Opportunity research · evidence before labels

Where is the federal
filing field thin?

Election.org compares permanent 2026 federal seats with identity-complete FEC filing records. This can reveal research gaps. It cannot prove that a race is uncontested, that nobody is running, or that any filer qualified for the ballot.

4752026 House + Class 2 Senate seats reviewed
0no identity-complete FEC record
2one identity-complete FEC record
473multiple FEC records
Why this page does not say “uncontested”

FEC registration is a federal finance filing system. States and local authorities determine ballot access, and a person may appear on an official ballot without crossing the FEC registration threshold. These are filing-field signals, not official candidate lists.

One record in the current FEC file

2 permanent seats to verify with election authorities

Open the filer, the permanent office, and the official source before drawing any conclusion about competition.

Source layer: official FEC 2026 candidate master and summary bulk files · verified 2026-08-24. Coverage includes identity-complete public filing records, not state-certified ballots.