Money · 2026

Follow the money

Parlay the People tracks every dollar the FEC reports for the 2026 House and Senate races: $2.84B raised by 2,807 candidates and $1.63B spent by outside groups, through October 2, 2026.

Raised by candidates
$2.84B
D $1.63B R $1.18B
Spent by outside groups
$1.63B
helping D $341.9M helping R $515.2M
Party committees' cash
$363.8M
the six national party committees

The parties' war chests

Each pair of committees raises for the same job. The bar shows each side's share of what the two raised; under it, what each raised and still has in the bank.

National committees

DNC raised $228.1M · $16.9M cashRNC raised $316.3M · $125.6M cash

Senate committees

DSCC raised $163.1M · $37.6M cashNRSC raised $176.5M · $18.7M cash

House committees

DCCC raised $222.4M · $75.9M cashNRCC raised $221.5M · $89.1M cash

Outside money, week by week

Super PAC and party spending for or against candidates in the general election, by the week it went out, since January. Above the line helped Democrats; below helped Republicans. The biggest week so far was September 28: $255.5M.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Helped Democrats $341.9MHelped Republicans $515.2M

The most expensive races

Money raised by each party's nominee plus outside spending that helped them.

Democrat raisedOutside money for the DemocratOutside money for the RepublicanRepublican raised

  1. Texas Senate$331.3M
    James Talarico $121.1M · Ken Paxton $210.2M
  2. Ohio Senate$211.7M
    Sherrod Brown $91.1M · Jon Husted $120.5M
  3. Michigan Senate$136.7M
    Abdul El-Sayed $47.4M · Mike Rogers $89.4M
  4. Georgia Senate$100.4M
    Jon Ossoff $87.0M · Mike Collins $13.4M
  5. North Carolina Senate$87.1M
    Roy Cooper $59.7M · Michael Whatley $27.3M
  6. Iowa Senate$77.3M
    Josh Turek $43.7M · Ashley Hinson $33.6M
  7. Alaska Senate$68.1M
    Mary Peltola $39.0M · Dan Sullivan $29.1M
  8. New Hampshire Senate$50.8M
    Chris Pappas $25.3M · John E. Sununu $25.5M
  9. NY-14$33.0M
    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez $32.6M · Diamant Hysenaj $343K
  10. Maine Senate$31.2M
    Troy Jackson $12.4M · Susan Collins $18.8M
  11. Illinois Senate$27.8M
    Juliana Stratton $15.0M · Don Tracy $12.8M
  12. Kentucky Senate$26.6M
    Charles Booker $9.4M · Andy Barr $17.2M

Who's spending

The biggest outside spenders. Blue helped Democrats, red helped Republicans, gray went to primaries.

  1. TEXAS PACWarren Kenneth Paxton Jr., James Talarico$131.6M
  2. NO GOING BACK PAC INC.Sherrod Brown, Abdul El-Sayed$128.2M
  3. WinSenateJon Husted, Michael Whatley$103.1M
  4. Americans for Prosperity Action, …Michael J Rogers, Jon Husted$66.6M
  5. DEFEND AMERICAN JOBSJon Husted, Felix Barry Moore$56.1M
  6. UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT (UDP)Abdul El-Sayed, Haley Stevens$51.2M
  7. HMPLaurie Buckhout, Jim Desmond$46.0M
  8. TEXANS FOR A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITYWarren Kenneth Paxton Jr., John Sen Cornyn$35.2M
  9. SLF PACSherrod Brown, Chris Pappas$34.9M
  10. Protect ProgressChristian Menefee, Adrian Boafo$27.5M
  11. MAGA INC.James Talarico, Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr.$26.7M
  12. America PACJames Talarico, Sherrod Brown$26.2M
  13. LONE STAR LIBERTY PACJames Talarico, Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr.$25.1M
  14. Lone Star Rising PACWarren Kenneth Paxton Jr., James Talarico$22.3M

Top fundraisers

Raised this cycle. The light part of each bar is cash still in the bank.

