2020 general election
Florida 8th District
The candidate who raised the most money won.
$1.1M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2020 Florida 8th District race: $1.1M raised by the campaigns, $424K of it from PACs, plus $13K from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Bill Posey (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
Receipts + outside spending
$1.1M
Raised by campaigns
$1.1M
PAC checks
$424K
Outside money
$13K
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Bill PoseyRepublican, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $991K
- Spent
- $1.1M
- From individuals
- $566K
- From PACs
- $423K
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $8K
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 43% of Posey's money came from PACs
Corporate $162K (39%)Trade group $119K (29%)Leadership PAC $33K (8%)Membership $49K (12%)Union $4K (1%)Super PAC $921 (0%)Party $1K (0%)Other $42K (10%)
- House Freedom Fund Leadership PAC$12K
- Lockheed Martin Corporation Corporate$10K
- Northrop Grumman Corporation Corporate$10K
- American Society of Anesthesiologists Trade group$10K
- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Corporate$10K
- Arkansas Bankers Association PAC Inc. Trade group$10K
- L3harris Technologies, Inc. Corporate$10K
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp. PAC Corporate$10K
Biggest outside spenders
- National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund · $8K supporting
Jim KennedyDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $139K
- Spent
- $139K
- From individuals
- $61K
- From PACs
- $1K
- From party
- $1K
- Own money & loans
- $75K
- Outside money for
- $5K
- Outside money against
- $0
Biggest outside spenders
- Seiu Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Education) · $5K supporting
- Win Justice · $40 supporting
Questions people ask
- How much money is tied to the 2020 Florida 8th District race?
- $1.1M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2020 Florida 8th District race: $1.1M raised by the campaigns, $424K of it from PACs, plus $13K from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Bill Posey (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
- Who raised the most money in the 2020 Florida 8th District race?
- Bill Posey (Republican) raised $991K and had $8K in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2020 Florida 8th District race?
- National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund ($8K), Seiu Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Education) ($5K), Win Justice ($40).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2020 Florida 8th District race?
- House Freedom Fund gave $12K to Bill Posey; Lockheed Martin Corporation Employees' Political Action Committee gave $10K to Bill Posey; Employees of Northrop Grumman Corporation PAC gave $10K to Bill Posey.