Arkansas’s $21.3M candidate book is 77.2% Republican

A two-party receipt table

Republican candidate receipts are 77.2% of Arkansas’s $21.3 million. Democratic receipts of $4.8 million are 22.7%. Other-party receipts of $2,703 are about 0.01% of the book. Arkansas’s candidate total in this snapshot is a two-party table. That is a description of this cycle’s filings, not a rule of Arkansas politics.

Three hundred forty-eight federal candidate committees produced the $21.3 million. House districts, a Senate line, and other federal filers sit in that roster. Sorting the Arkansas hub by receipts isolates the committees that hold the $16.5 million Republican line.

Keep $21.3 million and $370.3 million on separate lines when citing Arkansas. Adding them double-counts gifts that Arkansas donors made to Arkansas candidate committees. Subtracting them hides the outbound PAC flow. The honest citation is two FEC series for cycle 2026.

Arkansas donors: $370.3 million from 35,273 people

The individual contribution total of $370.3 million exceeds the $21.3 million candidate book by a wide margin. Arkansas addresses fund national PACs, Super PACs, party committees, and campaigns in other states. Those gifts remain Arkansas donor dollars. They do not inherit the 77.2% Republican candidate-receipt share.

Thirty-five thousand two hundred seventy-three donors is the FEC contributor count. Occupation strings live on the underlying rows. This state summary does not re-tabulate them.

Cycle 2026 is open. An amended candidate report moves $21.3 million and the party split. A restated individual file moves $370.3 million and 35,273. The Arkansas FEC totals page is the live view. This guide’s printed figures are a snapshot of FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

What $21.3 million does not include

Candidate receipts do not include independent expenditures by Super PACs, even when the ads name an Arkansas candidate. They do not include Arkansas Ethics Commission filings for state offices. They do not include unreported activity.

PAC directories are the next table if the question is where a share of the $370.3 million went after it left an Arkansas address.

Ethics Commission filings are separate

Arkansas state-office campaigns file with the Ethics Commission. Those reports are not in the $21.3 million or the $370.3 million. This page is federal 2026-cycle data from FEC.gov.

Arkansas FEC totals

The Arkansas FEC totals page holds the live 2026 table. Candidate, PAC, and Super PAC directories share the same FEC.gov backbone. Numbers cited here are packet facts only.

Arkansas as a donor address, not just a candidate book

The $370.3 million individual contribution total from 35,273 Arkansas contributors is the number that answers “how much federal political money is tied to Arkansas addresses.” The $21.3 million candidate-receipt total from 348 committees is the number that answers “how much Arkansas-tagged campaigns booked.” Using either number for the other question is a category error. FEC.gov stores the two series in different files. LobbyVault prints both on the AR hub.

Most of $370.3 million did not land in the 348 candidate committees. It landed in PACs, Super PACs, party committees, and campaigns that file in other states. The PAC directory and Super PAC tracker are therefore not sidebars on a Arkansas page. They are where a large share of $370.3 million went. Independent expenditures that mention a Arkansas candidate can still be financed by donors outside Arkansas and would not appear in either Arkansas total.

Party splits on the candidate book — Democratic $4.8 million (22.7%), Republican $16.5 million (77.2%), other $2,703 (0.0%) — do not describe the 35,273 donors. Individual contribution rows do not carry a donor party field in this aggregate. A Arkansas address on a Super PAC gift is a Arkansas donor dollar, not a Democratic or Republican donor dollar.

Start with the question. If the question is candidate fundraising in Arkansas, read $21.3 million across 348 committees and the party split $4.8 million / $16.5 million / $2,703. If the question is money originating from Arkansas addresses, read $370.3 million and 35,273. If the question is independent spending, leave both series and open Super PACs.

Double-counting happens when someone adds $21.3 million to $370.3 million, or treats PAC receipts as candidate receipts, or folds state-office filings into FEC totals. Each of those moves invents a number that is not on FEC.gov.

The candidate directory is the path to a single FEC ID. The Arkansas FEC totals page is the path to the state roll-up. Cycle 2026 filings remain the underlying documents. LobbyVault indexes them; it does not replace them.

Questions

How much have Arkansas federal candidates raised in 2026?

Arkansas-associated federal candidate committees reported $21.3 million in receipts across 348 filers. Republican committees reported $16.5 million and Democratic committees reported $4.8 million, according to FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault.

What share of Arkansas candidate receipts is Republican?

Republican candidate committees reported $16.5 million, or 77.2% of the $21.3 million total. Democratic committees reported $4.8 million (22.7%) and other filers $2,703. Party codes sit on candidate committees, not on donors.

How much have Arkansas donors given federally?

Individual contribution aggregates show $370.3 million from 35,273 Arkansas donors. That series includes gifts to PACs and out-of-state campaigns and is much larger than the $21.3 million in candidate receipts.

Are Arkansas state races included?

No. These figures are FEC.gov federal data. Arkansas Ethics Commission filings for state offices are not part of the $21.3 million or $370.3 million.