Edward J. Markey

Democrat U.S. Senate · MA · cycle 2020 · data as of 2026-11-02 · 2026 races in MA

91.7%

Direct-contributionshare

Aggregate-only · no individual donor names on the card

What the money says

Plain language · cited

Raised $11,823,466 in the 2020 cycle. FEC ↗ Placed at approximately the 55th percentile among other U.S. Senate members this cycle.

31.9% of individual money came from small-dollar donors under $200. PACs supplied 9.1% of contributions. FEC ↗

Direct contributions — individuals, PACs, and party — make up 91.7% of receipts (excluding self-funding and loans); the rest is transfers from other committees and other receipts, also disclosed. FEC ↗

Auto-generated from the data above

Funding is spread across individual and committee sources, with no single category standing out from the rest of the U.S. Senate.

Funding profile

Unweighted · never a blended score

Small-donor (grassroots) share31.9%

From the unitemized (sub-$200) total, which reconciles exactly against FEC's individual-contribution figure. Small gifts that ActBlue/WinRed itemize aren't counted here — see the size-based measure below.

Small-dollar by transaction size41.3%

Share of itemized + unitemized contributions received in individual transactions under $200 (FEC schedule_a/by_size), counting each gift by its own amount — so it captures small repeat donors the unitemized field hides. Its denominator is raw itemized receipts, so it reads conservatively.

PAC share of contributions9.1%

Committee & JFC transfer share7.1%

Share of receipts (excluding self-funding and loans) that arrived as transfers from joint-fundraising and other authorized committees rather than direct contributions — reported in the sending committees’ filings, never undisclosed “dark” money. This bar is the transfer component only, not the whole non-direct remainder — a determined 0% means no transfer receipts (other complement receipts such as offsets may still exist); “—” means no external receipts to decompose.

In-state contributor share44.9%

Share of itemized individual dollars from in-state donors — unitemized (<$200) contributions have no state breakdown.

Top-20 donor concentration2.6%

Share from the 20 largest individual donors this 2-year period, by exact name — a neutral concentration measure, approximate (recurring small-dollar donors may be undercounted), not a score.

How the money splits

Exact, from FEC aggregates

Individual contributions

Small-dollar (<$200) vs. larger itemized giving

31.9%

68.1%

Small-dollar under $200Itemized $200+

All contributions

Individuals vs. political action committees

90.9%

9.1%

IndividualsPACs

Funding mix & position over time

Across every election cycle on record

Small-dollar share up from 0% (1984) to 34.1% (2026) A cycle with too little reported money to trust any ratio is left out entirely; a cycle where one specific figure can't be computed (e.g. an all-itemizing committee has no small-dollar figure to read) is left out of just that line. Includes cycles run for a different chamber.

Small-dollar share

1984 0%1988 0%1990 0%1992 0%1994 0%1996 0%1998 0%2000 0%2002 0.4%2004 1.5%2006 0%2008 0.5%2010 1.8%2012 2.4%2014 22.7%2016 25.3%2018 29.2%2020 31.9%2022 27.8%2024 11.8%2026 34.1%

Direct-contribution share

1980 0%1982 0%1984 0%1988 0%1990 0%1992 0%1994 0%1996 0.1%1998 0.4%2000 0%2002 28.4%2004 98.2%2006 85.8%2008 87.5%2010 92.2%2012 84.3%2014 96.5%2016 92.4%2018 98.7%2020 91.7%2022 78.5%2024 62.3%2026 55.2%

PAC share of contributions

1984 0%1988 0%1990 0%1992 0%1994 0%1996 0.1%1998 0.3%2000 0%2002 0%2004 23.4%2006 51.7%2008 46.2%2010 47.8%2012 47.2%2014 16.4%2016 23.5%2018 14.7%2020 9.1%2022 4.7%2024 10.1%2026 20%

Cash on hand

1980 $01982 $01984 $2K1988 $451K1990 $580K1992 $131K1994 $346K1996 $689K1998 $754K2000 $760K2002 $739K2004 $2.4M2006 $2.4M2008 $2.8M2010 $3.1M2012 $3.1M2014 $2.2M2016 $2.0M2018 $2.8M2020 $1.6M2022 $1.6M2024 $1.8M2026 $1.3M

Committee assignments

congress-legislators (CC0)

Current committee and subcommittee seats, from the public congressional record. Listed independently of the funding figures on this page — a committee seat is not evidence of why any contribution was made.

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Minority

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Telecommunications and Media

Minority

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy

Minority

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety

Minority

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

Minority

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight

Minority

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety

Minority

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Transportation and Infrastructure

Minority

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Minority

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Education and the American Family

Minority

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Primary Health and Retirement Security

Ranking Member

Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Ranking Member

Outside spending

Separate FEC filings · not counted above

Outside groups reported $5.1M in independent expenditures naming this candidate this cycle: $4.0M supporting, $1.1M opposing (FEC Schedule E). These are filed by the groups themselves, not this candidate's committee, and are not part of the receipts above. FEC ↗

UNITED FOR MASSACHUSETTS FEC ↗

$3.6M supporting

NEW LEADERSHIP PAC FEC ↗

$1.1M opposing

ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND FEC ↗

$300K supporting

INDIVISIBLE ACTION FEC ↗

$72K supporting

CHINESE PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL ACTION IE PAC FEC ↗

$9K supporting

Individual-donor detail

Held for the deep-table phase. v1 shows aggregate figures only — by design, not by omission.

NameCity / StateEmployerOccupationAmountDateStreet addressPhone

Statutory notice. When individual detail ships, street address and phone are never shown, and the data may not be used to solicit contributions or for any commercial purpose (52 U.S.C. §30111(a)(4)). Named individuals appear only here in the deep table — never on a shareable card — each with a match-confidence indicator.