Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Joseph P Kennedy III
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. Senate · Massachusetts
- Filing address
- Foxboro, MA (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- KENNEDY, JOSEPH P III
- Next election
- Primary September 1, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Massachusetts
FEC candidate ID S0MA00208 · Principal campaign committee: KENNEDY FOR MASSACHUSETTS
Total raised$11,400,834.45
Total spent$15,561,023.21
Cash on hand$12,992.34
Debts owed by the campaign$250,000.00
Loans from the candidate$250,000.00
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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$8,544,093.2575%
- PACs and other committees$722,432.786%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,755,000.0015%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$255,828.782%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$123,479.641%
Self-funding: $1,755,000.00 (15% of money raised): $1,505,000.00 given and $250,000.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
158 committees reported giving $452,184.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- REASONABLE INDEPENDENT CONSTRUCTIVE AND EFFECTIVE PAC (RICE PAC)Leadership PAC$15,000.00
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- LOBO PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- BRADY PACHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- I.B.E.W. LOCAL 103 FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$10,000.00
- THE REAL ESTATE ROUNDTABLE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (REALPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- FRONTLINE USALeadership PAC$7,500.00
- DOING RIGHT - RESULTS ACTION UNITY LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$5,200.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INT'L UNION OF BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AT&T INC./WARNERMEDIA LLC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T/WARNERMEDIA FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. FREEDOM FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- JOBS, OPPORTUNITIES AND EDUCATION PAC (JOE-PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- M-PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- GREAT LAKES PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- NIXON PEABODY LLP PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- FORWARD TOGETHER PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- MADISON PAC; THELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- KURT SCHRADER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$5,000.00
Show all 158 committees
- MURPHPACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- LEADERSHIP FOR ENTERPRISE AND OPPORTUNITY PACPAC$5,000.00
- THREE RIVERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BLUE HEN FEDERAL PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- TURQUOISE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- OFF THE SIDELINES PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- DEFENSE, ECONOMIC RENEWAL, EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CHERPACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- 4 MA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- HUDSON VALLEY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- VAQUERO PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- GRANITE VALUES PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- DEVELOPING A NEW GENERATION PAC (DANG PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- GOLDEN RULE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- JERSEY VALUES PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- COMMON GOOD PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- KATHLEEN RICE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- REMEDY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$4,000.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- TEXANS FOR LAMAR SMITHCandidate committee$3,000.00
- VICTORY NOW PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- HUSKY PACPAC$3,000.00
- EDPACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- MICHIGAN'S FUTURE PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- SCOTT PETERS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- TOGETHER ENCOURAGING DEMOCRACY - T.E.D. PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- LATINO LEADERS FOR EQUALITY GROWTH OPPORTUNITY PROGRESSIVE ACTION & CHANGE (LLEGO-PAC)Leadership PAC$2,800.00
- WORKING HARDER PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- HOULAPACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS FOR SUPERVISOR 2016Connected PAC$2,800.00
- REVIVING AMERICAN JOBS AGAIN PACLeadership PAC$2,502.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- SOCIETY FOR RELIEF OF DISTRESSED AND DECAYED PILOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,500.00
- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- FMR LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL (FIDELITY PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC)Leadership PAC$2,500.00
- OCEANS PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- KEYSTONE AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- PERIMETER PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- VICTORY BY INVESTING BUILDING AND EMPOWERING (VIBE) PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST - JEFF PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- GENERATION GO LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- TAKING THE HILL PACPAC$2,132.00
- HOYER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CONGRESSMAN BART GORDON COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- DOYLE FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- GUN SAFETY PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF MARIACandidate committee$2,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BADGERPACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS PAC/ INTN'L UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS (NEC PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- BRIAN HIGGINS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GREEN MOUNTAIN PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- SHORE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- LOEBSACK FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MASS PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- HIMES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BERA FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- TED DEUTCH FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- DENNY HECK FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AMERICAN DEFENSE AND MILITARY PAC (ADAM PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- JOBS AND INNOVATION MATTER PAC (JIM PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- VARGAS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF CHERI BUSTOSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- TONY CARDENAS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- WARREN DEMOCRATS, INC.Candidate committee$2,000.00
