Former President Donald Trump (R) leads the field of Republican presidential primary candidates in fundraising with $79.6 million in cumulative receipts. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley (R) follows with $36 million, and then businessman Ryan Binkley with $10.2 million.
The chart below shows total receipts, contributions, and disbursements for each noteworthy Republican presidential candidate through Dec. 31, 2023. It only displays data for principal campaign committees, not candidate-affiliated PACs.
Incumbent President Joe Biden (D) leads the Democratic primary field in fundraising with $89.8 million in receipts. U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips follows with $5 million, and then author Marianne Williamson (D) with $3.9 million. Biden also leads in spending with $44.1 million in disbursements. Philips and Williamson follow with $4.7 million and $3.6 million, respectively.
The chart below shows total receipts, contributions, and disbursements for each noteworthy Democratic presidential candidate through Dec. 31, 2023. It only displays data for principal campaign committees, not candidate-affiliated PACs.
In reports to the FEC, political campaigns must distinguish between receipts and contributions. All contributions are receipts, but not all receipts are contributions. Receipts is a broad term for all money that goes into a campaign account. While contributions from individuals often make up the majority of a campaign’s contributions, money can also come from other sources such as loans taken out by the campaign, dividends or interest on loans or investments made by the campaign, transfers of money from other political committees, and offsets to a campaign’s expenditures in the form of rebates or refunds.
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