Outside-money leaderboard
How much outside money — independent expenditures by PACs and super-PACs — was spent to support or oppose each member of Congress in a cycle. Independent expenditures are spent without coordinating with the candidate's campaign; this is a plain, descriptive ledger of what outside groups reported to the FEC, not a judgment. Only members with reported independent expenditures appear.
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Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures · 2026 cycle
| # | Member | Party | State | Supporting | Opposing | Outside groups | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R | Kentucky | $3,606,632 | $10,138,865 | 8 | ||
| 2 | R | Texas | $6,728,915 | $4,331,710 | 11 | ||
| 3 | R | Kentucky | $7,252,025 | — | 2 | ||
| 4 | D | New York | $5,576,759 | $1,038,521 | 12 | ||
| 5 | R | California | $847,047 | $4,538,872 | 7 | ||
| 6 | R | Ohio | $4,593,041 | $29,433 | 9 | ||
| 7 | R | Tennessee | $2,460,784 | $1,652,804 | 20 | ||
| 8 | D | New York | $3,759,388 | — | 5 | ||
| 9 | R | Alaska | $1,315,252 | $2,211,299 | 5 | ||
| 10 | D | California | $1,860,463 | $1,457,063 | 5 | ||
| 11 | R | Georgia | $2,755,889 | $26,500 | 9 | ||
| 12 | D | Virginia | $2,714,859 | $2,790 | 3 | ||
| 13 | R | Maine | $2,259,120 | $181,831 | 12 | ||
| 14 | R | South Carolina | $1,363,016 | $730,098 | 8 | ||
| 15 | D | Colorado | $1,783,694 | $213,474 | 6 | ||
| 16 | R | Michigan | $512,236 | $1,139,128 | 5 | ||
| 17 | R | Mississippi | $133,948 | $1,499,050 | 3 | ||
| 18 | R | Utah | $1,301,057 | $300,000 | 5 | ||
| 19 | R | Texas | $1,070,919 | $408,612 | 7 | ||
| 20 | D | California | $974,088 | $400,833 | 5 | ||
| 21 | R | Louisiana | $597,710 | $543,126 | 3 | ||
| 22 | R | Iowa | $420,434 | $679,785 | 11 | ||
| 23 | R | Utah | $530,474 | $485,213 | 5 | ||
| 24 | R | Arizona | $76,105 | $884,346 | 8 | ||
| 25 | D | New Jersey | $912,505 | — | 3 | ||
| 26 | R | Nebraska | $779,279 | $431 | 5 | ||
| 27 | R | Tennessee | $772,142 | — | 4 | ||
| 28 | R | Indiana | $537,421 | $200,000 | 4 | ||
| 29 | R | North Carolina | — | $692,976 | 2 | ||
| 30 | R | Alaska | $556,328 | $125,000 | 6 | ||
| 31 | R | California | $87,780 | $581,056 | 7 | ||
| 32 | R | Arkansas | $665,400 | — | 1 | ||
| 33 | R | Florida | $596,527 | $36,025 | 6 | ||
| 34 | R | California | $170,323 | $451,407 | 8 | ||
| 35 | R | Colorado | $455,975 | $145,918 | 11 | ||
| 36 | D | California | $599,548 | — | 3 | ||
| 37 | D | New York | $571,931 | — | 1 | ||
| 38 | R | South Dakota | $565,848 | — | 2 | ||
| 39 | D | Texas | $562,231 | — | 4 | ||
| 40 | D | Florida | $559,574 | — | 2 | ||
| 41 | D | Georgia | $56,042 | $491,963 | 15 | ||
| 42 | R | Tennessee | $521,167 | $65 | 3 | ||
| 43 | D | Maryland | $520,288 | $685 | 4 | ||
| 44 | D | Colorado | $510,198 | — | 4 | ||
| 45 | D | New Jersey | $482,819 | — | 10 | ||
| 46 | D | California | $476,464 | $4,552 | 5 | ||
| 47 | D | Arizona | $385,292 | $33,283 | 9 | ||
| 48 | R | Arkansas | $418,058 | — | 1 | ||
| 49 | D | Washington | $391,144 | — | 3 | ||