- SEAN PATRICK MALONEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JULIA BROWNLEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- PEOPLE FOR DEREK KILMERCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AMERICA NEEDS NEW INNOVATION AND ENERGY PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- HELPING EVERY CAMPAIGN KICKOFF (HECK PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- JAMIE RASKIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- STEPHANIE MURPHY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MILK RIVER PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- ELISSA SLOTKIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- TALLEY SERGENT FOR WEST VIRGINIACandidate committee$2,000.00
- LORI TRAHAN FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JOINING IDEAS TO MOTIVATE MOVEMENT FOR YOU (JIMMY PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- ABOVE THE BEST PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- SERVICE FIRST PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- NORTH ATLANTIC STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS & JOINERS OF AMERICA Company pageConnected PAC$1,750.00
- FRIENDS OF JOHN SARBANESCandidate committee$1,500.00
- FRIENDS OF DON BEYERCandidate committee$1,500.00
- BUILD OUR MOVEMENT PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- MEDICARE FOR ALLLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- JSTREETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,100.00
- SAC PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENTPAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CITIZENS FOR RUSHCandidate committee$1,000.00
- RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEECandidate committee$1,000.00
- MIKE THOMPSON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- AMERICA WORKS FEDERAL PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL POSTAL MAIL HANDLERS UNION - DIVISION OF LABORERS' INT'L UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- COOPER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- MCNERNEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- NARRAGANSETT BAY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BOREN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- TEXAS FIRST PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEMOCRATS UNITED TO CHANGE AND HOPE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- NEW SOUTH LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- QUIGLEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- KUSTER FOR CONGRESS, INCCandidate committee$1,000.00
- THE BILL KEATING COMMITTEECandidate committee$1,000.00
- COMMON SENSE DEMOCRAT PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- COMMON SENSE COLORADOLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ATHENA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MAPLE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CITIZENS FOR BOYLECandidate committee$1,000.00
- CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- ANTHONY BROWN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BLUE POWER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BMO FINANCIAL CORP GOOD GOVERNANCE FUND: FEDERAL (BMO PAC)PAC$1,000.00
- I GOT YOUR BACK PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- COLIN ALLRED FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ANDY KIM FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SERVING OUR COUNTRY (SOC) PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DOGWOOD PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SHARICE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- LIMITLESS HORIZONSLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ELECT MORE DEMOCRATS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GATEWAY TO LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BLUE NEVADA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SCIENCE TRUTH AND EXPERTISE MATTER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MARC VEASEY CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEECandidate committee$500.00
- HOBBS STRAUS TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY DEFENSE PACPAC$500.00
- LUCHADORA PACLeadership PAC$500.00
- UPSTATE VALUES PACLeadership PAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Joseph P Kennedy III$3,144,170.35
- Independent expenditures opposing Joseph P Kennedy III$7,261.13
FEC totals for the 2020 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.
- NEW LEADERSHIP PACSupporting$2,969,169.00
- IBEW 103Supporting$150,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEESupporting$25,000.00
- REBELLION PACOpposing$7,260.00
The race
Massachusetts U.S. Senate, 2020 · 8 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph P Kennedy III (D) | $11,400,834.45 | $12,992.34 | 2020-12-31 |
| Edward J. Sen. Markey (D) | $11,823,465.97 | $1,642,211.38 | 2020-12-31 |
| Joseph P Kennedy III (D) | $11,400,834.45 | $12,992.34 | 2020-12-31 |
| Shannon Liss-Riordan (D) | $3,242,867.09 | −$167.96 | 2020-08-28 |
| Shiva Ayyadurai (R) | $1,811,516.85 | $58,122.82 | 2020-12-31 |
| Kevin J O'Connor (R) | $947,013.91 | $62,963.08 | 2020-12-31 |
| Steve Pemberton (D) | $475,360.25 | $11,805.92 | 2020-12-31 |
| Edward James Mazzuchelli (I) | $5,625.00 | $659.33 | 2020-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MassInc | October 23–30, 2020 | 929 (LV) | – | Ed Markey 60% · Kevin O'Connor 29% |
| YouGov/UMass Amherst | October 14–21, 2020 | 713 (LV) | – | Ed Markey 65% · Kevin O'Connor 26% |
| Remington Research (R) | September 16–17, 2020 | 907 (LV) | ± 3.3% | Ed Markey 50% · Kevin O'Connor 40% |
| Change Research | August 23–25, 2019 | 1,008 (RV) | ± 3.1% | Ed Markey 44% · Charlie Baker 45% |
| Change Research | August 23–25, 2019 | 1,008 (RV) | ± 3.1% | Shannon Liss-Riordan 35% · Charlie Baker 54% |
| Change Research | August 23–25, 2019 | 1,008 (RV) | ± 3.1% | Joe Kennedy III 49% · Charlie Baker 41% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States Senate election in Massachusetts (retrieved October 23, 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: KENNEDY FOR MASSACHUSETTS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.
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