other receipts$2.26K
$1.15M
Operating expenditures$826.59K
Contribution refunds$86.00
Other disbursements$326.08K
Cash on hand$404.33K
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Paul Tonko campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2008$748,252$753,523$2,021
2010$987,959$822,597$159,897
2012$974,899$820,271$314,525
2014$1,014,131$871,957$456,698
2016$1,155,681$1,020,208$592,171
2018$1,340,028$1,243,529$688,670
2020$1,547,275$1,424,285$811,660
2022$1,777,900$1,863,435$726,125
2024$1,547,113$1,673,736$599,502
2026$957,587$1,152,761$404,327

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $11,167 ·

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • HUNTER POINT CAPITAL $6,600
  • NOT-EMPLOYED $6,600
  • GENERATION INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT $6,600
  • SUMMIT ROCK ADVISORS $6,600
  • GOLUB CORPORATION $4,550
  • NY STATE BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION $3,500
  • GUIDE CONSULTING SERVICES $3,500
  • GALVANIZE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS LLC $3,300
  • TOMKAT RANCH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION $3,300
  • THE PRITZKER ORGANIZATION $3,300

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $10 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group
  • 2024 cycle $682 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Documented relationships

Documented facts about Tonko, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.