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U.S. Senator · ND

John Hoeven

RepublicanSenate Class 3Term through January 2029

Funding profile · 2017–2022 term

3% of the money Hoeven raised came from small donors.

More grassroots-funded than 8% of the Senate.

Hoeven raised $4.4M across the full six-year Senate term (2017–2022), and ended the period with $521K cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.

3%from small donors
Small donors
3%$0.1M
Large donors
30%$1.3M
Bundled
4%$0.2M
PACs
45%$2.0M
Other
18%$0.8M

Against the senate

How Hoeven compares to the typical member.

Small-donor share
3%vs 19% senate median
PAC share
45%vs 14% senate median

Who has a stake in Hoeven

The organizations behind the money.

Hoeven'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 Hoeven

AIPAC

$132K

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$40K

Who it funds, across Congress

26% Democrats · 74% Republicans · $693K to 19 members

NORPAC$22K

A pro-Israel political action committee that bundles individual donations to candidates it judges supportive of the U.S. relationship with Israel.

Who it funds, across Congress

40% Democrats · 59% Republicans · $2.2M to 82 members

National Beer Wholesalers Association PAC$10K

The National Beer Wholesalers Association's PAC, a large trade PAC representing beer distributors.

Who it funds, across Congress

47% Democrats · 53% Republicans · $2.8M to 410 members

National Cattlemen'S Beef Association PAC$10K

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association's PAC, representing the cattle and beef industry.

Who it funds, across Congress

6% Democrats · 94% Republicans · $901K to 144 members

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 Hoeven's backing, not just the individual groups.

$194KPro-Israel
$134KAg & Food
$119KEnergy
$89KFinance
$85KHealth

Plus $631K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.

The money spent about Hoeven

Spent for or against.

Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Hoeven, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Hoeven.

All outside groups100% to help, 0% to hurt$394K
  1. North Dakota Strong$160K
    To help Hoeven
    $160K
    To hurt Hoeven
  2. American Energy Action Fund$102K
    To help Hoeven
    $102K
    To hurt Hoeven
  3. National Association Of Realtors$54K
    To help Hoeven
    $54K
    To hurt Hoeven
  4. National Wildlife Federation Action Fund$50K
    To help Hoeven
    $50K
    To hurt Hoeven
  5. Clearpath Action Fund,$25K
    To help Hoeven
    $25K
    To hurt Hoeven

FEC filings, 2017–2022 term · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 317 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 Hoeven'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.

84%want dark money disclosed

Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.

Where Hoeven stands