Independent candidate receipts — 2026 cycle

How IND and the 2026 cycle meet while filings continue

This page is a join, not a restatement of either hub. Independent (IND) is one axis. Election cycle 2026 is the other. $11,029,928.93 is only the overlap: candidate receipts that carry both the party code and the cycle. The party overlay still holds $17,190,824.01. The 2026 election-cycle overlay still holds every party that filed in that cycle, which this packet does not publish as a grand total. 603 candidate records coded IND in 2026 reported $11,029,928.93. Row counts can grow as new statements of candidacy post.

603 candidate records at a mean of about $18,291.76 per record describe a mix of authorized committees, not a typical campaign budget. Mean is $11,029,928.93 divided by 603. It flattens presidential or statewide committees with House long-shots. 2026 is the current FEC election cycle, still accumulating filings. Treat the mean as a snapshot. It will move if either packet integer changes.

Party code IND is the Independent affiliation string on the FEC candidate master, not a count of undeclared voters and not a national Independent party-committee total. Unitemized gifts outside candidate Form 3 receipts, independent expenditures, and Super PAC spending sit outside $11,029,928.93. No national Independent party-committee Form 3X sits inside this join.

IND as the affiliation side of the 2026 join

The Independent hub is $17,190,824.01 in candidate receipts for records coded IND 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 $17,190,824.01 party-wide index sits above this in-progress 2026 cell. Do not read 2026 as the leftover of that hub.

Candidate records can repeat across cycles, offices, and amendments. 603 is a count of FEC rows in this 2026 IND 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 IND cycles remain on the Independent overlay. This tie is 2026 only.

2026 as the cycle side

Cycle 2026 on this page is the FEC election-cycle key attached to Independent candidate receipts totaling $11,029,928.93. It is not turnout, not Electoral College votes, and not a cash-on-hand snapshot. FEC cycle 2026 is still open in this packet. Coverage is incomplete until the cycle closes.

The 2026 election-cycle hub includes every party code that appears in that cycle. This join is only IND. Other affiliation strings from the same year are other ties. DEM, REP, and LIB 2026 cells are other ties. Do not add them to $11,029,928.93.

What the IND–2026 join refuses to say

This page does not forecast 2026 independents, count undeclared voters, 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 $11,029,928.93 as cash on hand. Candidate committees spend, refund, and transfer. This packet has a receipt total, not disbursements. Do not add IND 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 $11,029,928.93 with Independent and 2026 together. Quote $17,190,824.01 only as the party-wide hub. Do not add them. Do not treat 603 as unique people; it is a candidate-record count and can include repeat filers across offices. Keep $11,029,928.93, 603 records, and party code IND on the same citation.

Independent holds the $17,190,824.01 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. FEC.gov is the source system.

Related tables

Independent holds party-wide candidate receipts coded IND. 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. Independent 2022 is a closed-cycle tie, not a forecast of 2026.

Questions

How much have Independent candidates raised in 2026?

FEC candidate receipts for Independent (code IND) in the 2026 cycle total $11,029,928.93 across 603 candidate records. The Independent hub in the indexed window is $17,190,824.01. The 2026 cycle is still accumulating filings. Cite both labels.

Does Independent mean undeclared voters?

No. $11,029,928.93 is authorized-committee candidate receipts with affiliation IND 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 Independent candidates are in the 2026 cell?

The aggregate includes 603 FEC candidate records coded IND in 2026. That is a count of rows, not unique people currently on a ballot, and not a split by office. About $18,291.76 per record is $11,029,928.93 divided by 603. The packet does not further break down the 603.

Should I vote based on 2026 Independent 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 Independent tables and the 2026 election-cycle overlay for the filings.