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Sarah Elfreth

Sarah Elfreth

Democratic · MD U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

2 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2025

  • role U.S. representative for Maryland's 3rd congressional district since 2025
  • role Represented the 30th district in the Maryland Senate from 2019 to 2025
  • role Won a 22-way Democratic primary before winning the 2024 general election for the House seat
  • background Born and raised in New Jersey
  • background Studied political science at Towson University and earned an MPP from Johns Hopkins University

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 MD-03 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,139,858 raised
  • $834,771 spent
  • $335,826 cash on hand
$1.14M
$1.13M
$692.85K
Itemized (≥ $200)$628.55K
Unitemized (< $200)$64.30K
Other committees (PACs)$440.22K
Candidate self-funding$648.72
Offsets to expenditures$6.14K
$834.77K
Operating expenditures$687.69K
Contribution refunds$20.51K
Other disbursements$126.57K
Cash on hand$335.83K
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.

Sarah Elfreth campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2024$2,276,074$2,245,334$30,740
2026$1,139,858$834,771$335,826

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $23,823 ·

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).

  • NAI MICHAEL $16,450
  • CI RENEWABLES $11,100
  • HASI $10,600
  • BUCH CONSTRUCTION $10,000
  • SHALOM TIKVAH $9,900
  • STATE OF MARYLAND $9,140
  • Employer not reported $8,650
  • SIXGEN $7,100
  • ATLAS RESTAURANT GROUP $6,600
  • BASYS INC $6,600

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 $1,647 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group
  • 2024 cycle $4,356,838 supporting · $10 opposing · 4 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Documented relationships

Documented facts about Elfreth, 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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