New York donors: $6.84B, while state candidates reported $214.2M

The donor book is the New York story

At $6.84 billion, New York’s individual contribution total dwarfs the $214.2 million in candidate receipts. The ratio is a feature of how FEC files work. A contributor in Manhattan who funds a Super PAC, a national party committee, or a Senate race in another state still appears in the New York donor aggregate. Candidate receipts only count money that landed in committees tagged to New York in the candidate file.

The donor count is 399,396. That is fewer donors than California’s 649,289, yet New York’s $6.84 billion sits close to California’s $8.02 billion donor book. Average gift size is not published as a separate FEC field on this hub; the two headline numbers — $6.84 billion and 399,396 donors — are the ones in the packet. Treating either as a turnout statistic would be a misuse of the file.

Keep $214.2 million and $6.84 billion on separate lines when citing New York. Adding them double-counts gifts that New York donors made to New York candidate committees. Subtracting them hides the outbound PAC flow. The honest citation is two FEC series for cycle 2026.

Candidate receipts: $214.2 million, Democratic-heavy

Among New York federal candidate committees, Democratic filers reported $165.1 million (77.1% of $214.2 million). Republican filers reported $48.7 million (22.7%). Other-party receipts are $449,547 (0.2%). Those percentages describe the candidate receipt series only. They do not assign a party to the 399,396 donors.

Two thousand four hundred eighteen candidates is a filing inventory. It includes House, Senate, and other federal committees with a New York association on the FEC record. Many of those committees hold little of the $214.2 million. The live table on the New York FEC totals page is sorted more usefully by receipts than by alphabet.

Cycle 2026 is open. An amended candidate report moves $214.2 million and the party split. A restated individual file moves $6.84 billion and 399,396. The New York FEC totals page is the live view. This guide’s printed figures are a snapshot of FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

What these tables omit

Neither the $214.2 million nor the $6.84 billion includes state-level campaign finance. New York’s Board of Elections and city campaign-finance systems are separate from FEC.gov. This page is federal only. It also does not convert independent expenditures into a “New York influence” score. Super PAC spending that mentions a New York race may be financed by donors in other states and would show up on the Super PAC tracker, not as New York candidate receipts.

PAC directories matter here because a large share of New York’s $6.84 billion donor total is PAC-bound. Opening only the candidate list understates where New York money actually went.

How LobbyVault indexes the FEC file

LobbyVault rolls FEC.gov bulk data into state aggregates for the 2026 cycle. Candidate receipts, party splits, donor dollars, and donor counts are stored as separate fields so they cannot be silently added together. If a later amendment changes a New York Senate committee’s receipts, the hub should move and this guide’s printed $214.2 million will be stale until refreshed from the same source.

Next tables

From the New York FEC totals page, the candidate directory lists filers by FEC ID. The PAC directory and Super PAC tracker cover the committees that absorb much of the $6.84 billion donor stream. All four views share FEC.gov as the underlying source.

New York as a donor address, not just a candidate book

The $6.84 billion individual contribution total from 399,396 New York contributors is the number that answers “how much federal political money is tied to New York addresses.” The $214.2 million candidate-receipt total from 2,418 committees is the number that answers “how much New York-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 NY hub.

Most of $6.84 billion did not land in the 2,418 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 New York page. They are where a large share of $6.84 billion went. Independent expenditures that mention a New York candidate can still be financed by donors outside New York and would not appear in either New York total.

Party splits on the candidate book — Democratic $165.1 million (77.1%), Republican $48.7 million (22.7%), other $449,547 (0.2%) — do not describe the 399,396 donors. Individual contribution rows do not carry a donor party field in this aggregate. A New York address on a Super PAC gift is a New York donor dollar, not a Democratic or Republican donor dollar.

Start with the question. If the question is candidate fundraising in New York, read $214.2 million across 2,418 committees and the party split $165.1 million / $48.7 million / $449,547. If the question is money originating from New York addresses, read $6.84 billion and 399,396. If the question is independent spending, leave both series and open Super PACs.

Double-counting happens when someone adds $214.2 million to $6.84 billion, 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 New York 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 New York federal candidates raised in 2026?

New York-associated federal candidate committees reported $214.2 million in receipts across 2,418 filers. Democratic committees account for $165.1 million of that total and Republican committees for $48.7 million, per FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault.

How much federal political money comes from New York donors?

Individual contribution aggregates show $6.84 billion from 399,396 New York donors in the 2026 cycle. That series includes gifts to national PACs, Super PACs, and out-of-state campaigns, so it is not the same as the $214.2 million in New York candidate receipts.

Why are New York donor totals so high compared with candidate receipts?

Donor totals count money originating from New York contributors regardless of the recipient’s state. Candidate receipts count only what New York-tagged candidate committees reported. A New York donor funding a Super PAC or a campaign elsewhere still appears in the $6.84 billion figure.

Does the Democratic share of receipts mean New York donors are Democratic?

No. The 77.1% Democratic share applies to candidate receipts ($165.1 million of $214.2 million). FEC individual contribution records do not assign a party to the 399,396 donors. Party codes sit on candidate committees, not on donor rows.