Cycle-to-date campaign-finance intelligence for the 2026 US midterms from the Federal Election Commission's OpenFEC API (keyless): every 2026 House and Senate candidate with receipts > 0 or disbursements > 0 — receipts, disbursements, cash on hand, debts, net cash, itemized-individual / PAC / transfer mix and shares, coverage dates, per-race candidate counts and Dem/Rep money subtotals, per-race receipts and cash ranks, money-leader flags, and a documented 0-100 money_score ranked as money_rank with a1..a4 tiers. Units: USD, percent, scores. Caveats: cycle-to-date through each candidate's latest filing (coverage_end_date varies; quarterly filers last due for Q2 2026, monthly filers for August 2026 — Q3 2026 reports due 2026-10-15 postdate this snapshot); two filings carry future coverage_end_dates (2026-11-03, 2026-12-31 — kept verbatim, excluded from as_of); amendments absorbed by the API's latest-totals view; names verbatim FEC uppercase; minor-party labels are an open set; aggregate candidate totals only — no donor-level data; the FEC publishes negative cash-on-hand (131 candidates), negative debts (4) and negative disbursements (1) — kept verbatim as filed, with cash clipped at 0 only inside the score's log transform. Primary key: candidate_id (cycle-specific). Cadence: monthly; as_of is the latest coverage_end_date, so identical input produces an identical content hash. FEC data is U.S. federal government work in the public domain (17 U.S.C. 105); attribution: Federal Election Commission.

Source: US Federal Election Commission — 2026 candidate money race
Rows: 2,760
Columns: 35
Source cadence: Monthly
Last refreshed: Oct 2, 2026
Theme: government

Column	Type	Description
candidate_id	string	FEC candidate ID (e.g. 'S6AK00284'; S=Senate, H=House). Fetch uses sort=candidate_id (unique key): without it, rows shift between pages and ~9% of candidates are silently skipped run to run (measured 2026-10-02).
candidate_name	string	Candidate name, verbatim FEC uppercase.
party	string	Party abbreviation (REP/DEM/IND plus minor-party labels, open set).
office	string	Office sought: H (House) or S (Senate).
state	string	State postal abbreviation.
district	string	House district, zero-padded; 'SEN' for Senate races.
election_year	integer	Election year. (unit: year)
incumbent_challenge	string	I = incumbent, C = challenger, O = open seat (FEC coding; null when unreported).
candidate_status	string	FEC candidate status code.
receipts	float	Cycle-to-date total receipts. (unit: USD)
disbursements	float	Cycle-to-date total disbursements. (unit: USD)
cash_on_hand	float	Cash on hand at the end of the latest reporting period. (unit: USD)
debts_owed	float	Debts owed by the committee. (unit: USD)
net_cash	float	Cash on hand minus debts owed (derived). (unit: USD)
individual_itemized	float	Itemized individual contributions. (unit: USD)
pac_contributions	float	Contributions from other political committees (PACs). (unit: USD)
transfers_in	float	Transfers from other authorized committees. (unit: USD)
components_exceed_receipts	integer	1 when itemized-individual + PAC + transfers-in exceed total receipts (refunded contributions post as negative, often unitemized — kept verbatim, not an error).
individual_share_pct	float	Itemized individual share of receipts; null when receipts are zero. (unit: percent)
pac_share_pct	float	PAC share of receipts; null when receipts are zero. (unit: percent)
coverage_end_date	date	End date of the latest reporting period included. (unit: date)
last_file_date	date	Date of the candidate's latest filing. (unit: date)
race_key	string	Race identifier: office\|state\|district.
n_candidates_race	integer	Viable candidates in the race.
race_receipts_total	float	Sum of receipts across the race's viable candidates. (unit: USD)
dem_receipts	float	Democratic candidates' receipts in the race. (unit: USD)
rep_receipts	float	Republican candidates' receipts in the race. (unit: USD)
leader_receipts_share_pct	float	Money leader's share of race receipts. (unit: percent)
receipts_rank_race	integer	Per-race rank by receipts, descending (1 = top fundraiser).
cash_rank_race	integer	Per-race rank by cash on hand, descending.
is_money_leader	integer	1 for the race's top fundraiser.
money_score	float	Documented 0-100 score: 100(0.60minmax(log1p(receipts)) + 0.40*minmax(log1p(cash_on_hand clipped at 0))), min-max global over viable candidates. (unit: 0-100)
money_rank	integer	Global rank of money_score, descending.
money_tier	string	Score quartile tier: a1 (top) .. a4.
row_hash	string	Deterministic 16-hex hash of the row's content fields (stable sort; idempotent snapshots).

First 10 sample rows — a preview, not the complete dataset.

