This page is a final analysis of campaign contributions from individuals to major party congressional and state candidates in 10 states. Self-financed contributions are included. These states, most of which are battlegrounds, represent different regions and partisan dynamics. For an analysis of the demographics of the donors to congressional candidates, visit our Donor Gaps page. For an analysis of all major party congressional candidates running in all 50 states, visit our The National View: Congressional Elections 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
Congressional campaign finance data are through December 31, 2024 (unless otherwise indicated). State campaign finance data completeness varied by state. "No Data to Display" in data visualizations indicates there are no candidates in that subgroup.
- Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D), who is Latina, and Senator Rick Scott (R) raised similar amounts. Scott was primarily self-financed.
- Within both parties, the average raised by men U.S. House incumbents in Florida exceeded the average raised by women.
- There was no clear gender pattern for share of small contributions for congressional candidates.
Florida elected one U.S. Senator and 28 members of its U.S. House delegation. There was one open U.S. House seat. Twenty-one women ran for the U.S. House from Florida and nine won. One woman ran for the U.S. Senate from Florida; she did not win.
Florida also elected 20 of 40 members of the Florida State Senate and all 120 members of the Florida State House. Ninety-three women for the Florida State House, out of which 54 won. Twelve women ran for the Florida State Senate and six women won.
Senator Rick Scott (R), who won reelection, raised nearly $35M from individuals including self-financing. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D), who is Latina, lost her bid to defeat Senator Scott. Mucarsel-Powell previously served in Congress and also raised almost $35M.
Within both parties, the average raised by men seeking reelection to the U.S. House exceeded the average raised by women. For example, the average raised by Democratic men U.S. House incumbents was almost $2M compared with under $1M for Democratic women. Republican Representative Matt Gaetz (FL-1) raised the most of the U.S. House incumbents with nearly $6.7M.
Examining funds raised by Democratic women incumbents, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL- 25), who is white, raised the most with over $2M. Representative Frederica Wilson (FL-24), a Black Democratic woman, raised the least of the women incumbents with under $200,000.
On the Republican side, Representative Anna Paulina Luna, who is Latina, led other Republican women incumbents seeking reelection to the U.S. House in the money race with nearly $2.8M; her race was rated likely Republican by The Cook Political Report and she kept her seat.
Republican Thomas E. Chalifoux, Jr. raised the most of the challengers running in U.S. House races in Florida.
In open-seat races for the Florida state legislature, women raised more than men within both parties in state house contests. A woman led the money race in both chambers for open seats—in state house races, Republican Meg Weinberger (FL-94), and in state senate races, Democrat Barbara Sharief (FL-35).
The largest gender difference to occur for Florida women and men state legislative incumbents was for Democratic state house candidates; the average total raised for Democratic women was significantly higher than for Democratic men. Democratic Representative Allison Tant (FL-9) raised the most of state house incumbents with $375,434. Men usually outraised women on average for challenger races.
No Republican women ran for state senate as open-seat candidates or challengers.
This statistic is the average total amount raised to date from individuals (including self-financing).
In the Florida U.S. Senate race, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D) did not have self-financed contributions. In contrast, Senator Rick Scott (R) was primarily self-financed; nearly three-quarters of his funds were from self-financing.
In Florida races for U.S. House, Democratic women and men running as challengers had a similar proportion of funds from self-financing.
The Republican women seeking reelection to the U.S. House did not report any self-financed contributions. The only U.S. House incumbent with funds from self-financing was Representative Cory Mills (FL-7), a Republican man.
In state legislative races in Florida, there was no consistent gender pattern in self-financed contributions.
This statistic is the average amount from self-financing as a proportion of total raised (from individuals including the candidate) by candidate subgroup.
U.S. Senate candidates Rick Scott (R) and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D) had a similar proportion of funds from small contributors giving $200 or less.
There was no clear gender pattern for share of small contributions for congressional candidates.
Democratic women running for the Florida state legislature usually had a higher proportion of funds from small contributions compared with their men counterparts, whereas the gender pattern for Republicans depended on the chamber and type of race.
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.
Congressional campaign finance data are through December 31, 2024. State campaign finance data completeness varied by state.
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 all 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.