2026 midterms · FEC data through October 14, 2026

$4.2B from 1.6M donors. Here’s where it’s going.

Itemized individual contributions to federal campaigns, parties and PACs this cycle. Republican-aligned committees lead by $273M, from 598,430 donors against the other side’s 964,753.

$2.0B Democratic · 46%$2.2B Republican · 53%
773,997

first-time donors this cycle who never gave in 2024, adding $1.0B.

33%

of all Republican money came from just 100 donors. On the Democratic side it’s 16%.

15%

of the money came in gifts under $200 — but those gifts are 91% of all contributions.

46%

of the 2024 cycle’s Democratic haul already raised; Republicans are at 51%.

The money race

Weekly money to each party’s committees

All trends →
Jan ’25Apr ’25Jul ’25Oct ’25Jan ’26Apr ’26
Democratic committees $41M/wkRepublican committees $39M/wk4-week average · peak $59M/wk

Last full quarter vs the one before: Democratic committees +12% ($455M), Republican committees -5% ($446M).

Charted through the week of June 29, 2026, the last week most committees have reported. Newer weeks are still being filed.

Breakouts

Campaigns whose fundraising just took off

Outside money

The super PACs spending the most

DUnited Democracy Project$53M
12 races · biggest: against Abdul El-Sayed
RDefend American Jobs$32M
27 races · biggest: for Felix Barry Moore
RTexans For A Conservative Majority$30M
2 races · biggest: against Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr.
DProtect Progress$27M
34 races · biggest: for Christian Menefee
RAmericans For Prosperity Action$26M
19 races · biggest: for Michael J Rogers
DVotevets$18M
9 races · biggest: for Joshua Turek
DJobs And Democracy PAC$17M
4 races · biggest: for Alexander Bores
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Biggest wallets

Top donor states

Across state lines

Biggest money flows into other states’ races

  • CA→NY12,473 donors$10M
  • CA→MI5,897 donors$7.9M
  • CA→TX10,413 donors$7.8M
  • CA→GA13,348 donors$6.1M
  • CA→AZ10,998 donors$5.9M
  • NY→CA2,775 donors$5.3M
Worth knowing

Things that surprised us in the data

97%

of James Michael Johnson’s (LA-4) itemized money comes from outside LA — the highest share among candidates who have raised $2M+.

92%

of Eli Crane’s $5.1M came in gifts under $200: the most small-dollar-powered campaign in the field.

$1.5B

came in just 3,423 contributions of $100,000 or more, almost all to super PACs and party committees: 31% of all itemized money.

5,075 ↔ 5,602

donors switched sides since 2024 (D→R vs R→D). The D→R switchers have given $56M this cycle; R→D switchers $32M.

71%

of 2024 donors haven’t given again yet. 1,114,577 have come back, and 773,997 newcomers have joined them.

7.3×

jump in quarterly fundraising for Adriano Espaillat (NY-AL), the biggest breakout among campaigns raising $1M+ a quarter.

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