U.S. Senator · CT
Richard Blumenthal
DemocratSenate Class 3Term through January 2029
Funding profile · 2017–2022 term
11% of the money Blumenthal raised came from small donors.
More grassroots-funded than 34% of the Senate.
Blumenthal raised $9.4M across the full six-year Senate term (2017–2022), and ended the period with $1.2M cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.
- Small donors
- 11%$1.0M
- Large donors
- 45%$4.2M
- Bundled
- 2%$0.2M
- PACs
- 17%$1.6M
- Other
- 25%$2.3M
Against the senate
How Blumenthal compares to the typical member.
- Small-donor share
- 11%vs 19% senate median
- PAC share
- 17%vs 14% senate median
Who has a stake in Blumenthal
The organizations behind the money.
Blumenthal's largest organized backing comes from AIPAC. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.
Money organized for Blumenthal
AIPAC›
$148K
AIPAC›
$148K
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby that both gives directly and bundles individual donations; its super PAC (United Democracy Project) runs large independent campaigns in primaries.
Who it funds, across Congress
59% Democrats · 40% Republicans · $38.7M to 359 members
Outside spending, by party
Spent $13.9M to elect Democrats; $5.0M to defeat Democrats.
Pro-Israel America PAC›$56K
Who it funds, across Congress
26% Democrats · 74% Republicans · $693K to 19 members
National Association Of Broadcasters PAC›$17K
The National Association of Broadcasters' PAC, representing TV and radio station owners.
Who it funds, across Congress
47% Democrats · 53% Republicans · $1.5M to 255 members
General Dynamics Corporation PAC›$14K
Who it funds, across Congress
44% Democrats · 56% Republicans · $1.3M to 245 members
Culac The PAC Of Credit Union National Association›$10K
America's Credit Unions PAC (formerly CULAC), the trade PAC for the credit-union industry.
Who it funds, across Congress
52% Democrats · 48% Republicans · $2.4M to 386 members
Outside spending, by party
Spent $2.2M to elect Republicans.
› What is organized money?
An organization reaches a member two ways. Its own PAC writes a direct check. And it bundles: it gathers individual donations from its supporters and routes them through its conduit. Both count here as one “organized” total. The bundled part is already inside the individual giving shown in the funding mix above. Here it is regrouped by the organization that gathered it, so you can see who did the organizing.
The same money, by industry
Which industries have a stake.
The same organized money, grouped by the industry of the organization that moved it. It shows the interests behind Blumenthal's backing, not just the individual groups.
Plus $649K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.
The money spent about Blumenthal
Spent for or against.
Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Blumenthal, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Blumenthal.
Connecticut Patriots PAC$2.9M
To help Blumenthal—To hurt Blumenthal$2.9MRestoration PAC$225K
To help Blumenthal—To hurt Blumenthal$225KLeadership Now$175K
To help Blumenthal—To hurt Blumenthal$175KFrontiers Of Freedom Action,$14K
To help Blumenthal—To hurt Blumenthal$14K
Connecticut Patriots PAC›—$2.9M$2.9M
Connecticut Patriots PAC
Restoration PAC—$225K$225K
Leadership Now—$175K$175K
Frontiers Of Freedom Action,›—$14K$14K
Frontiers Of Freedom Action,
FEC filings, 2017–2022 term · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 282 organizations with a stake
About this data
FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2017–2022 term. This is the disclosed money only. Spending by outside groups that do not reveal their donors, the dark money that set a record in 2024, never appears in these figures.
Every percentage here is a share of all receipts, not of individual contributions only. So the small-donor share counts transfers, loans, and other money in its base, and can read higher than figures that divide only by individual money.
PAC figures are contributions to Blumenthal's campaign committee from FEC filings. Industry labels are grouped from each committee's name and are approximate. Joint fundraising committees and small-dollar conduits like ActBlue and WinRed are not counted.
Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.
Where Blumenthal stands