Senate Campaign Cash Tracker: Cooper and Talarico off to major cash advantages in open seats

Published July 16, 2026 5:00am ET | Updated July 16, 2026 11:36am ET



The Washington Examiner tracked the second-quarter fundraising data for candidates in the most competitive Senate races. 

Democrats need to flip four seats to regain control after they lost the chamber in 2024. Republicans are favored to hold on largely due to Democrats needing to flip seats in red terrain.

Committee cash is set to play an outsize role in 2026. The Supreme Court recently struck down limits on coordinated spending, meaning candidates and committees can spend unlimited amounts of money in concert or cooperation with each other.

The Republican National Committee maintains a towering cash advantage over the Democratic National Committee. The National Republican Senatorial Committee also has more money than the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. The NRSC had $48.9 million on hand, while the DSCC had $38.9 million as of their latest reports through May. 

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The numbers in this tracker reflect only the dollars raised for the candidates’ authorized campaign committees, not affiliated PACs or other fundraising endeavors. The tracker will be updated as more candidates submit their reports.

Here are the fundraising numbers from April through June in the contests that could determine control of the Senate.

Georgia

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) raised $20 million and has a whopping $42 million on hand as he takes on Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) in the pivotal battleground. Collins raised $2.2 million in the second quarter and enters the general election with $2.2 million on hand.

President Donald Trump won Georgia by 2 percentage points in 2024.

North Carolina

Democrats notched perhaps their best recruit when former Gov. Roy Cooper launched a bid to replace retiring Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC). Still, Democrats haven’t won a Senate race in North Carolina since 2008. Trump won North Carolina in all three of his presidential contests. In 2024, the president carried the state by 3 percentage points over then-Vice President Kamala Harris.

Cooper raised $8.2 million and ballooned his cash on hand to over $20 million. Michael Whatley, the former chairman of the RNC, had not yet filed his report for the second quarter.

New Hampshire

In the GOP primary, Trump has backed former Sen. John Sununu to replace retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH). Sununu reported raising $1.2 million in the second quarter and finished June with $2.7 million on hand. His primary opponent, former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, raised $279,000 and ended the quarter with $736,000 on hand. 

Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH), the Democratic front-runner, raised $3.5 million and had $5.2 million on hand.

Republicans have not won a Senate seat in New Hampshire since 2010. Harris carried the state by 3 percentage points in 2024.

Alaska

Incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) brought in $2 million and has $8.3 million on hand as he faces a challenge from former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. Sullivan may also have to contend with another Dan Sullivan on the ballot after the Alaska Supreme Court ruled the other Sullivan was eligible.

Peltola had not yet filed for the second quarter. Trump carried Alaska by 13 percentage points in 2024.

Maine

Graham Platner’s departure upended the race for Democrats, who will now select a nominee on July 25 at a party convention. The developments allow incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) to continue padding her coffers and maintain a monopoly on the airwaves. Collins raised $5.7 million in the second quarter and finished June with $11 million on hand.

Platner, who reported ending the quarter with $1.8 million on hand, could choose to disperse that money to the future nominee. He has not yet announced what he plans to do with it.

Harris carried Maine by 7 percentage points in 2024.

Michigan

Former Rep. Mike Rogers, who lost the seat narrowly for Republicans in 2024, is running again. Rogers raised $2.9 million and has $5.6 million in the bank. On the Democratic side, progressive Abdul el Sayed brought in $4.5 million. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) raised $2.1 million and had $3.4 million on hand.

Michigan’s primaries are set for Aug. 4. Each party’s nominee will vie to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) in the general election. Trump carried Michigan by more than a percentage point in 2024 over Harris. Former President Joe Biden narrowly carried the state by 2 points on his way to the White House in 2020.

Ohio

Incumbent Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) brought in $4.1 million this quarter and has $9.4 million on hand as he faces a matchup with Sherrod Brown, a former Democratic senator. Brown, who lost his bid for reelection in 2024, raised $14.1 million with $16.2 million on hand. Husted was appointed last year to replace Vice President JD Vance.

Trump won Ohio by 12 percentage points in 2024.

Texas

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the GOP Senate nominee, brought in $2.2 million to his campaign account and had $1.8 million on hand. His Democratic opponent, state Rep. James Talarico, said he raised $30 million in the second quarter but had not yet filed his numbers. The contest is expected to be one of the most expensive in the country.

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Paxton ousted incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in the GOP primary. Trump carried Texas by 14 percentage points in 2024 over Harris.

Iowa

Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) raised $3 million and has $6.7 million on hand. Democrats are targeting the state Trump won three times as an outside pickup opportunity. State Rep. Josh Turek, the Democratic nominee, raised $3.5 million and had $2.4 million on hand.