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2026 federal candidate filing records by state

Identity-complete, indexable FEC candidate filing records for U.S. House and Senate grouped by state and territory.

Which states have the most 2026 federal candidate filing records?

Where federal candidates filed

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What this chart says

Texas has the largest identity-complete 2026 federal filing field in the current Election.org FEC snapshot.

How to read it

Counts indexable 2026 FEC candidate master records for House and Senate by office state.

Important limits

  • A federal filing record does not establish state ballot qualification, active campaigning, or final ballot status.
  • The count is records, not unique people across offices or cycles.
The data behind the view

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2026 federal candidate filing records by state: source values used by Election.org
GroupFiling records
Texas265
California262
Florida237
Illinois128
New York126
Georgia114
Virginia95
New Jersey84
North Carolina82
Michigan79
Ohio73
Pennsylvania64
South Carolina63
Tennessee58
Colorado54
Arizona52
Minnesota52
Kentucky51
Maryland48
Washington48
Missouri45
Alabama43
Wisconsin41
Louisiana40
Massachusetts40
Oklahoma39
Indiana38
Iowa38
Nevada38
New Hampshire27
Utah27
Maine26
Oregon26
Connecticut25
Kansas24
Nebraska24
Montana22
Arkansas20
Mississippi19
West Virginia19
Wyoming17
Idaho15
New Mexico13
District of Columbia10
Rhode Island10
South Dakota9
Alaska7
Delaware7
Hawaii5
U.S. Virgin Islands5
North Dakota4
Guam3
Vermont3
Northern Mariana Islands2
American Samoa1
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