Delaware donors: $212.8M; candidate receipts: $7.2M, 97.3% Democratic

A donor-export state on a small candidate book

At $212.8 million, Delaware’s individual contribution total is large relative to a $7.2 million candidate book and relative to a contributor count of 14,332. Delaware addresses fund national PACs, Super PACs, party committees, and campaigns in other states. Those gifts stay in the donor aggregate. They do not have to land in a Delaware candidate committee.

Treating $212.8 million as “what Delaware campaigns raised” would overstate the candidate series by more than $200 million. Treating $7.2 million as “all Delaware political money” would hide the outbound donor flow.

Keep $7.2 million and $212.8 million on separate lines when citing Delaware. Adding them double-counts gifts that Delaware donors made to Delaware candidate committees. Subtracting them hides the outbound PAC flow. The honest citation is two FEC series for cycle 2026.

Democratic committees hold $7.0 million of $7.2 million

Democratic candidate receipts are 97.3% of Delaware’s $7.2 million. Republican receipts of $186,814 are 2.6%. Other-party receipts of $7,037 are 0.1%. That is a lopsided candidate-receipt split. It is not a partisan coding of the 14,332 donors. A Delaware contributor to a Super PAC does not inherit a Democratic label in this aggregate.

One hundred sixty-eight federal candidate committees produced the $7.2 million. House, Senate, and other federal filers tagged to Delaware sit in that roster. Sorting the Delaware hub by receipts isolates the committees that hold most of the $7.0 million Democratic line.

Cycle 2026 is open. An amended candidate report moves $7.2 million and the party split. A restated individual file moves $212.8 million and 14,332. The Delaware FEC totals page is the live view. This guide’s printed figures are a snapshot of FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

PACs sit between the two ledgers

The gap between $212.8 million donated and $7.2 million in candidate receipts is where PAC and Super PAC receipts live, along with out-of-state candidate committees. The PAC directory and Super PAC tracker are companion views on a Delaware page.

Independent expenditures that mention a Delaware candidate can be financed by donors in other states and would not appear as Delaware candidate receipts.

Commissioner of Elections filings

Delaware state-office campaigns file with the Department of Elections. Those reports are not in the $7.2 million or the $212.8 million. This page is federal 2026-cycle data from FEC.gov.

Delaware FEC totals

The Delaware FEC totals page carries the live 2026 aggregates. Candidate, PAC, and Super PAC directories share FEC.gov as the source. Numbers on this guide are packet facts only.

Delaware as a donor address, not just a candidate book

The $212.8 million individual contribution total from 14,332 Delaware contributors is the number that answers “how much federal political money is tied to Delaware addresses.” The $7.2 million candidate-receipt total from 168 committees is the number that answers “how much Delaware-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 DE hub.

Most of $212.8 million did not land in the 168 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 Delaware page. They are where a large share of $212.8 million went. Independent expenditures that mention a Delaware candidate can still be financed by donors outside Delaware and would not appear in either Delaware total.

Party splits on the candidate book — Democratic $7.0 million (97.3%), Republican $186,814 (2.6%), other $7,037 (0.1%) — do not describe the 14,332 donors. Individual contribution rows do not carry a donor party field in this aggregate. A Delaware address on a Super PAC gift is a Delaware donor dollar, not a Democratic or Republican donor dollar.

The Delaware FEC totals page carries the 168 candidates, $7.2 million receipts, party split of $7.0 million / $186,814 / $7,037, $212.8 million donated, and 14,332 donors. That is the overlay hub. The candidate directory lists filers by FEC ID. The PAC directory and Super PAC tracker cover the committees that absorb much of $212.8 million when it does not land in a candidate committee.

None of those four views estimates influence or assigns motive. They index public reports. If a number on this guide is later amended on FEC.gov, the hub should move and the printed snapshot here becomes stale. That is expected in an open cycle.

Independent expenditures remain a Super PAC disclosure, not a candidate-receipt line. A Super PAC ad about a Delaware candidate can be large and still sit outside $7.2 million. Check the Super PAC tracker before treating $7.2 million as “all money in Delaware federal races.”

Questions

How much have Delaware federal candidates raised in 2026?

Delaware-associated federal candidate committees reported $7.2 million in receipts across 168 filers. Democratic committees reported $7.0 million and Republican committees reported $186,814, per FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault.

How much have Delaware donors given federally?

Individual contribution aggregates show $212.8 million from 14,332 Delaware donors. That series includes gifts to national PACs and out-of-state campaigns, so it is much larger than the $7.2 million in candidate receipts.

What share of Delaware candidate receipts is Democratic?

Democratic candidate committees reported $7.0 million, or 97.3% of the $7.2 million total. Republican committees reported $186,814 (2.6%) and other filers $7,037. Party codes sit on candidate committees, not on donors.

Are Delaware state races included?

No. These figures are FEC.gov federal data. Delaware Department of Elections filings for state offices are not part of the $7.2 million or $212.8 million.