  1. T. Jonathan OssoffGA Senate$77.3M
  2. James TalaricoTX Senate$68.6M
  3. Sherrod BrownOH Senate$38.6M
  4. Roy CooperNC Senate$35.0M
  5. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezNY-14 House$32.6M
  6. S KrishnamoorthiIL Senate$31.6M
  7. David TroneMD-6 House$26.2M
  8. Graham PlatnerME Senate$21.1M
  9. James Michael JohnsonLA-4 House$21.0M
  10. Cory A. BookerNJ Senate$18.9M
  11. Mary PeltolaAK Senate$18.5M
  12. Mark Robert WarnerVA Senate$17.9M
  13. Alexander VindmanFL Senate$16.3M
  14. Susan M. CollinsME Senate$16.2M

Does money buy the odds?

Each dot is a competitive race (neither side above 90%), sized by the money in it. Across: the Democrat's share of the money the two nominees raised. Up: the Democrat's chance in the prediction markets. In 25 of 90 races, the candidate who raised more is the underdog.

D outraised, D favoredR outraised, R favoredR outraised, D favoredD outraised, R favoredDemocrat's share of the money →Democrat's chance →Texas Senate: Democrat raised 88% of the money, has a 64% chanceOhio Senate: Democrat raised 73% of the money, has a 63% chanceMichigan Senate: Democrat raised 57% of the money, has a 72% chanceIowa Senate: Democrat raised 38% of the money, has a 43% chanceAlaska Senate: Democrat raised 67% of the money, has a 73% chanceNew Hampshire Senate: Democrat raised 79% of the money, has a 87% chanceMinnesota Senate: Democrat raised 55% of the money, has a 86% chanceCO-08: Democrat raised 45% of the money, has a 86% chanceWI-03: Democrat raised 53% of the money, has a 73% chanceIA-01: Democrat raised 49% of the money, has a 84% chanceAZ-06: Democrat raised 54% of the money, has a 83% chanceNY-17: Democrat raised 35% of the money, has a 64% chanceMI-04: Democrat raised 39% of the money, has a 48% chancePA-10: Democrat raised 55% of the money, has a 80% chanceNJ-07: Democrat raised 47% of the money, has a 90% chanceFL-25: Democrat raised 57% of the money, has a 75% chanceMI-07: Democrat raised 15% of the money, has a 59% chanceVA-02: Democrat raised 44% of the money, has a 82% chanceKansas Senate: Democrat raised 51% of the money, has a 34% chanceFlorida Senate: Democrat raised 8% of the money, has a 10% chanceNY-21: Democrat raised 37% of the money, has a 18% chanceAZ-02: Democrat raised 27% of the money, has a 31% chanceTX-15: Democrat raised 36% of the money, has a 81% chancePA-08: Democrat raised 47% of the money, has a 69% chanceNY-03: Democrat raised 77% of the money, has a 88% chanceTX-34: Democrat raised 57% of the money, has a 83% chanceNC-01: Democrat raised 53% of the money, has a 62% chanceIA-03: Democrat raised 52% of the money, has a 77% chanceAZ-01: Democrat raised 42% of the money, has a 80% chanceWA-03: Democrat raised 74% of the money, has a 90% chancePA-07: Democrat raised 35% of the money, has a 86% chanceTX-35: Democrat raised 47% of the money, has a 61% chanceCO-04: Democrat raised 91% of the money, has a 30% chanceFL-14: Democrat raised 52% of the money, has a 65% chanceVA-01: Democrat raised 35% of the money, has a 49% chancePA-01: Democrat raised 23% of the money, has a 35% chanceIA-02: Democrat raised 46% of the money, has a 54% chanceOH-09: Democrat raised 74% of the money, has a 70% chanceCO-05: Democrat raised 59% of the money, has a 25% chanceTX-09: Democrat raised 3% of the money, has a 18% chanceWI-01: Democrat raised 12% of the money, has a 36% chanceOH-01: Democrat raised 75% of the money, has a 87% chanceOH-07: Democrat raised 22% of the money, has a 81% chanceME-02: Democrat raised 32% of the money, has a 35% chanceAL-02: Democrat raised 51% of the money, has a 26% chanceMT-01: Democrat raised 51% of the money, has a 35% chanceFL-13: Democrat raised 27% of the money, has