| 50 | R | Ohio | — | $345,417 | 1 | ||
| 51 | R | West Virginia | $337,585 | — | 1 | ||
| 52 | R | North Carolina | — | $326,560 | 1 | ||
| 53 | R | Florida | $3,641 | $305,559 | 2 | ||
| 54 | R | Nebraska | $282,975 | — | 1 | ||
| 55 | R | California | $259,682 | $18,690 | 2 | ||
| 56 | D | Texas | $270,000 | — | 1 | ||
| 57 | R | Colorado | — | $259,705 | 1 | ||
| 58 | R | Wisconsin | $173,880 | $77,026 | 7 | ||
| 59 | R | Oklahoma | $250,000 | — | 1 | ||
| 60 | R | Texas | — | $215,000 | 1 | ||
| 61 | R | Kansas | $214,788 | — | 2 | ||
| 62 | D | New York | $128,031 | $85,063 | 5 | ||
| 63 | R | Washington | — | $207,354 | 2 | ||
| 64 | D | Connecticut | $52,810 | $148,547 | 4 | ||
| 65 | D | Michigan | $10,942 | $187,445 | 3 | ||
| 66 | D | Massachusetts | $189,528 | — | 1 | ||
| 67 | R | Pennsylvania | $109,532 | $57,677 | 11 | ||
| 68 | D | Florida | $151,723 | — | 2 | ||
| 69 | D | Virginia | $150,080 | — | 2 | ||
| 70 | D | New Hampshire | $150,000 | — | 1 | ||
| 71 | R | Florida | $149,891 | — | 4 | ||
| 72 | D | North Carolina | $147,860 | — | 2 | ||
| 73 | D | California | $10 | $140,000 | 3 | ||
| 74 | D | California | $126,615 | $4,552 | 8 | ||
| 75 | R | Alabama | $131,018 | — | 1 | ||
| 76 | R | Colorado | $115,791 | — | 3 | ||
| 77 | R | Virginia | $110,978 | $1,765 | 4 | ||
| 78 | R | Alabama | $111,729 | — | 2 | ||
| 79 | D | California | $111,609 | — | 2 | ||
| 80 | R | Wyoming | $109,523 | — | 2 | ||
| 81 | D | California | $109,284 | — | 2 | ||
| 82 | D | California | $107,412 | — | 3 | ||
| 83 | D | California | $106,358 | — | 3 | ||
| 84 | D | Washington | $105,157 | — | 3 | ||
| 85 | D | Alabama | $100,000 | — | 1 | ||
| 86 | R | Georgia | $52,323 | $44,440 | 4 | ||
| 87 | R | Texas | $88,325 | $8,319 | 3 | ||
| 88 | R | Alabama | $90,861 | — | 3 | ||
| 89 | D | Virginia | $90,554 | — | 3 | ||
| 90 | D | Illinois | $83,860 | — | 1 | ||
| 91 | R | North Carolina | $80,948 | — | 1 | ||
| 92 | R | Kentucky | $80,276 | — | 1 | ||
| 93 | I | California | $71,088 | $5,508 | 4 | ||
| 94 | R | Florida | $71,252 | — | 1 | ||
| 95 | R | Louisiana | $70,000 | — | 1 | ||
| 96 | D | Florida | — | $66,500 | 1 | ||
| 97 | R | Florida | $63,250 | — | 1 | ||
| 98 | R | Michigan | $51,234 | $6,377 | 4 | ||
| 99 | R | Florida | $56,535 | — | 2 | ||
| 100 | R | Georgia | — | $56,045 | 1 | ||
| 101 | R | Texas | $55,054 | — | 2 | ||
| 102 | D | Texas | — | $47,162 | 1 | ||
| 103 | D | California | $418 | $37,500 | 4 | ||
| 104 | R | Arizona | $20,000 | $16,798 | 6 | ||
| 105 | R | Texas | $34,347 | — | 2 | ||
| 106 | R | Maryland | $16,581 | $14,398 | 2 | ||
| 107 | R | Florida | $30,870 | — | 1 | ||
| 108 | D | Pennsylvania | $30,212 | — | 7 | ||
| 109 | R | West Virginia | $25,618 | $1,077 | 3 | ||
| 110 | R | North Carolina | — | $21,505 | 1 | ||
| 111 | D | Massachusetts | $18,007 | — | 3 | ||
| 112 | R | Arizona | $7,462 | $8,915 | 4 | ||
| 113 | R | Iowa | — | $15,476 | 1 | ||
| 114 | R | Illinois | $13,026 | $1,771 | 3 | ||
| 115 | D | California | $4,509 | $9,986 | 4 | ||
| 116 | D | Pennsylvania | $13,993 | — | 5 | ||
