Ben McAdams

American politician and attorney (born 1974)

U.S. House — UT-01DemocraticRunning nowVugol ID VM-8ZV-PDZH FEC H8UT04053

Running for U.S. House, UT-01, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/ben-mcadams

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

Headshot · github.com

Ben McAdams — Photo — Photo · United States Congress · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Ben McAdams — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from United States Congress · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Races

2026 · U.S. House, UT-01 · General · Democratic · on the ballot
2020 · U.S. House, UT-04 · General · Democratic · lost · 175,923 votes (46.7%) · incumbent · source
2018 · U.S. House, UT-04 · General · Democratic · won · 134,964 votes (49.9%) · source

Background

Benjamin Michael McAdams is an American politician and attorney who served as the U.S. representative from Utah's 4th congressional district from 2019 to 2021. McAdams is the Democratic nominee for Utah's 1st congressional district for the 2026 election.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-27 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_McAdams

In the news

McAdams offers a check on Trump. Owen offers a new kind of Republican. Utah voters will decideDeseret News · Sep 30
Young Democrats are embracing ‘democratic socialism.’ Should you be worried?Deseret News · Sep 25

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Campaign finance

$2,262,255total raised (2026 cycle)

$1,977,908total spent (2026 cycle)

$299,350cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Campaign site

Campaign contact: press@benmcadams.com · source

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Sources

Portrait — United States Congress · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons (file page)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-27 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_McAdams
Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4886138
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H8UT04053/
photo_headshot — https://github.com/unitedstates/images
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ben_McAdams,_official_portrait,_116th_Congress.jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ben_McAdams_2015.jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ben_McAdams_2015_(cropped).jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ben_McAdams,_official_portrait,_116th_Congress_(cropped).jpg

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