Janelle Stelson
- Background
- Journalist
- Raised
- $9.2M
- Cash on hand
- $2.1M
- First race on record
- 2024
- Age
- 66
- Races
- Won 0 of 1
Spectrum
Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2024 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 −0.948 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 23,946 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, Pennsylvania District 10
- Newest poll
- Stelson 47, Perry 44 · Franklin & Marshall College, Sep 20, 2026 · Polls updated Oct 31, 3:15 p.m. ET, from VoteHub
Career
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | US House, PA-10 | Lost | 49.4% | Scott Perry 50.6% |
About this list
Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $7.2M · Debts owed $0
Where the money came from
- Individuals$7.4M
- PACs and other committees$727K
- Party committees$9K
- Candidate’s own money$0
- Loans from the candidate$0
- Transfers from the candidate’s other committees$1.1M
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
160 committees reported giving $610K.
- Democracy Engine, Inc., PACPAC$18,719
- Emilys ListPAC$11,662
- Zinc Collective PACPAC$10,500
- Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters and JoinersPAC$10,000
- Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace WorkersPAC$10,000
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- United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot ClubPAC$10,000
- NEA Fund for Children and Public EducationPAC$10,000
- Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) PACPAC$10,000
- American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L EPAC$10,000
- UA Union Plumbers & Pipefitters Vote! PAC (United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada)PAC$10,000
- American Association for Justice PAC (AAJ PAC)PAC$10,000
- Engineers Political Education Committee (Epec)/International Union of Operating EngineersPAC$10,000
- Women's Political Committee FederalPAC$10,000
- Tri-State Maxed-Out WomenPAC$10,000
- Blue Hen Federal PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- Select Medical Corporation PACPAC$10,000
- Ca Luv PAC (California Leadership United for Victory PAC)Leadership PAC$10,000
- Fair Shot PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- Jobs, Education, & Families First Jeff PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- Elect Democratic WomenPAC$10,000
The largest 20 are listed. 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 $9,234,260. Cash on hand $2,069,306. Spent $7,180,191. Debts owed $0. Individuals $7,350,936. PACs and other committees $727,488. Party committees $9,063. Candidate’s own money $0. Loans from the candidate $0. Other loans $0. Transfers from the candidate’s other committees $1,099,869. Main committee: Friends of Janelle Stelson. No individual donor names are shown.
More about Janelle Stelson
Background
- Journalist
Source: Campaign site
Official pages (1 link)
Sources (8 sources)
Ballot listing, pavoterservices.pa.gov
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026.
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.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2024
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
- Age: Wikidata, counted to Nov 3, 2026. A community-edited source, not an official record. We show the age, never the birth date.
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.
DataSources: FEC, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits