Massachusetts donors: $1.88B; candidate receipts: $57.3M

A donor-export state on the FEC file

At $1.88 billion, Massachusetts’s individual contribution total is among the larger donor books in this extract, in the same conversation as Virginia and New Jersey rather than as a function of the $57.3 million candidate total. Contributors in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts candidate committee.

One hundred forty-eight thousand seven hundred seven donors is a large contributor count for a roster of 720 candidate committees. Donor count and candidate count measure different FEC files. They are not supposed to match.

Keep $57.3 million and $1.88 billion on separate lines when citing Massachusetts. Adding them double-counts gifts that Massachusetts donors made to Massachusetts candidate committees. Subtracting them hides the outbound PAC flow. The honest citation is two FEC series for cycle 2026.

Democratic committees hold $52.0 million of $57.3 million

Democratic candidate receipts are 90.7% of the Massachusetts candidate book. Republican receipts of $5.0 million are 8.7%. Other-party receipts are $298,830 (0.5%). That is a lopsided candidate-receipt split. It is not a partisan coding of the 148,707 donors. A Massachusetts contributor to a Super PAC does not inherit a Democratic label in this aggregate.

Seven hundred twenty federal candidate committees produced the $57.3 million. House districts, a Senate line, and other federal filers sit in that roster. Sorting the Massachusetts hub by receipts isolates the committees that hold most of the $52.0 million Democratic line.

Cycle 2026 is open. An amended candidate report moves $57.3 million and the party split. A restated individual file moves $1.88 billion and 148,707. The Massachusetts FEC totals page is the live view. This guide’s printed figures are a snapshot of FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

PACs and Super PACs sit between the two series

The gap between $1.88 billion donated and $57.3 million in candidate receipts is where PAC and Super PAC receipts live, along with out-of-state candidate committees. Opening only the candidate table understates where Massachusetts money went. The PAC directory and Super PAC tracker are the companion views.

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

OCPF filings are not in these totals

Massachusetts state-office campaigns file with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Those reports are not in the $57.3 million or the $1.88 billion. This page is federal 2026-cycle data from FEC.gov.

Massachusetts FEC totals

The Massachusetts FEC totals page carries the live 2026 aggregates. Candidate, PAC, and Super PAC directories share FEC.gov as the source. If a later amendment changes a large Massachusetts committee’s receipts, the hub updates; this guide does not invent a newer $57.3 million.

Massachusetts as a donor address, not just a candidate book

The $1.88 billion individual contribution total from 148,707 Massachusetts contributors is the number that answers “how much federal political money is tied to Massachusetts addresses.” The $57.3 million candidate-receipt total from 720 committees is the number that answers “how much Massachusetts-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 MA hub.

Most of $1.88 billion did not land in the 720 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 Massachusetts page. They are where a large share of $1.88 billion went. Independent expenditures that mention a Massachusetts candidate can still be financed by donors outside Massachusetts and would not appear in either Massachusetts total.

Party splits on the candidate book — Democratic $52.0 million (90.7%), Republican $5.0 million (8.7%), other $298,830 (0.5%) — do not describe the 148,707 donors. Individual contribution rows do not carry a donor party field in this aggregate. A Massachusetts address on a Super PAC gift is a Massachusetts donor dollar, not a Democratic or Republican donor dollar.

This page does not claim that 90.7% of Massachusetts donors are Democratic or that 8.7% are Republican. Those percentages apply to candidate receipts of $52.0 million and $5.0 million out of $57.3 million. It does not claim that $1.88 billion was spent in Massachusetts. Donor dollars follow the recipient committee, which may file anywhere.

It does not claim that 720 candidates will appear on a general-election ballot. It does not convert $298,830 into a named third party. It does not add $57.3 million to $1.88 billion. It does not include state-office money.

What it does claim is narrower: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault show these 2026-cycle totals for Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts hub plus the candidate, PAC, and Super PAC directories are the tables behind them.

Questions

How much have Massachusetts federal candidates raised in 2026?

Massachusetts-associated federal candidate committees reported $57.3 million in receipts across 720 filers. Democratic committees reported $52.0 million and Republican committees reported $5.0 million, per FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault.

How much have Massachusetts donors given federally?

Individual contribution aggregates show $1.88 billion from 148,707 Massachusetts donors. That series includes gifts to national PACs and out-of-state campaigns, so it is much larger than the $57.3 million in candidate receipts.

What share of Massachusetts candidate receipts is Democratic?

Democratic candidate committees reported $52.0 million, or 90.7% of the $57.3 million total. Republican committees reported $5.0 million (8.7%) and other filers $298,830. Party codes sit on candidate committees, not on donors.

Does this include Massachusetts state elections?

No. These figures are FEC.gov federal data. Massachusetts OCPF filings for state offices are not part of the $57.3 million or $1.88 billion.