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Delaware · U.S. Senate · 2026

Delaware Senate race

General election in 51 days · Nov 3, 2026
The read · Delaware Senate race

Christopher A. Coons has raised more than 31 times the next candidate.

Candidates in the Delaware Senate race, 2026 report raising $3.5M between them. Christopher A. Coons reports $3.3M and John Shulli reports $105,295, a gap of $3.2M. Of what Christopher A. Coons reports, 57% came from individuals and 40% from PACs.

Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.

Every candidate on file

Ranked by money raised. Each row shows the campaign money mix and a plain-English read.

Christopher A. Coons

Christopher A. Coons

DIncumbent
D · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 40% from PACs and 57% from individuals.

57% individuals40% PACs3% other
$3.3M
raised
JS

John Shulli

R
R · challenger

5% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 95% from other sources.

5% individuals0% PACs95% other
$105K
raised
MK

Michael Katz

R
R · challenger

Still has cash to spend. $38K on hand from $70K raised.

22% individuals0% PACs78% other
$70K
raised
CB

Christopher Beardsley

D
D · challenger

40% from individuals, 2% from PACs, and 58% from other sources.

40% individuals2% PACs58% other
$22K
raised
EH

Eric Hansen

D
D · challenger

No receipts on file yet.

0% individuals0% PACs100% other
$0
raised

Where the money came from

$0 in itemized outside money is on file for this cycle. Candidate fundraising is shown separately below.

Small donors & unclassified$50K
Banking & Financial$30K
Defense & Aerospace$30K
Tech & Telecom$10K
Ideological / Leadership$10K
Retail & Consumer$10K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

  • A NEW DIRECTION PAC · pac$10K
  • AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) · pac$10K
  • COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL · pac$10K
  • COMMON GROUND PAC · pac$10K
  • DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
  • EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC · pac$10K
  • FORWARD TOGETHER PAC · pac$10K
  • GENERAL ATOMICS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

38%55%
38% PACs55% individuals7% other

The incumbent's record

Christopher A. Coons is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2024)
$15M
$5.2M+. up $7.4M since 2013.
Stock trades
None on file
No disclosed individual stock transactions.
Committees
5
Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

  • Senate Select Committee on Ethics · Vice Chairman
  • Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Senate Committee on the Judiciary
  • Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations

Who funds them

This is the incumbent's own funding by donor sector for the cycle.

Small donors & unclassified$50K
Banking & Financial$30K
Defense & Aerospace$30K
Tech & Telecom$10K
Ideological / Leadership$10K
Retail & Consumer$10K
Full profile: net worth, donors, trades, and votes ->

The tale of the tape

Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.

Christopher A. Coons
D · incumbent
Christopher A. Coons
vs
JS
John Shulli
R · challenger
$3.3M
Raised
$105K
$4.7M
Cash on hand
$46K
40%
From PACs
0%
57%
From individuals
5%
Banking & Financial
Top donor sector
Too few to rank
Yes
Incumbent
No