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DATASETS7
RECORDS16,325
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VERSION 2026.08.27 · TEXT/CSV

2026 U.S. House and Senate contest filing fields

Permanent 2026 federal contest entities, election dates, filing-record counts, and explicit ballot-qualification limits.

478contest records
COVERAGE

Every U.S. House and Senate seat with at least one identity-complete, indexable 2026 FEC filing record.

DO NOT INFER

This is a federal filing field, not a state-certified ballot or ballot order.

PRIMARY SOURCE

Federal Election Commission bulk data

Open government source ↗
RECOMMENDED CITATIONElection.org. (2026). 2026 U.S. House and Senate Contest Filing Fields (Version 2026.08.27) [Data set]. https://election.org/data/downloads
Download election-org-federal-contests-2026-v2026.08.27.csv
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2026 federal candidate filing records

Identity-complete, indexable FEC candidate filing records connected to permanent Election.org contests and candidate pages.

2,767candidate filing records
COVERAGE

Public-record 2026 U.S. House and Senate FEC filings that pass Election.org identity and indexing checks.

DO NOT INFER

FEC filing status is not proof of state ballot qualification. Missing financial summaries remain blank, never zero.

PRIMARY SOURCE

Federal Election Commission bulk data

Open government source ↗
RECOMMENDED CITATIONElection.org. (2026). 2026 Federal Candidate Filing Records (Version 2026.08.27) [Data set]. https://election.org/data/downloads
Download election-org-federal-candidates-2026-v2026.08.27.csv
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Official 2016 federal candidate results

FEC-published certified 2016 House and Senate candidate totals, winners, runoffs, special elections, and source-workbook checksum.

2,560candidate result records
COVERAGE

478 federal contests across 56 states and territories.

DO NOT INFER

Election.org-calculated winner or margin fields are labeled separately from FEC winner indicators; source footnotes are preserved.

PRIMARY SOURCE

Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections 2016

Open government source ↗
RECOMMENDED CITATIONElection.org. (2026). Official 2016 Federal Candidate Results (Version 2026.08.27) [Data set]. https://election.org/data/downloads
Download election-org-federal-results-2016-v2026.08.27.csv
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VERSION 2026.08.27 · TEXT/CSV

Official 2018 federal candidate results

FEC-published certified 2018 House and Senate candidate totals, winners, runoffs, special elections, and source-workbook checksum.

3,128candidate result records
COVERAGE

479 federal contests across 55 states and territories.

DO NOT INFER

Election.org-calculated winner or margin fields are labeled separately from FEC winner indicators; source footnotes are preserved.

PRIMARY SOURCE

Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections 2018

Open government source ↗
RECOMMENDED CITATIONElection.org. (2026). Official 2018 Federal Candidate Results (Version 2026.08.27) [Data set]. https://election.org/data/downloads
Download election-org-federal-results-2018-v2026.08.27.csv
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Official 2020 federal candidate results

FEC-published certified 2020 House and Senate candidate totals, winners, runoffs, and source-workbook checksum.

2,994candidate result records
COVERAGE

476 federal contests across 56 states and territories.

DO NOT INFER

Election.org-calculated winner or margin fields are labeled separately from FEC winner indicators; source footnotes are preserved.

PRIMARY SOURCE

Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections 2020

Open government source ↗
RECOMMENDED CITATIONElection.org. (2026). Official 2020 Federal Candidate Results (Version 2026.08.27) [Data set]. https://election.org/data/downloads
Download election-org-federal-results-2020-v2026.08.27.csv
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VERSION 2026.08.27 · TEXT/CSV

Official 2022 federal candidate results

FEC-published certified 2022 House and Senate candidate totals, winners, runoffs, ranked-choice final rounds, and source-workbook checksum.

3,098candidate result records
COVERAGE

477 federal contests across 55 states and territories.

DO NOT INFER

Election.org-calculated winner or margin fields are labeled separately from FEC winner indicators; source footnotes are preserved.

PRIMARY SOURCE

Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections 2022

Open government source ↗
RECOMMENDED CITATIONElection.org. (2026). Official 2022 Federal Candidate Results (Version 2026.08.27) [Data set]. https://election.org/data/downloads
Download election-org-federal-results-2022-v2026.08.27.csv
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Official 2024 federal candidate results

House Clerk-published official 2024 House and Senate candidate totals, fusion-party aggregation, separate non-candidate ballot categories, and source-PDF checksum.

1,300candidate result records
COVERAGE

476 federal contests across 56 states and territories.

DO NOT INFER

The source PDF does not publish candidate-level percentages or winner flags. Election.org calculates shares, highest-total labels, and margins from the published rows; non-person ballot rows are excluded from candidate identity counts.

PRIMARY SOURCE

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Statistics of the 2024 Presidential and Congressional Election

Open government source ↗
RECOMMENDED CITATIONElection.org. (2026). Official 2024 Federal Candidate Results (Version 2026.08.27) [Data set]. https://election.org/data/downloads
Download election-org-federal-results-2024-v2026.08.27.csv
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