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2026 House & Senate · follow the money

Who paid for this election.

Every federal campaign's own FEC filings and the outside spending reported for and against it, in one place. Rankings are a starting point for questions, not a verdict on anyone.

Follow the money / the final two weeks

Where the late outside money went.

Outside groups filed $810M in 24- and 48-hour reports for or against House and Senate candidates for ads, mail and other spending that went out from October 21, 2026 to November 3, 2026, and $1.9B since October 1. Counting these late reports with the regular ones, outside spending this cycle comes to $3.8B, against $958M in regular reports alone.

  1. 01

    Ohio · U.S. Senate

    $87M in the final two weeks · $263M since Oct 1

  2. 02

    Michigan · U.S. Senate

    $71M in the final two weeks · $164M since Oct 1

  3. 03

    Texas · U.S. Senate

    $71M in the final two weeks · $217M since Oct 1

  4. 04

    Iowa · U.S. Senate

    $64M in the final two weeks · $132M since Oct 1

  5. 05

    Kansas · U.S. Senate

    $50M in the final two weeks · $85M since Oct 1

  6. 06

    South Carolina · U.S. Senate

    $33M in the final two weeks · $48M since Oct 1

  7. 07

    Maine · U.S. Senate

    $28M in the final two weeks · $72M since Oct 1

  8. 08

    Nebraska · U.S. Senate

    $24M in the final two weeks · $56M since Oct 1

  9. 09

    Alaska · U.S. Senate

    $23M in the final two weeks · $60M since Oct 1

  10. 10

    North Carolina · U.S. House District 1

    $15M in the final two weeks · $27M since Oct 1

  11. 11

    Michigan · U.S. House District 7

    $13M in the final two weeks · $25M since Oct 1

  12. 12

    Florida · U.S. House District 14

    $13M in the final two weeks · $24M since Oct 1

FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, by the date each communication went out, with amended and re-filed reports counted once. These reports are filed within a day or two of the spending and often give an estimated cost: $1.1B of the $3.7B reported on them this cycle was marked as an estimate, and the spender's later regular report carries the final figure. Party coordinated spending and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Spending against a candidate counts toward that candidate's seat. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. About the FEC file ↗

The most expensive races.

Every campaign's receipts in the seat plus the outside spending reported for and against its candidates, primaries included.

  1. Texas U.S. Senate$248M · $183M campaigns · $64M outside
  2. Michigan U.S. Senate$168M · $88M campaigns · $80M outside
  3. Georgia U.S. Senate$126M · $120M campaigns · $6.6M outside
  4. Ohio U.S. Senate$88M · $77M campaigns · $11M outside
  5. Maine U.S. Senate$72M · $56M campaigns · $15M outside
  6. New York U.S. House District 12$66M · $23M campaigns · $43M outside
  7. Kentucky U.S. Senate$66M · $27M campaigns · $39M outside
  8. Iowa U.S. Senate$62M · $37M campaigns · $25M outside
  9. Louisiana U.S. Senate$59M · $35M campaigns · $25M outside
  10. Minnesota U.S. Senate$58M · $38M campaigns · $20M outside

Most raised.

Receipts net of transfers between a candidate's own committees.

  1. James Talarico Democrat · Texas U.S. Senate$140M
  2. T. Jonathan Ossoff Democrat · Georgia U.S. Senate$104M
  3. Sherrod Brown Democrat · Ohio U.S. Senate$59M
  4. Abdul El-Sayed Democrat · Michigan U.S. Senate$48M
  5. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Democrat · New York U.S. House District 14$38M
  6. Mary Peltola Democrat · Alaska U.S. Senate$34M
  7. David Trone Democrat · Maryland U.S. House District 6$26M
  8. Troy Dale Jackson Democrat · Maine U.S. Senate$25M
  9. Annie Andrews Democrat · South Carolina U.S. Senate$24M
  10. Joshua Turek Democrat · Iowa U.S. Senate$23M

Who gives to the campaigns

Among the 644 2026 House and Senate campaigns that raised at least $1.0M, $250K or more of it from individuals, the median took 15% of its individual money in unitemized gifts and 47% of its itemized money from outside the candidate's state.