a 26% chanceAR-02: Democrat raised 21% of the money, has a 16% chanceMI-10: Democrat raised 43% of the money, has a 66% chanceFL-22: Democrat raised 47% of the money, has a 54% chanceVA-05: Democrat raised 55% of the money, has a 21% chanceNC-09: Democrat raised 41% of the money, has a 22% chanceMN-01: Democrat raised 50% of the money, has a 23% chanceSC-01: Democrat raised 80% of the money, has a 30% chanceFL-11: Democrat raised 2% of the money, has a 12% chanceKY-06: Democrat raised 49% of the money, has a 27% chanceTX-28: Democrat raised 61% of the money, has a 89% chanceOH-15: Democrat raised 16% of the money, has a 26% chanceCO-03: Democrat raised 17% of the money, has a 27% chanceMO-02: Democrat raised 25% of the money, has a 26% chanceNV-02: Democrat raised 10% of the money, has a 23% chanceTN-09: Democrat raised 60% of the money, has a 14% chanceNY-01: Democrat raised 15% of the money, has a 19% chanceTX-23: Democrat raised 20% of the money, has a 38% chanceNY-02: Democrat raised 12% of the money, has a 14% chanceFL-09: Democrat raised 62% of the money, has a 29% chanceNE-01: Democrat raised 20% of the money, has a 16% chanceMD-01: Democrat raised 23% of the money, has a 10% chanceNC-03: Democrat raised 9% of the money, has a 15% chanceFL-16: Democrat raised 21% of the money, has a 16% chanceOH-10: Democrat raised 29% of the money, has a 15% chanceFL-27: Democrat raised 25% of the money, has a 38% chanceWA-05: Democrat raised 19% of the money, has a 18% chanceFL-07: Democrat raised 79% of the money, has a 33% chanceTX-32: Democrat raised 10% of the money, has a 11% chanceFL-26: Democrat raised 14% of the money, has a 13% chanceNC-05: Democrat raised 19% of the money, has a 13% chanceOK-05: Democrat raised 19% of the money, has a 12% chanceNJ-02: Democrat raised 19% of the money, has a 21% chanceNC-13: Democrat raised 43% of the money, has a 15% chanceMN-08: Democrat raised 14% of the money, has a 13% chanceNC-07: Democrat raised 13% of the money, has a 17% chanceKS-02: Democrat raised 34% of the money, has a 12% chanceFL-04: Democrat raised 1% of the money, has a 15% chanceIN-05: Democrat raised 30% of the money, has a 16% chanceFL-12: Democrat raised 11% of the money, has a 13% chanceNC-14: Democrat raised 2% of the money, has a 12% chanceAZ-08: Democrat raised 15% of the money, has a 16% chanceWI-08: Democrat raised 6% of the money, has a 12% chanceSC-02: Democrat raised 2% of the money, has a 11% chance

How to read the money

Where do these numbers come from?

The Federal Election Commission. Campaigns report what they raise and spend every quarter (monthly near an election); outside groups report their spending within 24 or 48 hours. We load the FEC's files every morning. Figures run through each committee's latest report, October 2, 2026 for most.

What's the difference between raised and cash on hand?

Raised is everything that came in this cycle; cash on hand is what's left after spending. A campaign with less cash late in the race has already spent on ads and staff, or is running low.

What counts as outside spending?

Independent expenditures: money a super PAC, party or group spends to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with the campaign. We count general-election spending as helping a party when it supports that party's candidate or opposes the other party's; primary spending is shown separately.

Why aren't governors here?

Candidates for governor report to their states, not the FEC. Their races still have odds and polls on each race page.

Source: Federal Election Commission bulk data and OpenFEC API. Filings with impossible amounts are left out. Download the data.

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