Gary C. Peters

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

96.8%

Direct-contributionshare

Aggregate-only · no individual donor names on the card

What the money says

Plain language · cited

Raised $50,113,275 in the 2020 cycle. FEC ↗ Placed at approximately the 93rd percentile among other U.S. Senate members this cycle.

39.5% of individual money came from small-dollar donors under $200. PACs supplied 6.4% of contributions. FEC ↗

Direct contributions — individuals, PACs, and party — make up 96.8% 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

Small-dollar donors under $200 supplied 39.5% of this campaign's individual money — among the more small-dollar-funded campaigns in the U.S. Senate.

Funding profile

Unweighted · never a blended score

Small-donor (grassroots) share39.5%

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 size53.3%

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 contributions6.4%

Committee & JFC transfer share3.2%

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 share33.7%

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

Top-20 donor concentration0.5%

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

39.5%

60.5%

Small-dollar under $200Itemized $200+

All contributions

Individuals vs. political action committees

93.6%

6.4%

IndividualsPACs

Funding mix & position over time

Across every election cycle on record

Small-dollar share up from 17.2% (2008) to 28.8% (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

2008 17.2%2010 13%2012 12.1%2014 21.3%2016 12.4%2018 26.8%2020 39.5%2022 47.2%2024 31.8%2026 28.8%

Direct-contribution share

2008 98%2010 99%2012 98.6%2014 97.5%2016 98.8%2018 97.8%2020 96.8%2022 88.1%2024 96.2%2026 11.3%

PAC share of contributions

2008 30.3%2010 37.4%2012 46.7%2014 22.1%2016 56.1%2018 35%2020 6.4%2022 14.6%2024 28.2%2026 33.8%

Cash on hand

2008 $45K2010 $93K2012 $487K2014 $222K2016 $673K2018 $1.5M2020 $1.8M2022 $5.1M2024 $7.1M2026 $6.5M

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 Appropriations

Minority

Senate Committee on Appropriations — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

Minority

Senate Committee on Appropriations — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

Minority

Senate Committee on Appropriations — Energy and Water Development

Minority

Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Homeland Security

Minority

Senate Committee on Appropriations — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies

Minority

Senate Committee on Armed Services

Minority

Senate Committee on Armed Services — Airland

Minority

Senate Committee on Armed Services — Cybersecurity

Minority

Senate Committee on Armed Services — Emerging Threats and Capabilities

Minority

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 — Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries

Minority

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness

Minority

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

Ranking Member

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Ranking Member

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

Ex Officio

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census

Ex Officio

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs

Ex Officio

Sector / industry breakdown

Itemized individual donors · by employer/occupation

Employer/occupation reported on itemized ($200+) individual contributions, grouped into broad sectors. Sectors with fewer than 5 distinct donors are folded into "All other (suppressed)" so no small group can be traced to one donor. Based on this committee's largest itemized contributions (a bounded sample, not the complete donor list) — sector totals are approximate and won't sum to the full itemized total.

Retired / not employed

$844K · 3.1% of itemized

unclassified

$836K · 3% of itemized

Finance / insurance

$358K · 1.3% of itemized

Legal

$235K · 0.9% of itemized

Self-employed

$210K · 0.8% of itemized

Technology

$104K · 0.4% of itemized

Education

$78K · 0.3% of itemized

Healthcare

$73K · 0.3% of itemized

Real estate

$45K · 0.2% of itemized

Media / entertainment

$22K · 0.1% of itemized

All other (suppressed)

$20K · 0.1% of itemized

Agriculture

$17K · 0.1% of itemized

Affiliated committees

Separate FEC filings · not counted above

Separate FEC-registered committees linked to this member — leadership-PAC or joint-fundraising vehicles. Each reports its own money in its own filing; those dollars are not part of the receipts above and are never added to them. The link is the FEC candidate–committee association and does not imply the member controls or personally receives these funds.

GREAT LAKES VICTORY FUND FEC ↗

raised $13K · 2020

Outside spending

Separate FEC filings · not counted above

Outside groups reported $50.8M in independent expenditures naming this candidate this cycle: $11.3M supporting, $39.5M 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 ↗

SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND FEC ↗

$17.5M opposing

BETTER FUTURE MI FUND FEC ↗

$11.2M opposing

NRSC FEC ↗

$1.2M supporting · $7.0M opposing

BLACK PAC FEC ↗

$3.7M supporting

RESTORATION PAC FEC ↗

$2.4M opposing

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.