SANDERS, BERNARD

IndependentFEC reportedIndependent candidate · U.S. Senate · Vermont · Statewide · Election 2030 · IncumbentS4VT00033

Overview

Raised: $26.3Mvs $36.3M 2023–2024
Spent: $14.7Mvs $33.9M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $22.4Mvs $10.7M 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 indicators

19 open

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).

19 receipt eligibility · 0 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Foreign-address eligibility →Associated amount: $500
The filing uses FEC foreign-address code ZZ. A foreign address does not establish foreign-national status; verify eligibility without inferring citizenship from geography.
Evidence date: Apr 18, 2025
Foreign-address eligibility →Associated amount: $500
The filing uses FEC foreign-address code ZZ. A foreign address does not establish foreign-national status; verify eligibility without inferring citizenship from geography.
Evidence date: Jan 28, 2025
Foreign-address eligibility →Associated amount: $271
The filing uses FEC foreign-address code ZZ. A foreign address does not establish foreign-national status; verify eligibility without inferring citizenship from geography.
Evidence date: Feb 2, 2025
Foreign-address eligibility →Associated amount: $250
The filing uses FEC foreign-address code ZZ. A foreign address does not establish foreign-national status; verify eligibility without inferring citizenship from geography.
Evidence date: Mar 1, 2025

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

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Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. Senate · Vermont · Statewide
Reported party: Independent
Election year: 2030
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF BERNIE SANDERS (C00411330)

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$6.5M
Unitemized individual contributions$18.4M
Other committees$27

Top contributors

NUPEN, RIENALDYIndependent contributionsDerived from contributions$21K4 contributions
LIU, ALLEN85% DemocraticDerived from contributions$16K5 contributions
JOHNSTON, ROBERTIndependent contributions · 15% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$9,10027 contributions

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$12.4M
Transfers to affiliates$550K
Contribution refunds$105.1K

Largest transfers and contributions to committees

JSTREETPAC99% Democratic-aligned activity · 1% unclassifiedInferred from activity$50

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Largest operating payments

AISLE 518 STRATEGIES, LLC$540KDIGITAL ADVERTISING · Feb 25, 2025
AISLE 518 STRATEGIES, LLC$350KDIGITAL ADVERTISING · Mar 31, 2025
AMERICAN EXPRESS$194.8KCREDIT CARD - SEE DETAILS · Aug 20, 2025
AMERICAN EXPRESS$182.3KCREDIT CARD - SEE DETAILS · Apr 10, 2025
AMERICAN EXPRESS$160.1KCREDIT CARD - SEE DETAILS · Mar 24, 2025

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$71,830	$0
Feb 25	$573,986	$0
Mar 25	$1,008,326	$2,000
Apr 25	$576,627	$0
May 25	$230,586	$0
Jun 25	$255,157	$0
Jul 25	$310,024	$0
Aug 25	$333,503	$0
Sep 25	$335,600	$0
Oct 25	$393,699	$0
Nov 25	$302,948	$0
Dec 25	$322,153	$0
Jan 26	$330,527	$0
Feb 26	$356,319	$0
Mar 26	$323,968	$0
Apr 26	$252,802	$0
May 26	$295,673	$0
Jun 26	$230,887	$1,000

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Financial timeline

2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. Senate
State / district: Vermont · Statewide
Party affiliation: Independent
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2030
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 72 KILLARNEY DRIVE · BURLINGTON, Vermont, 05401
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.

FRIENDS OF BERNIE SANDERSC00411330 Authorized candidateSANDERS, BERNARDS4VT00033
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
PROGRESSIVE VOTERS OF AMERICAC00406553 Leadership PAC sponsorSANDERS, BERNARDS4VT00033
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1934716Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jan 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026
Contribution refunds: $105,131
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: Not reported

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash633854772f104a807d1f61706ce320ca4bfc86875a58bf87ccae1e89275591f6

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SANDERS, BERNARD

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Largest transfers and contributions to committees

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Money network