As of the end of August, I've still raised TWICE AS MUCH for Democrats as I had at the same point 4 years ago, although for the month of August alone I only raised about 8% more than I did in August 2022.
In terms of category breakout, so far this cycle I've raised:
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U.S. Senate: $208,535 (16.3%)
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U.S. House: $311,767 (24.4%)
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State Legislative: $518,619 (40.6%)
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State Executives*: $82,741 (6.5%)
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Courts: $58,791 (4.6%)
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State Dem Parties: $92,718 (7.3%)
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Local/Other: $3,245 (0.3%)
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TOTAL: $1,276,416
*NOTE: State Executives includes Governors, Lt. Governors, Attorneys General & Secretaries of State as well as other state executive office such as Treasurers, Auditors, Comptrollers, Public Service Commissioners, School Boards, etc.
The ~$1.28 MILLION I've raised so far consists of over 134,000 individual donations averaging just $9.50 apiece (admittedly, most of those were in the form of larger donations split among multiple candidates).
It's gone directly to ~3,000 different Democratic candidates (along with several dozen state & local parties), averaging over $420 apiece:
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768 candidates have received $1 - $10 apiece
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815 have received $10 - $50 apiece
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372 have received $50 - $100 apiece
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343 have received $100 - $250 apiece
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270 have received $250 - $500 apiece
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158 have received $500 - $1,000 apiece
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154 have received $1,000 - $2,500 apiece
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68 have received $2,500 - $5,000 apiece
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51 have received $5,000 - $10,000 apiece
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12 have received $10,000 - $25,000 apiece
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1 has received more than $25,000
(Josh Weil, FL-06 special election received $30,512)
I've changed my social media engagement methodology; since I've solidly established that Bluesky (and other platforms) generate several times more engagement (click-thrus per follower) than Twitter, I'm focusing purely on actual funds raised via each now.
In August 2026, links posted to Bluesky generated 11.4% of total funds raised (the all-time high so far was actually 53% in January); overall Bluesky has generated 21% of everything I've raised for candidates to date.
As for the rest, only Twitter/X and Daily Kos have generated significant amounts to date: 10.4% for the former, 4.2% for the latter.
The other three platforms (Threads, Mastodon and Spoutible) have only generated ~1.5% of everything I've raised to date combined.
