Show Us the Money
Soyoung Kim, the Republican candidate running for New York's 8th U.S. House District, has not filed a campaign finance report with the Federal Election Commission for the 2026 election cycle. FEC records show no fundraising activity on file for Kim, leaving voters with no election finance data to review as the race takes shape.
Kim's FEC candidate ID is registered in the system, but her principal campaign committee has not been established in FEC records. No receipts, no contributions, and no expenditures have been reported.
State Comparison
Kim's absence from the fundraising data stands in sharp contrast to the broader New York congressional landscape. The top three fundraisers in the state this cycle are Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14) at $31.1 million, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08) at $14.0 million, and challenger Peter Chatzky (D-NY-17) at $11.7 million.
Notably, Jeffries represents the same 8th District that Kim is challenging him in, and he holds nearly $5 million in cash on hand. Kim's share of the statewide fundraising aggregate is effectively zero. New York candidates across all parties have raised a combined $186.8 million this cycle, with Democrats accounting for $147.9 million of that total across 87 candidates.
Incumbents vs. Challengers
The fundraising gap between incumbents and challengers in New York is significant. Incumbent candidates in the state have consistently out-raised non-incumbents, with Ocasio-Cortez and Jeffries alone combining for over $45 million. Among challengers and open-seat candidates (the category Kim falls into), fundraising totals vary widely, from millions raised by well-funded challengers to zero for candidates like Kim who have yet to file. Her candidate spending report remains blank while others in similar positions have already established financial footholds heading into the 2026 primary.
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*Source: Federal Election Commission (FEC), data current as of June 3, 2026.*
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