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Paul Tonko

Paul Tonko is a Democratic incumbent in New York's 20th district. $958K raised, $1.2M spent, $404K cash through Jun 30, 2026. On the November ballot

$958Kraised
$1.2Mspent
$404Kcash on hand
Campaign finance$958K raised

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

Raised$958K
Spent$1.2M
Cash on hand$404K
Campaign finance
MeasureAmount
Raised (total receipts)$957,587
Spent (disbursements)$1,152,761
Cash on hand$404,327
Debts owed by campaign$0
Filing covers throughJun 30, 2026

Reported Self-reported to the FEC.

Record in Congressage 77 · 9 terms · votes right of 21% of the House
77age on Election Day
9House terms (since 2009)
Democratparty in Congress

Voting record

-10+1more liberalmore conservativeTonko
Voting record
MeasureValue
DW-NOMINATE score (first dimension)-0.42
Votes more conservative than21% of House members
Democratic median / Republican median-0.40 / +0.53
Roll-call votes counted566

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.

Financial disclosureassets $15K to $50K

Annual report for 2025, filed 2026-05-27.

$15K to $50Kreported assets (ranges added up)
none reportedreported liabilities
$68Kearned income (exact amounts)

Assets minus liabilities: between $15K and $50K Estimate

Assets

Largest assets
AssetType codeOwnerValue range
BroadviewBAself$15K to $50K

Earned income

Earned income
Earned income sourceAmount
New York State and Local Employees Retirement System Retirement from service$68K

Outside positions: Board of Directors SEEC Institute

Reported Parsed automatically from the official report; check the PDF for anything that matters. Values are bands, so totals are ranges. A personal residence and personal vehicles are normally not reported, and a spouse’s information is limited. Type codes: legend. Open the official report (PDF)

Public attention2,457 views in 30 days
2,457Wikipedia views, last 30 days
#345 of 461among candidates in the race with an article

Reported Page views of Paul Tonko 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 35%PACs and other committees 64%Other (refunds, transfers, loans) 0%
Funding mix
Source of moneyAmountShare of receipts
Individual donors$338,37435.3%
PACs and other committees$616,95564.4%
Other (refunds, transfers, loans)$2,2580.2%
This raceNY-20, rank #1 of 2

Paul Tonko ranks #1 of 2 in reported fundraising in this race.

NY-20 · New York · 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 H8NY21203, committee C00450049. Filed with the FEC as Paul David Tonko. 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.