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The Political Parties, by the Numbers

Who holds power, how each party’s members vote, what their campaigns raise — and the third parties fielding candidates without a single seat.

Source data last read . Seats follow the roster sync; votes refresh after each roll-call run; FEC totals daily.

The parties

In office: senators, representatives and governors today. Candidates and raised: US House and Senate campaigns for 2026 that have raised over $5,000, the threshold at which the FEC requires a campaign to register. A party’s own candidate list also counts state and local races and smaller campaigns, so it will be longer.

Power

Who holds the seats

Every seat in the House and Senate and every governorship, by the party of the person holding it today.

Seats by chamber

  • Democrats

    215

  • Independents

    1

  • Republicans

    218

  • Vacant

    1

Republicans hold exactly a majority, with no seat to spare.

218 seats is a majority of 435. Independents are counted on their own, not with the party they caucus with.

Control at a glance

  • House

    218 of 435 for a majority

    Democrats 215 · Independents 1 · Republicans 218 · