This page is a final analysis of campaign contributions from individuals to major party congressional candidates. Self-financed contributions are included. For an analysis of the demographics of the donors to congressional candidates, visit our Donor Gaps page. For an analysis of state candidates (for statewide executive and state legislative office) for our ten key focus states, visit our The State View: A Deep Dive page. Visit our Final Analysis report page for our summary analysis of all congressional and state races. Because this project analyzed those candidates who filed campaign finance reports, these statistics may not reflect the total number of candidates who ran. For more information about election 2024, please visit CAWP's Election Watch information.
Source: CAWP and OpenSecrets
Campaign finance data are through December 31, 2024. "No Data to Display" in data visualizations indicates there are no candidates in that subgroup.
- Men running for Congress nationwide had a higher average proportion of funds from self-financing than women.
- Women running for the U.S. House nationwide usually had a higher average proportion of funds from small contributions than men within both parties.
- Democratic women and men running for the U.S. Senate nationwide usually had a similar average proportion of funds from small contributions, whereas Republican men had a slightly higher average proportion of funds from small contributions than Republican women.
- The proportion of funds from small contributions was higher for women than men in 10 of 16 woman v. man contests rated as the most competitive by The Cook Political Report, higher for men in four contests, and about the same in two contests.
- The average donation to men congressional candidates nationwide was usually higher than the average donation to women congressional candidates. However, the average donation to U.S. Senate Democratic women candidates was higher than the average donation to Democratic men.
- The average total raised by U.S. House women incumbent candidates was higher than the average for men. But the average raised by U.S. Senate incumbent men was higher than the average for women.
- Women outraised men in 13 of the 16 woman v. man congressional races rated as the most competitive by The Cook Political Report. Men outraised women in 3 of the 16 races.
Pennsylvania elected one U.S. Senator and 17 members to its U.S. House delegation. There were no open seats. Ten women ran for the U.S. House from Pennsylvania and 4 women won.
U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D) sought reelection. His Republican challenger, Dave McCormick, is a man.
All five women running for reelection to the U.S. House from Pennsylvania are Democrats: Representative Summer Lee (PA-12) is Black; Representatives Madeleine Dean (PA-4), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-5), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-6), and Susan Wild (PA-7) are white women. All of the incumbent Republicans seeking reelection are white men. All but Wild won reelection.
Representative Susan Wild (PA-7) had the highest total raised of the women incumbent candidates with over $6.6M, followed by Representative Summer Lee (PA-12) who raised nearly $2.5M. Wild’s race was rated a Democratic toss up by The Cook Political Report. Wild’s opponent, Republican Ryan Mackenzie, raised under $1M.
This statistic is the average total amount raised to date from individuals (including self-financing).
This statistic is the average amount from self-financing as a proportion of total raised (from individuals including the candidate) by candidate subgroup.
This statistic is the average amount of contributions $200 or less as a proportion of total raised (excluding self-financed contributions) by candidate subgroup.
This Data Appendix includes women candidates who filed campaign finance reports and raised money from individuals including self-financing. “Total raised” represents the total amount raised from individuals including self-financing. The Data Appendix is sortable by candidate name, party, office, and seat status as well as the campaign finance statistics.
Campaign finance data are through December 31, 2024.
Candidates who did not report contributions from individuals including self-financed contributions are not included in the analysis. The analysis is for general election, major party nominees.
Campaign finance data are from OpenSecrets. Race/ethnicity information for women candidates are from CAWP. Candidate race/ethnicity is based on the candidate’s self-identification whenever possible.
Women who identify with more than one under-represented racial/ethnic group are not depicted in the data visualizations that are disaggregated by race/ethnicity (in order to avoid double-counting individuals). All women, including multiracial women and women who identify with more than one under-represented racial/ethnic group, are included in the data visualizations that do not disaggregate by race/ethnicity and all women are included in the Data Appendix.
The two independent U.S. Senators who caucus with the Democrats -- Senator Angus King (ME) and Senator Bernie Sanders (VT) -- are included in the analysis and coded as Democrats.