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2026 federal candidate record

John Deaton

Massachusetts U.S. Senate

Republican Party

John Deaton is included in the 2026 FEC filing records for Massachusetts U.S. Senate. Explore the available source records below. A federal filing does not establish ballot qualification.

Challenger · FEC S6MA00304

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What this office actually does

U.S. Senator: powers, limits, and control

Represents an entire state in one chamber of Congress and helps make federal law, set federal spending, conduct oversight, and decide matters reserved to the Senate.

COMMONLY CAN

Introduce, amend, debate, and vote on bills and resolutions.

DOES NOT CONTROL ALONE

Enact a federal law or spend federal money alone.

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Direct answer · 2025–2026 cycle

How much has John Deaton raised?

$1,674,459.77 in total campaign receipts.

$579,890.40 is reported as individual contributions. Total receipts can also include transfers, offsets, loans, and other FEC receipt categories, so it is broader than donations alone.

Total receipts
$1,674,460
Total spending
$1,186,303
Cash on hand
$488,156

Through · Last successful import

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Activity timeline
Filing-driven activity & election calendar

John Deaton 2026 timeline

REAL DATES

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Latest included PAC or party transaction

Most recent itemized direct contribution or coordinated-party-expenditure row involving this candidate in the current FEC transaction release.

FEC · included source coverage
Scheduled primary election

Congressional primary date listed in the FEC's 2026 calendar.

Official election schedule · schedule subject to change
Latest included campaign summary

End date of the candidate financial summary in Election.org's current FEC bulk-data release.

FEC · included source coverage
Latest included independent expenditure

Most recent reported dissemination or expenditure date involving this candidate in the current FEC independent-expenditure release.

FEC · included source coverage
Federal general election

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Official election schedule · schedule subject to change

Election dates are transcribed from the FEC's calendar as published and are subject to change. The FEC does not administer elections; confirm dates and ballot status with the relevant state election authority.

Campaign finance details
Campaign money

John Deaton campaign finance details

FEC BULK DATA
2025–2026 federal-cycle totals through October 14, 2026.
MetricReported amountWhat it means
Total receipts$1,674,459.77All campaign receipts reported in the FEC summary, not only individual donations.
Individual contributions$579,890.40Contributions reported in the FEC individual-contribution category.
Candidate contributions$53,414.00Contributions from the candidate in the summary record.
Total disbursements$1,186,303.41Campaign spending and other disbursements reported for the cycle.
Cash on hand$488,156.36Reported campaign cash remaining at the end of the covered period.
Debts owed by campaign$1,005,000.00Outstanding debts the campaign reported owing.
Net cash after reported debt-$516,843.64Election.org calculation: cash on hand minus debts owed by the campaign.

Dollar amounts preserve the cents in the FEC record. These figures are campaign-finance totals, not personal wealth, polling, odds, endorsements, or Election.org scores.

PAC contributions and outside spending
Who gave · who spent · what the filing says

PAC contributions and outside spending involving John Deaton

FEC ITEMIZED DATA

Direct campaign support and independent spending are not combined. Support and opposition below are the positions reported by the spender to the Federal Election Commission.

Direct committee contributions$5,000.001 transactions
Coordinated party spending$0.000 transactions
Independent spending to support$583,000.006 transactions
Independent spending to oppose$0.000 transactions
Direct contribution

Money reported as given to a candidate or candidate committee. It enters the recipient committee’s campaign-finance record.

Coordinated party expenditure

Party spending reported in the FEC’s coordinated-expenditure category. It is separate from a direct contribution.

Independent expenditure

Outside spending expressly supporting or opposing a candidate. By definition, it is not made in coordination with the candidate or party.

Federal committees reporting direct contributions

STEER PAC1 itemized transaction · latest Jul 15, 2026

Outside spenders reporting support or opposition

supportCOMMONWEALTH PROSPERITY FUND6 itemized transactions · latest Oct 23, 2026
$583,000.00FEC filing ↗
SPONSOR-LEVEL SOURCE ROWS6 reported communication-spending records

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Source: FEC contributions-from-committees-to-candidates and independent-expenditure bulk files, checked Oct 29, 2026. Committee transactions retain only the latest filing version for stable transaction IDs. Independent-expenditure rows from superseded filings are removed through the FEC previous-filing chain. Memo entries remain included because the FEC bulk-file documentation instructs analysts to include them.

Campaign money graph
Money graph · dates, geography, and operating expenditures

How money moved through John Deaton

FEC ITEMIZED FILES

These panels show privacy-thresholded itemized individual-receipt activity and amendment-normalized operating expenditures. They are descriptive slices of filings—not a complete substitute for the official financial summary.

