Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Rio Phillips

Party
Independent
Running for
U.S. Senate · West Virginia
Filing address
Charleston, WV (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
PHILLIPS, RIO
Next election
General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of West Virginia with the whole state highlighted

West Virginia

IndependentU.S. Senate · West VirginiaChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID S6WV00170 · Principal campaign committee: RIO PHILLIPS FOR WEST VIRGINIA

Total raised$13,776.25
Total spent$13,624.35
Cash on hand$151.90
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through April 22, 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: $12,814.04Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $843.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $119.21
  • Individual contributions$12,814.0493%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$843.006%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$119.211%

Self-funding: $843.00 (6% of money raised): $843.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$7,031.5455%
  • Contributions over $200$5,782.5045%
  • Itemized from inside West Virginia$6,173.2892%
  • Itemized from other states$515.008%

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

Raised and spent over time

$7K$0 YEAR-END: raised $6,882.09YEAR-END: spent $4,682.24APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $5,237.81APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $6,698.40PRE-PRIMARY: raised $1,656.35PRE-PRIMARY: spent $2,243.712025-122026-032026-04

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

West Virginia U.S. Senate, 2026 · 12 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Rio Phillips (I)$13,776.25$151.902026-04-22
Shelley Moore Capito (R)$5,449,866.00$3,071,076.352026-10-14
Jonathan Derrick Evans (R)$1,224,177.75$87,926.962026-09-30
Thomas Edward Willis II (R)$641,739.27$0.002026-09-30
Zachary C Shrewsbury (D)$511,968.82$7.892026-10-14
Rachel Lee Fetty Anderson (D)$164,557.53$35,681.482026-10-14
S. Marshall Wilson (C)$65,287.21$1,250.192026-10-14
Janet McNulty (R)$6,880.43$0.002026-06-30
Alexander Gaaserud (R)$3,000.00$1,260.002026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States Senate election in West Virginia (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: RIO PHILLIPS FOR WEST VIRGINIA.
  • 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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