J.D. Ford
- Democratic · Indiana Senate District 29 · On the Nov 3 ballot for US House, Indiana District 5 · vs. Victoria Spartz (R)
- Raised
- $1.4M
- Cash on hand
- $325K
Spectrum
Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2022 cycle)
Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source
Matched by name only, so it could be the wrong person.
Method and limits
Published score −0.759 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 157 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.
Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.
Now
US House, Indiana District 5
- Newest poll
- Spartz 45, Ford 41.8 · Quantus Insights, Oct 22, 2026 · Polls updated Oct 31, 3:15 p.m. ET, from VoteHub
Career
Holds IN State Senate 29. On the 2026 ballot for US House IN-05, status certified.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $1.1M · Debts owed $0
Where the money came from
- Individuals$1.3M
- PACs and other committees$114K
- Party committees$0
- Candidate’s own money$616
- Loans from the candidate$0
- Transfers from the candidate’s other committees$17K
As the campaign reported to the FEC through Oct 14, 2026. Bars compare these lines. Some money has no line here, so they may not add up to the total raised. Source: FEC candidate summary.
Committees giving to this campaign
15 committees reported giving $50K.
- Smart TD PACPAC$5,000
- United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot ClubPAC$5,000
- Uaw - V - Cap (UAW Voluntary Community Action Program) 'Int'L Union United Automobile Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America UawPAC$5,000
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PACPAC$5,000
- American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political EducationPAC$5,000
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- Midwest Region Laborers' Political LeaguePAC$5,000
- Hoosiers First PACLeadership PAC$5,000
- Equality PACPAC$5,000
- American Postal Workers Union Committee on Political ActionPAC$2,500
- Region Leadership PACLeadership PAC$2,500
- D.R.I.V.E. - Dem, Rep, Ind Voter Ed (The PAC of the Int'L Brhd of Teamsters)PAC$1,500
- Fraternity & Sorority PACPAC$1,000
- America NowLeadership PAC$1,000
- Baron Hill for IndianaCandidate committee$1,000
- Kelly Thompson for CongressCandidate committee$100
Refunds the committees reported are taken out. Independent spending isn’t included. These figures come from the committees’ own reports, so they can differ from the campaign’s lines above, sometimes by a lot. Source: FEC committee-to-candidate file, dated Oct 25, 2026.
Reports through Oct 14, 2026. Matched to the FEC by name, party and seat, so it could be the wrong person.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle. Raised $1,410,737. Cash on hand $324,529. Spent $1,086,209. Debts owed $0. Individuals $1,278,198. PACs and other committees $113,854. Party committees $0. Candidate’s own money $616. Loans from the candidate $0. Other loans $0. Transfers from the candidate’s other committees $16,500. Main committee: Neighbors to Elect J.D. Ford. No individual donor names are shown.
More about J.D. Ford
Offices held (1 term or office)
- State Senate, Indiana
Official pages (2 links)
Their own pages
Government records
Sources (7 sources)
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Sep 22, 2026.
Open States people (current) CSVs
Who holds the seat. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. License: CC0-1.0 (Open States people data).
Compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns. Not an official source.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
FEC bulk data 2025-2026: contributions from committees to candidates (pas226)
Federal 2026 candidates: committees giving to each candidate (web/data/people/money-types). Bulk file, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Committee totals only; the individual contributions file is not used.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
Election Wrld officials files (web/data/officials)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
Not available for J.D. Ford: a voting record, a background, an age.
DataSources: FEC, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026