Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Christopher A. Coons

Official portrait of Christopher A. Coons
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from Delaware (class 2)
Party
Democrat
Born
1963
In Congress
Senate since 2010 · 15 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2021 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
COONS, CHRISTOPHER A.
Next election
General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Delaware with the whole state highlighted

Delaware

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. Senate · DelawareIncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID S0DE00092 · Principal campaign committee: CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · Delaware$4,956,015.33General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. Senate · Delaware$6,081,414.85Won the general election (59.44%)
Total raised$4,956,015.33
Total spent$2,109,503.97
Cash on hand$5,031,711.21
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $2,206,861.15PACs and other committees: $1,636,186.74Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $994,247.25Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $118,720.19
  • Individual contributions$2,206,861.1545%
  • PACs and other committees$1,636,186.7433%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$994,247.2520%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$118,720.192%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$132,922.375%
  • Contributions over $200$2,569,862.3695%
  • Itemized from inside Delaware$290,014.5611%
  • Itemized from other states$2,346,046.6389%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $618,545.00 · New York $518,123.36 · Pennsylvania $172,932.50 · Maryland $157,590.00 · District of Columbia $145,255.93. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$5M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $569,925.96APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $142,925.21JULY QUARTERLY: raised $728,821.03JULY QUARTERLY: spent $299,473.61OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $686,713.35OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $211,909.55YEAR-END: raised $571,455.96YEAR-END: spent $209,627.22APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $487,733.07APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $236,242.24JULY QUARTERLY: raised $895,487.67JULY QUARTERLY: spent $319,474.57PRE-PRIMARY: raised $227,944.27PRE-PRIMARY: spent $140,244.71OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $669,470.85OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $446,631.222025-032025-092026-032026-08

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving915
Voted yea299
Voted nay564
Did not vote52 of 915
Bills and resolutions sponsored66
Sponsored that became law1
Cosponsored592

Recorded Senate roll-call votes from January 9, 2025 through September 30, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official Senate record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 30, 2026On the Nomination · PN 1129
Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor
Nomination ConfirmedNay
Sep 30, 2026On the Cloture Motion · PN 1129
Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor
Cloture Motion Agreed toNay
Sep 30, 2026On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR 9340
A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedNay
Sep 30, 2026On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR 7008
A bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedNay
Sep 29, 2026On the Motion to Discharge · SRES 852
A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Motion to Discharge RejectedYea
Sep 29, 2026On the Motion to Proceed · SJRES 197
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to
Motion to Proceed RejectedYea
Sep 28, 2026On Passage of the Bill · S 4668
A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.
Bill PassedYea
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams.
Amendment RejectedYea
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To increase the limitation on funding for post-eligibility insurance and catastrophic injury for student athletes.
Amendment RejectedYea
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To limit price increases for college athletics tickets.
Amendment RejectedNay

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • S. 5637 STRATA Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 30, 2026 · Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • S. 5676 Strengthening Civics Education Act
    Introduced Sep 30, 2026 · Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • S. 5476 A bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons that have facilitated Israeli settlement construction in the E1 area of the West Bank.
    Introduced Sep 23, 2026 · Latest action Sep 23, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  • S. 5471 AI Systems Transparency Act
    Introduced Sep 23, 2026 · Latest action Sep 23, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • S. 5313 Quantum-GUARD Act of 2026
    Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Latest action Aug 6, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  • S. 5308 Afghanistan TPS Act of 2026
    Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Latest action Aug 6, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • S. 5307 Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Talent Act
    Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Latest action Aug 6, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • S. 5186 ASSET Act
    Introduced Jul 30, 2026 · Latest action Jul 30, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • S. 5170 Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 29, 2026 · Latest action Jul 29, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  • S. 5035 National Coordination on Resilience for Security Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 20, 2026 · Latest action Jul 20, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

327 committees reported giving $1,429,294.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Christopher A. Coons$11,569.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Christopher A. Coons$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Delaware U.S. Senate, 2026 · 13 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Christopher A. Coons (D)$4,956,015.33$5,031,711.212026-10-14
Michael S Katz (R)$176,647.12$16,675.062026-09-30
John Shulli (R)$126,466.38$51.002026-09-30
Christopher Beardsley (D)$22,356.00$9,190.732025-12-31
Jeffery Ryan Appelhans (D)$2,046.38$1,937.672026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

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Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States Senate election in Delaware (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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