| 117 | R | North Carolina | $13,805 | — | 1 | ||
| 118 | R | Tennessee | $13,797 | — | 1 | ||
| 119 | D | Michigan | $13,790 | — | 2 | ||
| 120 | D | Washington | $13,268 | — | 1 | ||
| 121 | R | Missouri | $12,914 | — | 1 | ||
| 122 | R | Michigan | $12,912 | — | 2 | ||
| 123 | R | New York | — | $12,843 | 4 | ||
| 124 | D | California | $12,667 | — | 3 | ||
| 125 | R | Pennsylvania | — | $12,353 | 6 | ||
| 126 | D | Illinois | $12,097 | — | 2 | ||
| 127 | R | Ohio | $12,000 | — | 1 | ||
| 128 | D | Delaware | $11,569 | — | 2 | ||
| 129 | D | Illinois | $11,352 | — | 2 | ||
| 130 | D | California | $6,644 | $4,552 | 6 | ||
| 131 | R | Nebraska | — | $11,134 | 2 | ||
| 132 | D | Texas | $10,387 | — | 1 | ||
| 133 | R | Iowa | $6,549 | $2,394 | 2 | ||
| 134 | D | Michigan | $100 | $7,352 | 2 | ||
| 135 | D | Pennsylvania | — | $7,352 | 1 | ||
| 136 | D | Texas | $502 | $6,461 | 3 | ||
| 137 | R | Texas | $6,853 | — | 2 | ||
| 138 | R | Virginia | $6,816 | — | 1 | ||
| 139 | D | New York | $6,582 | — | 5 | ||
| 140 | R | South Carolina | $6,355 | — | 1 | ||
| 141 | R | Idaho | $6,338 | — | 1 | ||
| 142 | D | Nevada | $6,222 | — | 2 | ||
| 143 | R | Colorado | $5,984 | — | 1 | ||
| 144 | D | California | $1,103 | $4,552 | 4 | ||
| 145 | D | Nevada | $5,200 | — | 3 | ||
| 146 | D | California | $530 | $4,552 | 6 | ||
| 147 | D | California | $8 | $4,552 | 2 | ||
| 148 | D | California | — | $4,552 | 1 | ||
| 149 | D | Maryland | $4,155 | — | 3 | ||
| 150 | R | Virginia | — | $4,086 | 1 | ||
| 151 | R | North Carolina | — | $3,959 | 3 | ||
| 152 | R | Pennsylvania | — | $3,927 | 2 | ||
| 153 | D | Minnesota | $3,795 | — | 4 | ||
| 154 | D | Illinois | — | $3,750 | 1 | ||
| 155 | R | South Carolina | $3,641 | — | 1 | ||
| 156 | R | California | — | $3,552 | 2 | ||
| 157 | R | New York | — | $3,450 | 1 | ||
| 158 | D | Arizona | $3,375 | — | 1 | ||
| 159 | R | New Jersey | — | $2,517 | 2 | ||
| 160 | D | Maryland | $2,470 | — | 1 | ||
| 161 | D | New Hampshire | $2,150 | — | 2 | ||
| 162 | R | Texas | $2,145 | — | 3 | ||
| 163 | R | Minnesota | — | $2,008 | 2 | ||
| 164 | R | New York | — | $1,954 | 1 | ||
| 165 | R | Pennsylvania | — | $1,788 | 1 | ||
| 166 | D | New York | $1,786 | — | 4 | ||
| 167 | R | Ohio | $1,705 | — | 2 | ||
| 168 | D | Maryland | $1,647 | — | 1 | ||
| 169 | D | New York | $1,377 | — | 5 | ||
| 170 | D | California | $1,330 | — | 2 | ||
| 171 | R | Texas | $1,193 | — | 2 | ||
| 172 | D | California | $1,042 | — | 3 | ||
| 173 | R | Illinois | — | $1,041 | 1 | ||
| 174 | D | Mississippi | $980 | — | 2 | ||
| 175 | R | Texas | $969 | — | 1 | ||
| 176 | D | New York | $906 | — | 2 | ||
| 177 | R | Pennsylvania | — | $900 | 1 | ||
| 178 | R | Arizona | $783 | — | 1 | ||
| 179 | R | Louisiana | $781 | — | 1 | ||
| 180 | D | California | $771 | — | 1 | ||
| 181 | D | Ohio | $760 | — | 4 | ||
| 182 | R | Minnesota | — | $555 | 1 | ||
| 183 | R | Minnesota | — | $547 | 1 | ||
| 184 | D | California | $500 | — | 2 | ||
| 185 | R | Oklahoma | $460 | — | 1 | ||
| 186 | R | Pennsylvania | — | $456 | 1 | ||