Itemized individual receipt activity over time

Monthly transaction activity from the FEC individual-contributions file. Current-cycle files can contain earlier-dated transactions; signed amendments, refunds, reattributions, and memo entries remain in the source-defined analysis.

10 calendar months · 10 published cells

Only committee/month cells with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published. A missing cell can reflect source absence or the privacy threshold; it does not mean zero activity. Published amounts are unchanged.

Source: FEC individual-contributions bulk file ↗, imported . This panel does not include PAC receipts.

Where itemized contributor addresses were reported

State is taken from the contributor address on the FEC row. It does not prove residence, citizenship, employer location, or the ultimate economic source of funds.

61.3% of published positive state-cell amounts outside Massachusetts
Massachusetts126 distinct reported contributors · 265 rows$117,166.0038.7%
California31 distinct reported contributors · 66 rows$40,180.0013.3%
Florida32 distinct reported contributors · 113 rows$37,449.0012.4%
New York14 distinct reported contributors · 34 rows$22,989.007.6%
Texas21 distinct reported contributors · 40 rows$17,181.005.7%
New Jersey7 distinct reported contributors · 10 rows$13,161.004.3%
Illinois7 distinct reported contributors · 21 rows$9,297.003.1%
Virginia6 distinct reported contributors · 17 rows$9,004.003.0%
Washington8 distinct reported contributors · 31 rows$8,658.002.9%
Michigan9 distinct reported contributors · 18 rows$8,103.002.7%
Georgia11 distinct reported contributors · 25 rows$7,654.002.5%
South Carolina7 distinct reported contributors · 18 rows$6,247.002.1%

Only committee/state groups with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published. Percentages divide by the sum of all positive published, privacy-thresholded committee/state cells, including cells beyond the top 12 shown. Zero and negative state cells are excluded from this denominator; these shares do not describe all contributions or all campaign receipts.

Source: FEC individual-contributions bulk file ↗, imported .

Reported operating-expenditure categories

FEC filer-selected categories from Schedule B operating expenditures. Memo-code X rows are excluded because the FEC says they are not included in the itemization total.

1 published categories
Category not reported642 current organization-payment rows$677,993.69

Top organization payees in operating expenditures

Organization payees only. Election.org excludes individual payees and conservatively normalizes names; similar names are not asserted to be one legal entity.

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Signaturedrive Com Incorporated3 current itemized payments · latest 2026-03-09
$185,000.00
Conversion Creative14 current itemized payments · latest 2026-08-06
$106,184.53
Cygnal1 current itemized payment · latest 2026-02-24
$79,700.00
Ascent Strategic Incorporated11 current itemized payments · latest 2026-08-06
$60,690.17
Campaign Engine Group LLC151 current itemized payments · latest 2026-08-12
$60,196.12
Ace Campaign Consulting LLC7 current itemized payments · latest 2026-08-10
$41,494.08
Red Curve Solutions LLC12 current itemized payments · latest 2026-08-06
$33,494.68
Errichetti Media6 current itemized payments · latest 2026-08-06
$21,000.00
Gusto22 current itemized payments · latest 2026-08-04
$18,430.61
Scr And Associates LLC3 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-09
$16,600.00
Winred Technical Services LLC183 current itemized payments · latest 2026-08-12
$14,512.64
Engagement Strategies Incorporated6 current itemized payments · latest 2026-08-06
$7,592.87
Age Graphics3 current itemized payments · latest 2026-08-04
$6,365.00
Holtzman Vogel3 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-02
$4,102.25
Tma Direct20 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-30
$3,634.88

Source: FEC operating expenditures bulk file, checked 2026-10-16. These totals cover published current organization-payment rows after amendment normalization and are not equivalent to the committee’s total disbursements.

Calculated financial context
Transparent calculations

What the reported totals show

34.6%Individual-contribution shareIndividual contributions ÷ total receipts
70.8%Spending-to-receipts ratioTotal disbursements ÷ total receipts
-$516,843.64Net cash after debtCash on hand − debts owed by campaign

These are Election.org calculations from the displayed FEC totals, included to make the filing easier to understand. They are descriptive, not a score or comparison.

Official filing details
Official record

Candidate filing details

2026 CYCLE
Candidate
John Deaton
Office sought
U.S. Senate — Massachusetts
Party affiliation
Republican Party
Incumbency
Challenger
Candidate status
Current candidate
Principal committee
JOHN DEATON FOR SENATE →
FEC candidate ID
S6MA00304
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SourceFederal Election Commission ↗

Cycle2025–2026

Finance throughOctober 14, 2026

Dataset checkedOctober 29, 2026

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