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Bernard Sanders

U.S. Senate

Raised · 2026 cycle

$6.2M

Source: FEC

As of July 2026, Bernard Sanders is a Independent who holds the seat of U.S. Senate in Vermont. Federal Election Commission filings report $6,179,359 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle. All figures on this page are drawn from primary sources — FEC filings, congressional records, and STOCK Act disclosures — and link back to them.

Data last updated July 2026.

Bernie Sanders is serving his fourth term in the U.S. Senate from Vermont after winning re-election in 2024. Born in 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from the University of Chicago in 1964 and moved to Vermont, where he worked as a carpenter and journalist. He served as mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989, then represented Vermont at-large in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007 before his election to the Senate.

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40% of donations are small-dollar contributions under $200 — a heavily grassroots-funded campaign.

$6.2M

Total raised

$6.0M

Total spent

$177K

Cash on hand

Where the money comes from

Individual donations ≥$200$2.1M · 34%
Small dollar donations <$200$2.5M · 40%
PAC contributions$551K · 9%
Party committee contributions$37K · 1%
Transfers from other committees$629K · 10%
Loans and other receipts$417K · 7%

Reflects money received by the campaign committee itself. “Loans and other receipts” covers candidate or bank loans, offsets to operating expenditures, interest and other non-contribution receipts reported to the FEC. Independent expenditures by super PACs are not included.

Totals through 2006-12-31 · Source: FEC