Highest small-dollar share

Unitemized gifts (donors giving $200 or less this cycle) as a share of all individual contributions. Campaigns that itemize small conduit gifts anyway rank lower than their small-donor base.

  1. Bernard Taylor Democrat · Florida U.S. House District 2188% of $1.1M raised
  2. Conrad Roberts Cable Democrat · Louisiana U.S. House District 486% of $1.8M raised
  3. Isaiah Martin Democrat · Texas U.S. House District 1883% of $1.2M raised
  4. Elijah Manley Democrat · Florida U.S. House District 2078% of $1.3M raised
  5. Dalia Al-Aqidi Republican · Minnesota U.S. House District 577% of $1.2M raised
  6. Jasmine Crockett Democrat · Texas U.S. Senate77% of $6.2M raised
  7. Jamie Davis Democrat · Louisiana U.S. Senate76% of $5.0M raised
  8. Shawn Harris Democrat · Georgia U.S. House District 1475% of $8.4M raised
  9. Joshua Joseph Weil Democrat · Florida U.S. Senate75% of $16M raised
  10. Joe Males Republican · California U.S. House District 2575% of $1.1M raised

Most itemized money from out of state

Share of itemized individual money, net of refunds, from addresses outside the candidate's state; campaigns with at least $100K itemized with a filed state. Out-of-state giving is lawful and common.

  1. Jonathan Derrick Evans Republican · West Virginia U.S. Senate98% of $1.2M raised
  2. James Michael Johnson Republican · Louisiana U.S. House District 497% of $16M raised
  3. Ed Gallrein Republican · Kentucky U.S. House District 496% of $4.1M raised
  4. Steve Scalise Republican · Louisiana U.S. House District 194% of $2.0M raised
  5. John Nagel Republican · Minnesota U.S. House District 594% of $1.1M raised
  6. James Comer Republican · Kentucky U.S. House District 194% of $2.3M raised
  7. Thomas H. Massie Republican · Kentucky U.S. House District 493% of $8.9M raised
  8. Eric Chung Democrat · Michigan U.S. House District 1093% of $2.1M raised
  9. Morgan W. W. Murphy Republican · Alabama U.S. Senate93% of $1.3M raised
  10. Jordan Wood Democrat · Maine U.S. Senate93% of $6.4M raised

FEC candidate summaries and itemized individual contributions to each principal campaign committee, read November 4, 2026; each campaign counts once even when two candidate IDs share its committee. Raised is total receipts net of transfers between the candidate's own committees. A donor's state is their mailing address, not where they vote. None of this is evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Most reliant on PAC money.

Share of receipts from PACs and other committees, among campaigns that raised at least $1M.

  1. Terri A. Sewell Democrat · Alabama U.S. House District 780%
  2. Lloyd K. Smucker Republican · Pennsylvania U.S. House District 1178%
  3. Nanette Barragan Democrat · California U.S. House District 4478%
  4. Frank D. Lucas Republican · Oklahoma U.S. House District 377%
  5. Adrian Smith Republican · Nebraska U.S. House District 376%
  6. George J Kelly Jr. Republican · Pennsylvania U.S. House District 1676%
  7. Linda Sanchez Democrat · California U.S. House District 4176%
  8. Erin Houchin Republican · Indiana U.S. House District 975%
  9. Michael Rulli Republican · Ohio U.S. House District 675%
  10. Ron Estes Republican · Kansas U.S. House District 474%

Biggest self-funders.

The candidate's own contributions and loans to the campaign.

