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Pete Stauber

Pete Stauber

Republican · MN U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

8 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2019

Roles held

  1. Representative 2019 – present MN Republican
  2. Candidate 2026 – present Republican

Years as candidate

  1. 2026
  • background Born May 10, 1966 in Duluth, Minnesota
  • achievement Played college hockey for Lake Superior State; led team to 1988 NCAA national championship
  • background Had brief career in minor-league hockey
  • role Duluth Police Department lieutenant from 1995 to 2017
  • role County commissioner in St. Louis County, Minnesota from 2013 to 2019
  • achievement Elected to U.S. House in 2018, defeating Democratic nominee Joe Radinovich

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 MN-08 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,996,898 raised
  • $1,324,555 spent
  • $1,200,836 cash on hand
$2.00M
$1.78M
$851.82K
Itemized (≥ $200)$715.51K
Unitemized (< $200)$136.30K
Other committees (PACs)$931.66K
Transfers from other committees$149.62K
Offsets to expenditures$63.49K
Other receipts$315.81
$1.32M
Operating expenditures$1.31M
Contribution refunds$15.35K
Other disbursements$325.00
Cash on hand$1.20M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through July 22, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jul 22, 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.

Pete Stauber campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2018$1,777,703$1,759,367$18,336
2020$2,602,490$2,618,059$2,767
2022$2,485,203$2,053,768$428,433
2024$2,276,284$2,176,224$528,494
2026$1,996,898$1,324,555$1,200,836

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $59,720 ·

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).

  • Employer not reported $92,343
  • KING CAPITAL CORPORATION $13,200
  • STRATA PRODUCTION COMPANY $9,100
  • ARVIG ENTERPRISES $8,871
  • HUBBARD BROADCASTING INC $8,641
  • MINI KIX INC $8,000
  • ASRC $7,423
  • YOUNGDAHL INSURANCE $7,400
  • GULA TECH ADVENTURES $6,871
  • TOBIES $6,700

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 $0 supporting · $555 opposing · 1 outside group

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Stauber, 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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