Vermont’s $5.1M receipts include $1.7M outside the two parties

A third of the candidate book is not two-party

Other-party candidate receipts of $1.7 million are three times the Republican line of $566,802 and more than half the Democratic line of $2.8 million. A two-party-only chart of Vermont would hide a third of the candidate book. The FEC party field on those other committees is not Democratic and not Republican. LobbyVault does not relabel them. The $1.7 million stays in the other column until the underlying FEC registrations change.

Two hundred five federal candidate committees produced the $5.1 million. House, Senate, and other federal filers tagged to Vermont sit in that roster. Sorting the Vermont hub by receipts shows which committees — including those in the $1.7 million other-party slice — actually moved money.

Read Vermont as a three-column receipt table: $2.8 million Democratic, $566,802 Republican, $1.7 million other. Skipping the third column hides 33.3% of $5.1 million. The 205 filers and the 9,734 donors are still two populations. Cycle 2026 filings on FEC.gov are the source for every figure.

Vermont donors: $82.2 million from 9,734 people

The individual contribution total of $82.2 million exceeds the $5.1 million candidate book. Vermont residents give to national PACs, Super PACs, and out-of-state campaigns. Those gifts remain Vermont donor dollars and do not inherit the 33.3% other-party share of candidate receipts. Donor party is not a field in this aggregate.

Nine thousand seven hundred thirty-four donors is the FEC contributor count. Occupation strings live on the underlying rows.

If an FEC amendment re-tags a committee’s party code, $1.7 million will move and 55.6% / 11.2% will move with it. Until that happens, the three-way split is the accurate description of Vermont candidate receipts. The $82.2 million donor total will not move just because a party code changed.

Independent spending sits elsewhere

The $5.1 million measures candidate-committee receipts. Super PAC ads that mention a Vermont candidate sit outside all three party columns. Those amounts, when disclosed, belong to the Super PAC or PAC that paid for them.

Vermont state-office campaigns file with the Secretary of State. Those reports are not in the $5.1 million or the $82.2 million.

Vermont FEC totals

The Vermont FEC totals page carries the live three-way split: $2.8 million Democratic, $1.7 million other, $566,802 Republican. Candidate, PAC, and Super PAC directories share FEC.gov as the source. Numbers on this guide are packet facts only.

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

Other-party candidate receipts in Vermont are $1.7 million, or 33.3% of the $5.1 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 $1.7 million in the other column. Democratic receipts are $2.8 million (55.6%). Republican receipts are $566,802 (11.2%). All three numbers are required to reconstitute $5.1 million.

The 205 candidate committees include whatever filers carry that other-party code. Sorting the Vermont hub by receipts is the way to see whether $1.7 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. Vermont contributors account for $82.2 million from 9,734 people. That donor series does not inherit the 33.3% other-party share. A donor who gave to a Super PAC is not assigned the other-party label just because Vermont candidate receipts have a large other column. Party codes sit on candidate registrations.

What this Vermont page does not claim

This page does not claim that 55.6% of Vermont donors are Democratic or that 11.2% are Republican. Those percentages apply to candidate receipts of $2.8 million and $566,802 out of $5.1 million. It does not claim that $82.2 million was spent in Vermont. Donor dollars follow the recipient committee, which may file anywhere.

It does not claim that 205 candidates will appear on a general-election ballot. It does not convert $1.7 million into a named third party. It does not add $5.1 million to $82.2 million. 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 Vermont, and the Vermont hub plus the candidate, PAC, and Super PAC directories are the tables behind them.

Questions

How much have Vermont federal candidates raised in 2026?

Vermont-associated federal candidate committees reported $5.1 million in receipts across 205 filers. Democratic committees reported $2.8 million, other-party committees $1.7 million, and Republican committees $566,802, per FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault.

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

Other-party and unaffiliated candidate committees reported $1.7 million, or 33.3% of the $5.1 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 Vermont donors given federally?

Individual contribution aggregates show $82.2 million from 9,734 Vermont donors. That series includes gifts to PACs and out-of-state campaigns and is separate from the $5.1 million in candidate receipts.

Are Vermont state races included?

No. These figures are FEC.gov federal data. Vermont Secretary of State filings for state offices are not part of the $5.1 million or $82.2 million.