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District of Columbia races

The District of Columbia elects its delegate to the House this cycle. It has no Senate seats.

How to vote in District of Columbia

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 21 days before by mail, or same-day through Election Day in person.

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.

Incumbents defending a seat

The sitting member on this ballot, what they have raised, and the stock trades they have disclosed.

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

3

The widest one reaches

13states

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.

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.

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

Candidates on file with the FEC, not a certified ballot. 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 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.