  1. David Trone Democrat · Maryland U.S. House District 6$25M · 97% of receipts
  2. Eric Jones Democrat · California U.S. House District 4$15M · 82% of receipts
  3. Anthony Thomas Constantino Republican · New York U.S. House District 21$14M · 99.5% of receipts
  4. Keith Gross Republican · Florida U.S. House District 2$12M · 99.1% of receipts
  5. John C. Fleming Jr. Republican · Louisiana U.S. Senate$12M · 94% of receipts
  6. Peter Chatzky Democrat · New York U.S. House District 17$11M · 97% of receipts
  7. April McClain Delaney Democrat · Maryland U.S. House District 6$11M · 88% of receipts
  8. Pete Ricketts Republican · Nebraska U.S. Senate$7.3M · 60% of receipts
  9. Nate Morris Republican · Kentucky U.S. Senate$6.8M · 77% of receipts
  10. Casey Askar Republican · Florida U.S. House District 22$6.7M · 93% of receipts

Most outside money against.

Independent expenditures opposing the candidate, primaries included.

  1. Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. Republican · Texas U.S. Senate$27M
  2. Abdul El-Sayed Democrat · Michigan U.S. Senate$21M
  3. Wesley Hunt Republican · Texas U.S. Senate$13M
  4. Michael J Rogers Republican · Michigan U.S. Senate$12M
  5. Julia Letlow Republican · Louisiana U.S. Senate$11M
  6. Juliana Stratton Democrat · Illinois U.S. Senate$10M
  7. Ashley Hinson Arenholz Republican · Iowa U.S. Senate$10M
  8. Thomas H. Massie Republican · Kentucky U.S. House District 4$10M
  9. Graham Platner Democrat · Maine U.S. Senate$9.2M
  10. Michael Whatley Republican · North Carolina U.S. Senate$8.9M

Most outside money for.

Independent expenditures supporting the candidate, primaries included. By law these are made without coordinating with the candidate.

  1. Haley Stevens Democrat · Michigan U.S. Senate$29M
  2. Alexander Bores Democrat · New York U.S. House District 12$21M
  3. Felix Barry Moore Republican · Alabama U.S. Senate$16M
  4. Michael J Rogers Republican · Michigan U.S. Senate$14M
  5. Adrian Boafo Democrat · Maryland U.S. House District 5$12M
  6. Nate Morris Republican · Kentucky U.S. Senate$12M
  7. Julia Letlow Republican · Louisiana U.S. Senate$12M
  8. Micah Charles Lasher Democrat · New York U.S. House District 12$11M
  9. Joshua Turek Democrat · Iowa U.S. Senate$9.9M
  10. Angie Craig Democrat · Minnesota U.S. Senate$9.2M

The biggest outside spenders.

Every outside group, and who funds it →

Summed from each candidate's five largest spenders on each side, so smaller amounts are left out and these totals are a floor.

  1. CLFHybrid PAC (super PAC account)99% of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats$178K for · $64M against · 29 candidates
  2. UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')Super PACSpent mainly in primaries$23M for · $30M against · 12 candidates
  3. HMPHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans$1.5M for · $43M against · 48 candidates
  4. TEXANS FOR A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITYSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries$5.3M for · $30M against · 3 candidates
  5. DEFEND AMERICAN JOBSSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries$33M for · $0 against · 28 candidates
  6. AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats$26M for · $5.6M against · 21 candidates
  7. VOTEVETSHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries$19M for · $9.2M against · 25 candidates
  8. PROTECT PROGRESSSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries$25M for · $2.6M against · 35 candidates
  9. JOBS AND DEMOCRACY PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries$17M for · $0 against · 4 candidates
  10. A STRONGER MICHIGANSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries$17M for · $150K against · 2 candidates
  11. THINK BIGSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries$7.9M for · $8.2M against · 14 candidates
  12. NORTH STAR DAWN PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries$7.8M for · $6.0M against · 2 candidates
  13. FIGHT FOR KENTUCKYSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries$9.6M for · $3.8M against · 2 candidates
  14. FAIRSHAKESuper PACSpent mainly in primaries$0 for · $13M against · 3 candidates
  15. KEEP AMERICA GREAT PAC, INC.Super PACSpent mainly in primaries$5.7M for · $7.4M against · 2 candidates

Every race, by state.

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.