Montana’s $21.8M receipts: Democratic $14.4M, other-party $2.5M

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Democratic candidate receipts of $14.4 million are the largest slice of Montana’s $21.8 million. Other-party receipts of $2.5 million are half the Republican line of $5.0 million. A two-party-only chart would hide 11.3% of the candidate book. The FEC party field on those other committees is not Democratic and not Republican. LobbyVault does not relabel them.

Two hundred fifty federal candidate committees produced the $21.8 million. House, Senate, and other federal filers tagged to Montana sit in that roster. Filer count is an inventory. Sorting the Montana hub by receipts shows which committees — including those in the $2.5 million other-party slice — actually moved money.

Read Montana as a three-column receipt table: $14.4 million Democratic, $5.0 million Republican, $2.5 million other. Skipping the third column hides 11.3% of $21.8 million. The 250 filers and the 16,929 donors are still two populations. Cycle 2026 filings on FEC.gov are the source for every figure.

Montana donors: $121.6 million from 16,929 people

The individual contribution total of $121.6 million exceeds the $21.8 million candidate book. Montana residents give to national PACs, Super PACs, and out-of-state campaigns; those gifts remain Montana donor dollars. The donor series does not inherit the 65.9% Democratic candidate-receipt share. Donor party is not a field in this aggregate.

Sixteen thousand nine hundred twenty-nine donors is the FEC contributor count. Occupation strings live on the underlying rows.

If an FEC amendment re-tags a committee’s party code, $2.5 million will move and 65.9% / 22.8% will move with it. Until that happens, the three-way split is the accurate description of Montana candidate receipts. The $121.6 million donor total will not move just because a party code changed.

Independent spending sits elsewhere

The $21.8 million measures candidate-committee receipts. Super PAC ads that mention a Montana candidate can sit outside that total even when the ads are large. The Super PAC tracker is the table for that spending. PAC directories cover committees that receive a share of the $121.6 million donor stream.

Montana state-office campaigns file with the Commissioner of Political Practices. Those reports are not in the $21.8 million or the $121.6 million.

Montana FEC totals

The Montana FEC totals page carries the live three-way split. Candidate, PAC, and Super PAC directories share FEC.gov as the source. Numbers on this guide are packet facts only.

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

Other-party candidate receipts in Montana are $2.5 million, or 11.3% of the $21.8 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 $2.5 million in the other column. Democratic receipts are $14.4 million (65.9%). Republican receipts are $5.0 million (22.8%). All three numbers are required to reconstitute $21.8 million.

The 250 candidate committees include whatever filers carry that other-party code. Sorting the Montana hub by receipts is the way to see whether $2.5 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. Montana contributors account for $121.6 million from 16,929 people. That donor series does not inherit the 11.3% other-party share. A donor who gave to a Super PAC is not assigned the other-party label just because Montana candidate receipts have a large other column. Party codes sit on candidate registrations.

Four tables, one source: FEC.gov

The Montana FEC totals page carries the 250 candidates, $21.8 million receipts, party split of $14.4 million / $5.0 million / $2.5 million, $121.6 million donated, and 16,929 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 $121.6 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 Montana candidate can be large and still sit outside $21.8 million. Check the Super PAC tracker before treating $21.8 million as “all money in Montana federal races.”

Questions

How much have Montana federal candidates raised in 2026?

Montana-associated federal candidate committees reported $21.8 million in receipts across 250 filers. Democratic committees reported $14.4 million, Republican committees $5.0 million, and other-party committees $2.5 million, per FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault.

Why does Montana show a large other-party receipt share?

Other-party and unaffiliated candidate committees reported $2.5 million, or 11.3% of the $21.8 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 Montana donors given federally?

Individual contribution aggregates show $121.6 million from 16,929 Montana donors. That series includes gifts to PACs and out-of-state campaigns and is separate from the $21.8 million in candidate receipts.

Are Montana state races included?

No. These figures are FEC.gov federal data. Montana Commissioner of Political Practices filings for state offices are not part of the $21.8 million or $121.6 million.