Minnesota’s $57.9M receipts include $19.8M outside the two parties

Read the other-party line before the two-party race

In most states in this file, other-party candidate receipts are a rounding error. In Minnesota they are $19.8 million, larger than the Democratic candidate line of $11.9 million. The FEC party field on those committees is not Democratic and not Republican. LobbyVault does not relabel them. The $19.8 million stays in the other column until the underlying FEC registrations change.

Republican candidate receipts of $26.3 million remain the largest of the three slices, at 45.3% of $57.9 million. A two-party-only chart of Minnesota would hide a third of the candidate book. That is why this guide leads with the three-way split rather than with a Democratic-versus-Republican headline.

Read Minnesota as a three-column receipt table: $11.9 million Democratic, $26.3 million Republican, $19.8 million other. Skipping the third column hides 34.2% of $57.9 million. The 905 filers and the 73,625 donors are still two populations. Cycle 2026 filings on FEC.gov are the source for every figure.

905 committees behind $57.9 million

Nine hundred five federal candidate committees are associated with Minnesota in this extract. The roster includes House, Senate, and other federal filers. Filer count is not ballot count. Many of the 905 hold little of the $57.9 million. Sorting the Minnesota hub by receipts shows which committees — including those in the $19.8 million other-party slice — actually moved money.

Independent expenditures that mention a Minnesota candidate sit outside all three party columns. Those amounts, when disclosed, belong to the Super PAC or PAC that paid for them.

If an FEC amendment re-tags a committee’s party code, $19.8 million will move and 20.5% / 45.3% will move with it. Until that happens, the three-way split is the accurate description of Minnesota candidate receipts. The $667.5 million donor total will not move just because a party code changed.

Minnesota donors: $667.5 million from 73,625 people

The individual contribution total of $667.5 million exceeds the $57.9 million candidate book. Minnesota residents give to national PACs, Super PACs, and out-of-state campaigns. Those gifts remain Minnesota donor dollars and do not inherit the 34.2% other-party share of candidate receipts. Donor party is not a field in this aggregate.

Seventy-three thousand six hundred twenty-five donors is the FEC contributor count. Occupation strings live on the underlying rows.

Campaign Finance Board filings are separate

Minnesota state-office campaigns file with the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board. Those reports are not in the $57.9 million or the $667.5 million. This page is federal 2026-cycle data from FEC.gov.

Minnesota FEC totals

The Minnesota FEC totals page carries the live three-way split: $26.3 million Republican, $19.8 million other, $11.9 million Democratic. Candidate, PAC, and Super PAC directories share the same FEC.gov backbone. If a committee’s party code is amended on FEC.gov, the other-party line will move; this guide does not guess that amendment.

Why Minnesota’s other-party line is not a rounding error

Other-party candidate receipts in Minnesota are $19.8 million, or 34.2% of the $57.9 million candidate book. That slice is large enough that a two-party chart would misstate the FEC file. The party code on those committees is not Democratic and not Republican. LobbyVault leaves $19.8 million in the other column. Democratic receipts are $11.9 million (20.5%). Republican receipts are $26.3 million (45.3%). All three numbers are required to reconstitute $57.9 million.

The 905 candidate committees include whatever filers carry that other-party code. Sorting the Minnesota hub by receipts is the way to see whether $19.8 million sits in one committee or many. This page does not name those committees, because the packet facts are state totals, not a committee roster. The live table holds the FEC IDs.

Donors are a separate file. Minnesota contributors account for $667.5 million from 73,625 people. That donor series does not inherit the 34.2% other-party share. A donor who gave to a Super PAC is not assigned the other-party label just because Minnesota candidate receipts have a large other column. Party codes sit on candidate registrations.

Start with the question. If the question is candidate fundraising in Minnesota, read $57.9 million across 905 committees and the party split $11.9 million / $26.3 million / $19.8 million. If the question is money originating from Minnesota addresses, read $667.5 million and 73,625. If the question is independent spending, leave both series and open Super PACs.

Double-counting happens when someone adds $57.9 million to $667.5 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota federal candidates raised in 2026?

Minnesota-associated federal candidate committees reported $57.9 million in receipts across 905 filers. Republican committees reported $26.3 million, other-party committees $19.8 million, and Democratic committees $11.9 million, per FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault.

Why is Minnesota’s other-party receipt share so large?

Other-party and unaffiliated candidate committees reported $19.8 million, or 34.2% of the $57.9 million total. That is the FEC party-code roll-up as filed. LobbyVault does not reclassify those committees as Democratic or Republican.

How much have Minnesota donors given federally?

Individual contribution aggregates show $667.5 million from 73,625 Minnesota donors. That series includes gifts to PACs and out-of-state campaigns and is separate from the $57.9 million in candidate receipts.

Are Minnesota state races included?

No. These figures are FEC.gov federal data. Minnesota Campaign Finance Board filings for state offices are not part of the $57.9 million or $667.5 million.