candidate_id	candidate_name	party	office	state	district	election_year	incumbent_challenge	candidate_status	receipts	disbursements	cash_on_hand	debts_owed	net_cash	individual_itemized	pac_contributions	transfers_in	individual_share_pct	pac_share_pct	coverage_end_date	last_file_date	race_key	n_candidates_race	race_receipts_total	dem_receipts	rep_receipts	leader_receipts_share_pct	receipts_rank_race	cash_rank_race	is_money_leader	money_score	money_rank	money_tier	row_hash
H2AK01083	BEGICH, NICHOLAS III	REP	H	AK	SEN	2,026	I	C	5,470,446.24	2,455,618.51	3,119,157.79	225,763.93	2,893,393.86	1,675,127.24	1,028,577	1,601,616.78	30.62	18.8	2026-07-29	2025-07-03	H\|AK\|SEN	3	6,959,042.73	152,304.86	5,470,446.24	78.61	1	1	1	84.64	81	a1	9686dc83f341e405
H6AK01092	HILL, BILL	IND	H	AK	SEN	2,026	C	C	1,336,291.63	820,405.67	515,885.96	0	515,885.96	1,030,946.23	62,050	7,400	77.15	4.64	2026-07-29	2026-09-15	H\|AK\|SEN	3	6,959,042.73	152,304.86	5,470,446.24	78.61	2	2	0	75.95	464	a1	c7d32f40ed4d0daa
H2AK01158	PELTOLA, MARY	DEM	H	AK	SEN	2,026	C	C	152,304.86	232,791.29	3,483.06	0	3,483.06	51,175	13,500	0	33.6	8.86	2026-02-13	2024-11-08	H\|AK\|SEN	3	6,959,042.73	152,304.86	5,470,446.24	78.61	3	3	0	57.48	1,287	a2	c38d37393ce61895
H0AL01055	CARL, JERRY LEE, JR	REP	H	AL	01	2,026	O	C	1,162,582.8	865,256.75	366,616.47	254,535.87	112,080.6	628,936.51	303,059.4	183,453.86	54.1	26.07	2026-07-22	2025-09-18	H\|AL\|01	4	1,466,270.43	85,967.63	1,380,302.8	79.29	1	1	1	74.71	531	a1	03283017edd57ded
H6AL01102	SIDWELL, AUSTIN	REP	H	AL	01	2,026	O	C	199,458	194,147.65	5,310.35	129,000	-123,689.65	58,000	0	0	29.08	0	2026-07-22	2025-10-29	H\|AL\|01	4	1,466,270.43	85,967.63	1,380,302.8	79.29	2	3	0	59.32	1,208	a2	83d83a273fde7436
H6AL01094	JONES, CLYDE W MR. JR	DEM	H	AL	01	2,026	O	C	85,967.63	57,937.52	28,030.11	0	28,030.11	39,912.73	2,000	0	46.43	2.33	2026-07-22	2025-09-24	H\|AL\|01	4	1,466,270.43	85,967.63	1,380,302.8	79.29	3	2	0	60.37	1,155	a2	294b605d1dac781c
H6AL01136	MILLS, RALPH JOHN III	REP	H	AL	01	2,026	O	N	18,262	15,206.09	5,113.85	110,903.76	-105,789.91	1,000	0	0	5.48	0	2026-07-22	2026-01-26	H\|AL\|01	4	1,466,270.43	85,967.63	1,380,302.8	79.29	4	4	0	51.44	1,611	a3	7e29211f26a22420
H4AL02170	FIGURES, SHOMARI C.	DEM	H	AL	02	2,026	I	C	1,355,788.62	716,297.31	662,600.18	12,000	650,600.18	323,410	830,337.65	23,682.63	23.85	61.24	2026-07-22	2026-09-25	H\|AL\|02	6	3,502,477.66	1,355,788.62	2,146,689.04	38.71	1	1	1	76.56	431	a1	592080f50c46277d
H6AL01086	MARQUES, RHETT	REP	H	AL	02	2,026	O	C	1,318,573.55	1,130,855.74	187,717.81	0	187,717.81	1,121,296.98	188,468.7	0	85.04	14.29	2026-07-22	2026-05-20	H\|AL\|02	6	3,502,477.66	1,355,788.62	2,146,689.04	38.71	2	2	0	73.6	590	a1	a9e9caa9624c0eaf
H6AL02175	MCKEE, JOSHUA LOGAN	REP	H	AL	02	2,026	O	C	521,069.93	524,941.66	-3,871.73	76,571.23	-80,442.96	262,624.47	10,500	61,811.26	50.4	2.02	2026-07-22	2026-05-20	H\|AL\|02	6	3,502,477.66	1,355,788.62	2,146,689.04	38.71	3	6	0	42.92	2,001	a3	dc2cd38d2a5806e4

Oct 2, 2026Current
20261002T233108Z-f8c3de0ecb5d · sha256 f8c3de0ecb5d…
2,760 rows · +190 rows vs previous
Oct 2, 2026
20261002T231203Z-0929245166da · sha256 0929245166da…
2,570 rows · first snapshot

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curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/fec_money_race/fec_2026_money_race" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'

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import requests

ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/fec_money_race/fec_2026_money_race").json()
print(ds["title"], ds["rows"], "rows")

# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
    print(row)

API endpoint: https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/fec_money_race/fec_2026_money_race

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US Federal Election Commission — 2026 candidate money race. (2026). 2026 US federal candidate money race (FEC) [Data set, snapshot 20261002T233108Z-f8c3de0ecb5d, sha256 f8c3de0ecb5d]. Datazimuts. Retrieved 2026-10-04, from https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/fec_money_race/fec_2026_money_race?snapshot=20261002T233108Z-f8c3de0ecb5d

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@misc{dz_fec_money_race_fec_2026_money_race_f8c3de0e,
  title        = {{2026 US federal candidate money race (FEC)}},
  author       = {{US Federal Election Commission — 2026 candidate money race}},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Datazimuts},
  howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/fec_money_race/fec_2026_money_race?snapshot=20261002T233108Z-f8c3de0ecb5d}},
  note         = {Snapshot 20261002T233108Z-f8c3de0ecb5d, sha256 f8c3de0ecb5de8c9f3e426d4dca8c2ea56e34eec68447691531645b29b064fad; accessed 2026-10-04}
}

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