John Cowan
- Background
- Business owner
- Raised
- $2.8M
- Cash on hand
- $146K
- First race on record
- 2020
- Races
- Won 0 of 1
Now
Career
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | US House, GA-14 · primary | Lost | 21% |
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 $2.7M · Debts owed $1.8M
Where the money came from
- Individuals$619K
- PACs and other committees$332K
- Party committees$0
- Candidate’s own money$0
- Loans from the candidate$1.8M
- Transfers from the candidate’s other committees$124K
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
50 committees reported giving $221K.
- American Society of Anesthesiologists PAC (ASA PAC)PAC$15,000
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons PAC (NEUROSURGERYPAC)PAC$15,000
- National Emergency Medicine PAC / American College of Emergency PhysiciansPAC$12,500
- PAC of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons--Pac of AaosPAC$12,500
- American College of Radiology Association PACPAC$10,000
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- American Academy of Dermatology Association PAC (SKINPAC)PAC$10,000
- Healthcare Freedom FundPAC$10,000
- America's Credit Unions PACPAC$5,000
- The Loose GroupPAC$5,000
- National Association of Realtors PACPAC$5,000
- National Automobile Dealers Association PACPAC$5,000
- American Osteopathic Information Association - Osteopathic PACPAC$5,000
- National Beer Wholesalers Association PACPAC$5,000
- American Academy of Ophthalmology Inc Political Committee (OPHTHPAC)PAC$5,000
- Transportation Intermediaries Association's TiapacPAC$5,000
- Republican Jewish Coalition PAC (RJC-PAC)PAC$5,000
- American College of Surgeons Professional Association PACPAC$5,000
- Projecthealthsolutions PAC - PhspacPAC$5,000
- American Academy of Family Physicians PAC (FAMMEDPAC)PAC$5,000
- First in Freedom PACLeadership PAC$5,000
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 $2,824,606. Cash on hand $145,818. Spent $2,678,788. Debts owed $1,774,962. Individuals $619,065. PACs and other committees $331,500. Party committees $0. Candidate’s own money $0. Loans from the candidate $1,750,020. Other loans $0. Transfers from the candidate’s other committees $123,996. Main committee: Friends of John Cowan. No individual donor names are shown.
More about John Cowan
Background
- Business owner
Source: Campaign site
Official pages (1 link)
Sources (6 sources)
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Sep 1, 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.
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.
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 John Cowan: an ideology score, an age.
DataSources: FEC, Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026