Nearly $1.8 million has already been funneled into the race to represent Pennsylvania’s 9th Congressional District by the two candidates vying for the seat, according to data filed with the Federal Election Commission.

Incumbent Rep. Dan Meuser (R) and Pottsville native Rachel Wallace (D) will both run unopposed in Tuesday’s primary elections, becoming their parties’ presumptive nominees for the November General Election.

District 9 represents Schuylkill County and all or parts of 11 other NEPA counties in the U.S. House of Representatives. Meuser has held the seat since first being elected in 2018.

Since starting her campaign in October 2025, Wallace has already raised more money than all of Meuser’s former competitors, both Republican and Democrat. Meanwhile, Meuser’s 2026 campaign appears on track to raise and spend more money than each of his last three congressional campaigns.

FEC data tracks candidates’ campaign finance activity between Jan. 1, 2025 and April 29, 2026.

Here is a look at the status of campaign finance in the PA-09 congressional race.

Campaign fundraising

According to FEC filings, the Meuser for Congress campaign has raised over $1.65 million and spent nearly the same amount, $1.56 million, since January 2025.

Still over five months out from the 2026 General Election, Meuser seems poised to surpass the fundraising and spending totals of his past three campaigns. Two years ago, during his 2024 campaign, Meuser raised $1.81 million and spent $1.88 million.

On the other side of the aisle, the Wallace for Congress campaign has raised approximately $497,478 and spent $227,037 since October 2025.

 

In terms of cash on hand, as of April 29, Wallace had twice the amount that Meuser did: Wallace reported $270,440 and Meuser reported $125,394.

Wallace raised more than $41,000 in campaign contributions in April, and Meuser raised less than $27,000.

Wallace also reported having more cash on hand than her competitor in the April Quarterly 2026 and Year-End 2025 filings.

Monetary sources and recipients

FEC filings indicate that about 41% of Meuser’s campaign dollars — or $675,500 — have come from committees, including PPL Corporation People for Good Government and the American Israel PAC.

Wallace has also accepted committee contributions, which total $21,500, or just 4% of her total campaign dollars. Those committee contributions come from 14 sources, including ActBlue, a Democratic Party fundraising platform.

Since the start of 2026 alone, Meuser has spent over $26,000 on contributions to other political campaigns. Of those expenditures, 45%, or around $12,000, went to Congressional campaigns in Iowa, New York and Alabama, Vivek Ramaswamy’s gubernatorial campaign in Ohio and two national PACs.

His campaign has also spent approximately $102,500 on party contributions since 2026 began, including to the National Republican Congressional Committee and the Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania.

FEC data indicates that the Wallace campaign has made zero political or party contributions.