Democratic Party candidate receipts — 2026 cycle

How DEM and the 2026 cycle meet while filings continue

This page is a join, not a restatement of either hub. Democratic Party (DEM) is one axis. Election cycle 2026 is the other. $1,229,021,826.26 is only the overlap: candidate receipts that carry both the party code and the cycle. The party overlay still holds $1,674,412,539.19. The 2026 election-cycle overlay still holds every party that filed in that cycle, which this packet does not publish as a grand total. A 2026 DEM cell is an in-progress midterm-calendar stack. 3,231 candidate records can grow as new statements of candidacy post. Dollars can move on amendment.

3,231 candidate records at a mean of about $380,384.35 per record describe a mix of authorized committees, not a typical campaign budget. Mean is $1,229,021,826.26 divided by 3,231. It flattens presidential or statewide committees with House long-shots. 2026 is the current FEC election cycle, still accumulating filings. Treat $1,229,021,826.26 as the snapshot in this packet, not a forecast of cycle-end receipts. Mean per record will move if either integer changes.

Party code DEM is candidate affiliation on the FEC candidate master, not a Democratic National Committee Form 3X total and not a DSCC or DCCC roll-up. Unitemized gifts outside candidate Form 3 receipts, independent expenditures, and Super PAC spending sit outside $1,229,021,826.26. DNC Form 3X is not inside the 2026 join. Candidate Form 3 receipts with affiliation DEM and cycle 2026 are.

DEM as the party side of the 2026 join

The Democratic Party hub is $1,674,412,539.19 in candidate receipts for records coded DEM in the indexed window. That hub is not this 2026 cell. Opening only the party page understates the cycle join when the two rollups differ; opening only this tie understates other cycles on the party overlay. The $1,674,412,539.19 party-wide index includes other cycles already closed in the index. Do not read 2026 as the leftover of that hub.

Candidate records can repeat across cycles, offices, and amendments. 3,231 is a count of FEC rows in this 2026 DEM cell, not a headcount of people currently on a ballot. The packet does not split those rows by office, incumbency, or primary versus general. Closed DEM cycles remain on the Democratic Party overlay. This tie is 2026 only.

2026 as the cycle side

Cycle 2026 on this page is the FEC election-cycle key attached to Democratic Party candidate receipts totaling $1,229,021,826.26. It is not turnout, not Electoral College votes, and not a cash-on-hand snapshot. FEC cycle 2026 is the current federal election calendar in this packet. Coverage is incomplete by design until the cycle closes.

The 2026 election-cycle hub includes every party code that appears in that cycle. This join is only DEM. Other affiliation strings from the same year are other ties. Republican and other 2026 affiliation cells are other ties. Do not add them to $1,229,021,826.26 on this page.

What the DEM–2026 join refuses to say

This page does not forecast 2026 results, project cycle-end totals, or treat receipts as cash on hand. Party plus cycle is a bookkeeping join. Correlation is not causation. A larger 2026 cell than another cycle on a different page is a description of candidate receipts, not voting advice. An in-progress dollar total is not a final cycle report.

Do not treat $1,229,021,826.26 as cash on hand. Candidate committees spend, refund, and transfer. This packet has a receipt total, not disbursements. Do not add DEM candidate receipts to Super PAC independent expenditures and call the sum party money. Form 3 candidate receipts only. Independent expenditures are omitted.

How to cite the two dollar figures

Quote $1,229,021,826.26 with Democratic Party and 2026 together. Quote $1,674,412,539.19 only as the party-wide hub. Do not add them. Do not treat 3,231 as unique people; it is a candidate-record count and can include repeat filers across offices. Keep $1,229,021,826.26, 3,231 records, and party code DEM on the same citation.

Democratic Party holds the $1,674,412,539.19 party overlay. The 2026 election cycle page holds the cycle overlay. All parties and all FEC ties collect other party-cycle pairs from the same two fields. FEC.gov is the source. Party codes are FEC labels. Re-check FEC.gov as 2026 filings amend. This prose is a snapshot of the join.

Related tables

Democratic Party holds party-wide candidate receipts coded DEM. The 2026 election cycle page holds that cycle’s overlay. All parties compares affiliation codes on the same candidate-receipt basis. All FEC ties lists sibling party-and-cycle pages. DFL 2026 is a separate affiliation code, not a subset of this DEM cell.

Questions

How much have Democratic candidates raised in 2026?

FEC candidate receipts for Democratic Party (code DEM) in the 2026 cycle total $1,229,021,826.26 across 3,231 candidate records. The Democratic Party hub in the indexed window is $1,674,412,539.19. The 2026 cycle is still accumulating filings. Cite both labels.

Is $1.23 billion the DNC’s 2026 total?

No. $1,229,021,826.26 is authorized-committee candidate receipts with affiliation DEM in cycle 2026, not a national party-committee Form 3X total. Independent expenditures are outside this join. Source: FEC.gov aggregates. Party codes and occupation labels are filer-entered. Independent expenditures are omitted.

How many Democratic candidates are in the 2026 cell?

The aggregate includes 3,231 FEC candidate records coded DEM in 2026. That is a count of rows, not unique people currently on a ballot, and not a split by office. About $380,384.35 per record is $1,229,021,826.26 divided by 3,231. The packet does not further break down the 3,231.

Should I vote based on 2026 Democratic receipts?

No. These figures are public FEC records of candidate receipts by affiliation and cycle. They are not voting advice, not cash on hand, and not independent-expenditure totals. Read the Democratic Party tables and the 2026 election-cycle overlay for the filings.