WELCH, PETER

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. Senate · Vermont · Statewide · Election 2028 · IncumbentS2VT00235

Overview

Raised: $248.8Kvs $330.9K 2023–2024
Spent: $356.4Kvs $577.3K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $1.6Mvs $1.7M 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

FEC candidate summary totals through Sep 30, 2026, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Compliance review · No open linked indicators

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).

No open indicators are linked in the published index. This is not a compliance clearance.

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. Senate · Vermont · Statewide
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2028
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: WELCH FOR VERMONT (C00795252)

The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$64.7K
Unitemized individual contributions$14.1K
Other committees$45K

Largest itemized receipts

FISHER, CYNTHIA57% Democratic / 43% RepublicanDerived from contributions$3,500PATIENTRIGHTSADVOCATE.ORG · Jun 3, 2026
CARLSON, LEROY T. JRDemocraticDerived from contributions$3,500TDS · Mar 6, 2026
CARLSON, LEROY T. JRDemocraticDerived from contributions$3,500TDS · Mar 6, 2026
MILLER, BRADY

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$249.2K
Transfers to affiliates$15K
Contribution refunds$2

Largest operating payments

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE$18.8KTAXES · Apr 14, 2025
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE$16.9KTAXES · Feb 27, 2026
NGP VAN$9,752ONLINE SOFTWARE · May 19, 2026
ELIAS LAW GROUP$9,536LEGAL SERVICES · Jun 23, 2025
ADP$7,254SEE MEMO ENTRY · Dec 26, 2025
NGP VAN$6,182ONLINE SOFTWARE · Jun 8, 2026
ADP$4,473SEE MEMO ENTRY · Aug 28, 2025
NGP VAN$4,188ONLINE SOFTWARE · Jul 24, 2025
NGP VAN$3,275ONLINE SOFTWARE · Jan 13, 2025

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$543	$0
Feb 25	$543	$1,000
Mar 25	$1,503	$0
Apr 25	$3,896	$5,000
May 25	$4,653	$0
Jun 25	$608	$0
Jul 25	$523	$0
Aug 25	$528	$0
Sep 25	$495	$0
Oct 25	$2,472	$2,000
Nov 25	$1,472	$0
Dec 25	$467	$0
Jan 26	$1,567	$0
Feb 26	$967	$1,000
Mar 26	$10,242	$0
Apr 26	$11,747	$5,000
May 26	$18,757	$0
Jun 26	$6,252	$10,000

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2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. Senate
State / district: Vermont · Statewide
Party affiliation: Democratic
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2028
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: PO BOX 909 · RICHMOND, Vermont, 05477
Compliance screening: View review flags

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

VERMONT SENATE VICTORY FUNDC00801357 Joint fundraising participantWELCH FOR VERMONTC00795252
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1957557Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
WELCH FOR VERMONTC00795252 Authorized candidateWELCH, PETERS2VT00235
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
WELCH FOR VERMONTC00795252 Connected organizationVERMONT SENATE VICTORY FUNDReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jan 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026
Contribution refunds: $2
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: Not reported

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash30805abbfeebfa329c92e247fc34e2ebda32e4bacd3bfc554e46cbf8373c1d50

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