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Who funds Christopher A. Coons?

Delaware U.S. SenateDemocratFiled as incumbentFEC S0DE00092
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What they did in office.

Sitting member of Congress · Christopher A. Coons

In the U.S. Senate (DE) since 2010 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 14 of the 16 key Senate floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 5 committees: Appropriations, Foreign Relations, Judiciary, Select Committee on Ethics (Vice Chairman), Small Business and Entrepreneurship · 14 subcommittees
  • 328 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 2 committees reported outside spending for or against them

Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (S0DE00092) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

The money.

Christopher A. CoonsFEC filing: Christopher A. Coons · S0DE00092 ↗
Raised
$4.0M
Spent
$2.1M
Cash on hand
$5.0M
  • Individuals 56% $2.2M
  • PACs & other committees 41% $1.6M
  • Other receipts 3% $119K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $994K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $12K supporting · $0 opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMembership group PAC · National Association Of RealtorsSpent mainly in primaries $12K
  2. SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSuper PAC $10

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATIONUnion PAC · National Education Association $10K
  2. AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)Trade association PAC · American Bankers Association (aba) $10K
  3. MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MORPAC)Trade association PAC · Mortgage Bankers Association $10K
  4. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L EUnion PAC · American Federation Of State, County And Municipal Employees, Afl-Cio $10K
  5. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY AEROSPACE EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GE AEROSPACE PAC)Corporate PAC · General Electric Company $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $2.2M from individuals

3% in small-dollar gifts

$70K of $2.2M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

The itemized gifts below add up to $1.9M of the $2.1M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Aug 26, 2026 for this campaign.

12% from Delaware · 88% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

82% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. California $415K
  2. New York $403K
  3. Delaware $225K
  4. Pennsylvania $134K
  5. Maryland $127K
  6. Virginia $102K
  7. District of Columbia $92K
  8. Massachusetts $80K

Top employers named by donors

  1. YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR LLP $88K
  2. APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $50K
  3. LOCKHEED MARTIN $33K
  4. CAPITAL GROUP $24K
  5. LEIDOS $21K
  6. BLACKSTONE $19K
  7. AMAZON $18K
  8. CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES $18K
  9. GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER $16K
  10. K&L GATES LLP $16K

Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $514K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $988K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 3, 2025 to Aug 26, 2026, net of refunds (3,133 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗

From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Outside money in the final weeks.

Outside spending including late reports: $243K for / $0 against · $0 in the final two weeks

That is $232K more than the $12K in regular reports alone. Source: FEC regular reports plus 24- and 48-hour reports they do not yet cover. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

$232K of the $243K on late reports was filed as an estimate. A 24- or 48-hour report is due within a day or two of the spending; the spender's later regular report carries the final cost.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • Digital ads 4% $10K
  • Mail, print & signs 95% $231K
  • Ad production 0.2% $380
  • Other or unclassified 0.5% $1,200

Largest late spenders for

  1. AB PAC $232K
  2. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $12K

Latest dissemination on these reports: October 5, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (6 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗

Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Where it went.

Where the money went $1.4M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $1.4M of the $2.1M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Aug 26, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 5% $66K
  • Consultants & strategy 14% $203K
  • Staff & payroll 21% $292K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 37% $531K
  • Polling, research & data 0.4% $5,000
  • Travel, meals & events 0.7% $9,836
  • Office, technology & overhead 14% $192K
  • Legal & compliance 9% $126K
  • Other or unclassified 0.1% $1,436

Largest payees

  1. FULKERSON, KENNEDY & CO. $350K
  2. PAYROLL MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE $286K
  3. GPS IMPACT $168K
  4. CAPITOL COMPLIANCE ASSOCIATES, INC. $115K
  5. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA $98K

Paid to individuals: $1,536, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Aug 26, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (571 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

Others who filed for this seat.

Questions worth asking.

Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.

FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.