Research status
- Evidence confidence
- 86%
- Score coverage
- 100%
- Recommendation
- Support with reservations
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-25
Official ballot record · Published research
Alma S. Adams
Democratic candidate for US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 12.
Alma S. Adams's public campaign material contains 6 validated positive alignment signals under the approved methodology.
Campaign finance
OpenFEC reports $370,506.43 in receipts, $487,322.17 in disbursements, and $456,593.63 cash on hand through 2026-06-30.
Open finance source ↗Campaign links
Funding composition
Where the money comes from
Individual contributions$94,894.06 · 25.6%
Party committees$3,000 · 0.8%
Other political committees$271,275 · 73.2%
Other receipts$1,337.37 · 0.4%
Material funding concerns
ACTBLUE · $27,360
This is material institutional funding; its sponsor, purpose, and relationship to the candidate warrant scrutiny.
LENDINGTREE LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · $10,000
This is material institutional funding; its sponsor, purpose, and relationship to the candidate warrant scrutiny.
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE · $10,000
This is material institutional funding; its sponsor, purpose, and relationship to the candidate warrant scrutiny.
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION · $10,000
This is material institutional funding; its sponsor, purpose, and relationship to the candidate warrant scrutiny.
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · $10,000
This is material institutional funding; its sponsor, purpose, and relationship to the candidate warrant scrutiny.
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Personal donations are not attributed to a donor's employer. Independent expenditures are reported separately from money received by the campaign.
Evidence-gated scorecard
How this candidate measures up
Worker-policy alignment
Positive evidence: Supports single-payer healthcare, Medicaid expansion, and affordable preventive care. Supports collective bargaining, worker safety, paid leave, and a higher minimum wage. Supports SNAP, affordable housing, childcare, public education, and HBCUs. Applied under the approved worker and material-security rules.
Evidence confidence: 88%Record reliability
No comparable governing record exists; this does not reduce the candidate's score.
Evidence confidence: 0%Funding independence
Official filings show party and other political-committee receipts equal to approximately 74.0% of the displayed funding breakdown. This does not infer donor motive.
Evidence confidence: 90%Democracy and ethics
Positive evidence: Supports abortion rights, privacy, equal pay, and Black maternal-health investment. Supports LGBTQ equality and broader civil-rights protections. Supports background checks, closing gun-sale loopholes, and assault-weapons restrictions. Applied under the approved civil-rights and democratic-safety rules.
Evidence confidence: 90%Transparency
The reviewed profile publishes 6 source-linked evidence items and labels candidate statements separately from official records.
Evidence confidence: 85%not applicable
Promises: Published candidate commitments are shown as statements.
Record: No comparable governing record is available.
The absence of a governing record is labeled as a risk and is not scored as a failure.
0/10 answered
Questionnaire participation is not treated as positive or negative evidence during the launch period.
Developing campaign
Reported receipts exceed $100,000. Organization and competitiveness still require separate evidence.
Risks and uncertainty
What remains uncertain
No governing record
No comparable legislative, executive, or judicial record is available. Campaign commitments are not treated as accomplishments.
Evidence record
What the sources establish
Validated position
Values alignment
Supports abortion rights, privacy, equal pay, and Black maternal-health investment.
“Supports abortion rights, privacy, equal pay, and Black maternal-health investment.”
Validated position
Values alignment
Supports single-payer healthcare, Medicaid expansion, and affordable preventive care.
“Supports single-payer healthcare, Medicaid expansion, and affordable preventive care.”
Validated position
Values alignment
Supports collective bargaining, worker safety, paid leave, and a higher minimum wage.
“Supports collective bargaining, worker safety, paid leave, and a higher minimum wage.”
Validated position
Values alignment
Supports LGBTQ equality and broader civil-rights protections.
“Supports LGBTQ equality and broader civil-rights protections.”
Validated position
Values alignment
Supports background checks, closing gun-sale loopholes, and assault-weapons restrictions.
“Supports background checks, closing gun-sale loopholes, and assault-weapons restrictions.”
Validated position
Values alignment
Supports SNAP, affordable housing, childcare, public education, and HBCUs.
“Supports SNAP, affordable housing, childcare, public education, and HBCUs.”