Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Charles E. Schumer

Official portrait of Charles E. Schumer
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from New York (class 3)
Leadership
Senate Minority Leader
Party
Democrat
Born
1950
In Congress
House since 1981 · Senate since 1999 · 45 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029
FEC filing name
SCHUMER, CHARLES E.
Next election
Primary April 7, 2022 · General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of New York with the whole state highlighted

New York

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

DemocraticU.S. Senate · New YorkIncumbentLost the general election (51.65%)

FEC candidate ID S8NY00082 · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF SCHUMER

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · New York$1,159,715.69Not up for election in 2026; seat is next up in 2028
2021–2022U.S. Senate · New York$37,885,457.97Lost the general election (51.65%)
Total raised$37,885,457.97
Total spent$38,279,011.80
Cash on hand$9,882,043.66
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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: $34,530,355.91PACs and other committees: $2,961,915.35Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $47,400.82Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $345,785.89
  • Individual contributions$34,530,355.9191%
  • PACs and other committees$2,961,915.358%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$47,400.820%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$345,785.891%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

637 committees reported giving $3,001,960.00 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 Charles E. Schumer$505,810.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Charles E. Schumer$81,140.18
  • Company and union communications to members about Charles E. Schumer$23,619.31

FEC totals for the 2022 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

New York U.S. Senate, 2022 · 9 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Charles E. Schumer (D)$37,885,457.97$9,882,043.662022-12-31
Joseph Pinion III (R)$592,671.29$31,606.332022-12-31
Diane Sare (I)$356,578.66$6,444.962022-12-31
Aleksander Mici (R)$59,910.48$0.002022-06-30
Calvin Job Driggers (R)$6,002.00$0.002022-12-05
Moses R Mugulusi (D)$5,564.66−$6,751.642022-12-31
Bryan Hill (R)$3,172.00$1,756.232022-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

Polling average: Chuck Schumer 55% · Joe Pinion 38.6% (Schumer +16.4). Averages listed on Wikipedia from Real Clear Politics, FiveThirtyEight, 270towin.

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Research Co.November 4–6, 2022450 (LV)± 4.6%Chuck Schumer 55% · Joe Pinion 37%
ActiVote (D)August 8 – November 6, 2022279 (LV)± 6.0%Chuck Schumer 60% · Joe Pinion 40%
Emerson CollegeOctober 28–31, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%Chuck Schumer 55% · Joe Pinion 36%
The Trafalgar Group (R)October 27–31, 20221,198 (LV)± 2.9%Chuck Schumer 51% · Joe Pinion 40%
KAConsulting (R)October 27–29, 2022501 (LV)± 4.4%Chuck Schumer 50% · Joe Pinion 38%
Data for Progress (D)October 26–28, 2022818 (LV)± 3.0%Chuck Schumer 56% · Joe Pinion 39%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States Senate election in New York (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: FRIENDS OF SCHUMER.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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