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Tom Emmer

Tom Emmer

Republican · MN U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

12 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2015

  • role Majority whip in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2023
  • role Represented Minnesota's 6th congressional district since 2015
  • role Served three terms in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011
  • role Chaired the National Republican Congressional Committee from 2019 to 2023
  • role Lost the 2010 Minnesota gubernatorial election to Mark Dayton by less than half a percentage point
  • background Attorney and lobbyist by background

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-06 · 2026 General Election

  • $9,786,064 raised
  • $6,978,508 spent
  • $4,496,007 cash on hand
$9.79M
$4.91M
$2.67M
Itemized (≥ $200)$1.98M
Unitemized (< $200)$691.34K
Other committees (PACs)$2.24M
Transfers from other committees$4.87M
Offsets to expenditures$6.12K
Other receipts$1.84K
$6.98M
Operating expenditures$4.54M
Contribution refunds$17.28K
Other disbursements$2.42M
Cash on hand$4.50M
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.

Tom Emmer campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2014$2,049,150$2,030,950$18,200
2016$1,887,294$1,767,928$137,565
2018$2,216,247$2,171,626$182,186
2020$2,845,770$2,579,117$448,839
2022$4,431,685$4,234,898$645,627
2024$8,158,685$7,115,861$1,688,452
2026$9,786,064$6,978,508$4,496,007

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 · $547 opposing · 1 outside group
  • 2024 cycle $118,034 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Emmer, 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