| 187 | R | Virginia | $440 | — | 1 | ||
| 188 | R | Tennessee | $406 | — | 1 | ||
| 189 | D | New Mexico | $363 | — | 1 | ||
| 190 | D | Ohio | $334 | — | 1 | ||
| 191 | R | Wisconsin | $319 | — | 1 | ||
| 192 | R | Michigan | $286 | — | 1 | ||
| 193 | R | Michigan | $282 | — | 1 | ||
| 194 | R | West Virginia | $266 | — | 1 | ||
| 195 | D | Ohio | $263 | — | 2 | ||
| 196 | R | South Carolina | $261 | — | 1 | ||
| 197 | R | Florida | $250 | — | 1 | ||
| 198 | D | New Jersey | $246 | — | 2 | ||
| 199 | D | Oregon | $243 | — | 1 | ||
| 200 | R | Michigan | $240 | — | 1 | ||
| 201 | R | Arizona | $181 | — | 1 | ||
| 202 | R | Pennsylvania | — | $173 | 1 | ||
| 203 | R | Minnesota | — | $171 | 1 | ||
| 204 | R | North Carolina | — | $169 | 1 | ||
| 205 | D | Illinois | $167 | — | 2 | ||
| 206 | D | Michigan | $143 | — | 2 | ||
| 207 | D | Connecticut | $140 | — | 2 | ||
| 208 | D | New Jersey | $135 | — | 2 | ||
| 209 | D | Oregon | $125 | — | 1 | ||
| 210 | D | New Jersey | $123 | — | 2 | ||
| 211 | D | Oregon | $120 | — | 1 | ||
| 212 | D | Pennsylvania | $105 | — | 2 | ||
| 213 | D | Pennsylvania | $105 | — | 2 | ||
| 214 | D | Pennsylvania | $105 | — | 2 | ||
| 215 | D | Arizona | $100 | — | 2 | ||
| 216 | D | Florida | $96 | — | 2 | ||
| 217 | D | Pennsylvania | $95 | — | 1 | ||
| 218 | D | Pennsylvania | $95 | — | 1 | ||
| 219 | R | Missouri | — | $75 | 1 | ||
| 220 | D | New Mexico | $63 | — | 2 | ||
| 221 | R | Texas | $54 | — | 1 | ||
| 222 | R | Texas | $54 | — | 1 | ||
| 223 | R | Texas | $54 | — | 1 | ||
| 224 | R | Texas | $54 | — | 1 | ||
| 225 | R | Texas | $54 | — | 1 | ||
| 226 | R | Texas | $54 | — | 1 | ||
| 227 | R | Texas | $54 | — | 1 | ||
| 228 | R | Texas | $54 | — | 1 | ||
| 229 | R | Texas | $54 | — | 1 | ||
| 230 | D | Indiana | $53 | — | 1 | ||
| 231 | D | California | $51 | — | 2 | ||
| 232 | D | Wisconsin | $43 | — | 2 | ||
| 233 | D | California | $41 | — | 1 | ||
| 234 | D | Illinois | $35 | — | 2 | ||
| 235 | D | California | $22 | — | 2 | ||
| 236 | D | Washington | $20 | — | 2 | ||
| 237 | D | Delaware | $20 | — | 2 | ||
| 238 | D | California | $18 | — | 2 | ||
| 239 | D | Florida | $18 | — | 2 | ||
| 240 | D | California | $17 | — | 2 | ||
| 241 | D | Virginia | $13 | — | 1 | ||
| 242 | D | California | $10 | — | 2 | ||
| 243 | D | California | $10 | — | 2 | ||
| 244 | D | California | $10 | — | 2 | ||
| 245 | D | California | $10 | — | 2 | ||
| 246 | D | Washington | $10 | — | 1 | ||
| 247 | D | New York | $10 | — | 1 | ||
| 248 | D | North Carolina | $10 | — | 1 | ||
| 249 | D | Massachusetts | $10 | — | 1 | ||
| 250 | D | Vermont | $10 | — | 1 |
Supporting / Opposing = the total independent expenditures outside committees reported to the FEC to support or oppose the member in the 2026 cycle (Schedule E). Outside groups = the count of distinct committees that reported spending for or against them. Independent expenditures are made without coordinating with the candidate — a documented public ledger, not evidence of wrongdoing. See any member's Outside spending on this race section for their per-cycle detail.