The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
General-election ballot as recorded August 25, 2026. Not a prediction.
The seat
Tina Smith
Democrat · Holds the seat now
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- General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks
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How they won the primary
The primary · 697,928 votes
- Peggy FlanaganWon59%411,854
- Angie Craig39.4%274,920
- Kurt Michael Anderson0.6%4,521
- Billy Nord0.4%2,896
- George H. Kalberer0.3%2,076
1 more candidate on the full canvass.
The primary · 406,823 votes
- Michele TafoyaWon52.1%211,813
- Adam Schwarze24%97,470
- Royce White11.2%45,374
- Tom Weiler6%24,247
- Joyce Lacey1.8%7,474
4 more candidates on the full canvass.
Primary results as recorded August 25, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Source: the state's canvass, via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $30M
- Outside money
- $12M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The 18 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
17 filed- Tina SmithDemocrat$3.1M
- Angie CraigDemocrat$13M
- David HannRepublican$133K
- Melisa Lopez FranzenDemocrat$299K
- Adam SchwarzeRepublican$1.4M
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
How this seat voted last time
D+5 in 2020
- Tina SmithWon48.7%
- Jason Lewis43.5%
3,214,256 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.