U.S. Senator · LA
John Kennedy
RepublicanSenate Class 3Term through January 2029
Funding profile · 2017–2022 term
41% of the money Kennedy raised came from small donors.
More grassroots-funded than 89% of the Senate.
Kennedy raised $41.7M across the full six-year Senate term (2017–2022), and ended the period with $9.9M cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.
- Small donors
- 41%$17.0M
- Large donors
- 52%$21.7M
- Bundled
- 0%$0.0M
- PACs
- 5%$2.1M
- Other
- 2%$1.0M
Against the senate
How Kennedy compares to the typical member.
- Small-donor share
- 41%vs 19% senate median
- PAC share
- 5%vs 14% senate median
Who has a stake in Kennedy
The organizations behind the money.
Kennedy'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 Kennedy
AIPAC›
$21K
AIPAC›
$21K
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.
Koch Industries Inc. PAC›$10K
KochPAC, the corporate PAC of Koch Industries, the diversified energy and manufacturing conglomerate.
Who it funds, across Congress
0% Democrats · 100% Republicans · $1.4M to 162 members
Outside spending, by party
Spent $95 to elect Republicans.
Charter Communications Inc. PAC›$10K
Charter Communications' corporate PAC (Spectrum), funded by employees of the cable provider.
Who it funds, across Congress
47% Democrats · 53% Republicans · $1.4M to 226 members
Conservatives Harvesting Success PAC›$10K
Who it funds, across Congress
0% Democrats · 100% Republicans · $131K to 22 members
Comcast Corporation & Nbcuniversal PAC - Federal›$10K
Comcast's corporate PAC, funded by employees of the cable and media company.
Who it funds, across Congress
50% Democrats · 49% Republicans · $1.8M to 307 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. Kennedyreceived so many small earmarked donations that these figures count only the largest ones. Read every total as “at least.”
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 Kennedy's backing, not just the individual groups.
Plus $515K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.
The money spent about Kennedy
Spent for or against.
Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Kennedy, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Kennedy.
Conservative Louisiana$87K
To help Kennedy$87KTo hurt Kennedy—Clearpath Action Fund,$75K
To help Kennedy$75KTo hurt Kennedy—National Victory Action Fund$50K
To help Kennedy$50KTo hurt Kennedy—Animal Wellness Action$12K
To help Kennedy$12KTo hurt Kennedy—Koch Industries Inc. PAC›$20
To help Kennedy$20To hurt Kennedy—KochPAC, the corporate PAC of Koch Industries, the diversified energy and manufacturing conglomerate.
Conservative Louisiana$87K—$87K
Clearpath Action Fund,$75K—$75K
National Victory Action Fund›$50K—$50K
National Victory Action Fund
Animal Wellness Action$12K—$12K
Koch Industries Inc. PAC›$20—$20
Koch Industries Inc. PAC
KochPAC, the corporate PAC of Koch Industries, the diversified energy and manufacturing conglomerate.
FEC filings, 2017–2022 term · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 291 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 Kennedy'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 Kennedy stands