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Jim Himes

Jim Himes is a Democratic incumbent in Connecticut's 4th district. $1.4M raised, $969K spent, $2.5M cash through Jun 30, 2026. On the November ballot

$1.4Mraised
$969Kspent
$2.5Mcash on hand
Campaign finance$1.4M raised

Flags are rules applied to FEC totals, not judgements. Reported

Raised$1.4M
Spent$969K
Cash on hand$2.5M
Campaign finance
MeasureAmount
Raised (total receipts)$1,379,560
Spent (disbursements)$968,702
Cash on hand$2,517,677
Debts owed by campaign$0
Filing covers throughJun 30, 2026

Reported Self-reported to the FEC.

Record in Congressage 60 · 9 terms · votes right of 43% of the House
60age on Election Day
9House terms (since 2009)
Democratparty in Congress

Voting record

-10+1more liberalmore conservativeHimes
Voting record
MeasureValue
DW-NOMINATE score (first dimension)-0.24
Votes more conservative than43% of House members
Democratic median / Republican median-0.40 / +0.53
Roll-call votes counted568

Estimate DW-NOMINATE (Voteview, UCLA) scales members from their roll-call votes in the 119th Congress: negative is more liberal, positive more conservative. It describes voting patterns, not views on any one issue. See the member on Voteview.

Official House website · Official biography (Congress)

Reported Facts from the public congress-legislators dataset, current to 2026-10-15.

Public attention11,795 views in 30 days
11,795Wikipedia views, last 30 days
#72 of 461among candidates in the race with an article

Reported Page views of Jim Himes on English Wikipedia, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-13 (Wikimedia). Views show curiosity, not support: long-serving incumbents have older, better-known articles, and many challengers have none.

Where the money comes fromindividuals, PACs, party, self
Individual donors 30%PACs and other committees 60%Other (refunds, transfers, loans) 10%
Funding mix
Source of moneyAmountShare of receipts
Individual donors$416,58230.2%
PACs and other committees$830,50060.2%
Other (refunds, transfers, loans)$132,4789.6%
This raceCT-04, rank #1 of 2

Jim Himes ranks #1 of 2 in reported fundraising in this race.

CT-04 · Connecticut · Democratic candidates · House forecasts

Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata · Official website · X (Twitter) · links matched through Wikidata and checked against the member or candidate record

Sources and methodFEC

All figures come from the Federal Election Commission and cover each filing period through Jun 30, 2026. FEC ID H8CT04172, committee C00434191. View the official record.

Ballot status: listed as a nominee in Wikipedia's article for this state (CC BY-SA), matched to this FEC record by name.