Matthew Burton
Running for U.S. Senate — 2026 election
Raised · 2026 cycle
$74K
Source: FEC
As of July 2026, Matthew Burton is a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Alabama in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $74,362 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.
Matthew Seth Burton, a Republican, filed FEC paperwork on January 20, 2026 to run for U.S. Senate in Alabama and lost the May 19, 2026 Republican primary with 3.1% of the vote (15,122 votes). A U.S. Navy veteran, Burton served 30 years from 1994 to 2024 and commanded a nuclear submarine; he has also worked as a business development director. He graduated from Huntsville High School, earned a B.A. from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1994, and received a graduate degree from the U.S. Naval War College in 2017. His campaign reported raising $74,362.27 and spending $58,374, and listed themes including constitutional governance, government accountability, rebuilding warfighting readiness, the Second Amendment, reducing federal bureaucracy, energy abundance, and economic opportunity.
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84% of fundraising comes from individual donors — one of the more grassroots-funded profiles in this cycle.
$74K
Total raised
$74K
Total spent
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Cash on hand
Where the money comes from
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 2026-06-04 · Source: FEC