Hawaii’s 391 federal filers reported $4.9M; donors gave $128.8M

Many committees, $4.9 million in receipts

Three hundred ninety-one candidates is a high filing count for $4.9 million in receipts. House, Senate, and other federal filers tagged to Hawaii — including primary and residual committees — sit in that inventory. Filer count is not cash. Most of the $4.9 million sits in a smaller set of committees. The Hawaii hub’s receipt sort is the practical view.

Democratic candidate receipts of $4.2 million are 87.4% of the book. Republican receipts of $592,748 are 12.2%. Other-party receipts of $21,547 are 0.4%. Party codes attach to candidate committees, not to the 20,814 donors.

Keep $4.9 million and $128.8 million on separate lines when citing Hawaii. Adding them double-counts gifts that Hawaii donors made to Hawaii candidate committees. Subtracting them hides the outbound PAC flow. The honest citation is two FEC series for cycle 2026.

Hawaii donors: $128.8 million from 20,814 people

The individual contribution total of $128.8 million exceeds the $4.9 million candidate book by a wide margin. Hawaii addresses fund national PACs, Super PACs, party committees, and campaigns in other states. Those gifts remain Hawaii donor dollars. They do not inherit the 87.4% Democratic candidate-receipt share.

Twenty thousand eight hundred fourteen 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 $4.9 million and the party split. A restated individual file moves $128.8 million and 20,814. The Hawaii FEC totals page is the live view. This guide’s printed figures are a snapshot of FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

What $4.9 million does not capture

Candidate receipts do not include independent expenditures by Super PACs, even when the ads name a Hawaii candidate. They do not include Hawaii Campaign Spending 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 $128.8 million went after it left a Hawaii address.

Campaign Spending Commission is separate

Hawaii state-office campaigns file with the Campaign Spending Commission. Those reports are not in the $4.9 million or the $128.8 million. This page is federal 2026-cycle data from FEC.gov.

Hawaii FEC totals

The Hawaii 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.

Hawaii as a donor address, not just a candidate book

The $128.8 million individual contribution total from 20,814 Hawaii contributors is the number that answers “how much federal political money is tied to Hawaii addresses.” The $4.9 million candidate-receipt total from 391 committees is the number that answers “how much Hawaii-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 HI hub.

Most of $128.8 million did not land in the 391 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 Hawaii page. They are where a large share of $128.8 million went. Independent expenditures that mention a Hawaii candidate can still be financed by donors outside Hawaii and would not appear in either Hawaii total.

Party splits on the candidate book — Democratic $4.2 million (87.4%), Republican $592,748 (12.2%), other $21,547 (0.4%) — do not describe the 20,814 donors. Individual contribution rows do not carry a donor party field in this aggregate. A Hawaii address on a Super PAC gift is a Hawaii donor dollar, not a Democratic or Republican donor dollar.

The Hawaii FEC totals page carries the 391 candidates, $4.9 million receipts, party split of $4.2 million / $592,748 / $21,547, $128.8 million donated, and 20,814 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 $128.8 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 Hawaii candidate can be large and still sit outside $4.9 million. Check the Super PAC tracker before treating $4.9 million as “all money in Hawaii federal races.”

Questions

How much have Hawaii federal candidates raised in 2026?

Hawaii-associated federal candidate committees reported $4.9 million in receipts across 391 filers. Democratic committees reported $4.2 million and Republican committees reported $592,748, according to FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault.

How much have Hawaii donors given federally?

Individual contribution aggregates show $128.8 million from 20,814 Hawaii donors. That series includes gifts to PACs and out-of-state campaigns and is much larger than the $4.9 million in candidate receipts.

What share of Hawaii candidate receipts is Democratic?

Democratic candidate committees reported $4.2 million, or 87.4% of the $4.9 million total. Republican committees reported $592,748 (12.2%) and other filers $21,547. Party codes sit on candidate committees, not on donors.

Are Hawaii state races included?

No. These figures are FEC.gov federal data. Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission filings for state offices are not part of the $4.9 million or $128.8 million.