Elections · District of Columbia

2026 District of Columbia federal ballot

The District of Columbia elects its delegate to the U.S. House on November 3, 2026; it has no Senate seats.

What else is on your ballot

Federal races only, not governor, state or local contests or ballot measures. For the rest of your ballot, start at Voter Registration Status, run by the District of Columbia Board of Elections.

How to vote in District of Columbia

General electionNovember 3, 2026

All dates and rules

District of Columbia by the numbers

681Kpeople across one district

Median household income$110K

Living below the poverty line15.4%

Without health insurance3.6%

The District of Columbia's single district, on the national range for each measure. Census American Community Survey 2024 five year estimates.

What this ballot costs

$7.9M in play

Of every dollar in the District of Columbia's federal races, 4 cents is outside groups spending on their own, not the campaigns.

Raised by candidatesOutside money

The House seat$7.9M

$7.6M raised by candidates$308K outside money

Gifts of $200 or less

$236K3%

Larger individual gifts

$6.8M89%

From PACs

$145K2%

Shares of what the campaigns raised themselves. The rest is party money, self funding and transfers.

How far the money traveled

Most of the outside money on the District of Columbia's races comes from groups that are spending in other states too.

Groups spending in other states too: $298K97%
Groups spending only in the District of Columbia: $10K3%

Groups filing here

The widest one reaches

15states

Independent spending filed on the District of Columbia's races, by whether the committee is also spending in other states this cycle. A filing records where a group spends, not where its donors live, so this is a measure of reach, never of who paid for it.

Who is spending on District of Columbia

$308K outside money

The groups spending independently on the District of Columbia's races, by what they have filed. Open a row to see how the money was spent, supporting or opposing each party, and the interest behind the committee.

Every race on the ballot

At largeRobert White, Kymone Freeman, Denise Rosadoplus two certified write-inson the November ballot24 filed

Each row names the November ballot on record; the filed count is every candidate on file with the FEC, not counting those who withdrew, retired or died. Each row opens the full field, the money, and the outside spending for that seat.

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Census context from the American Community Survey, public domain. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.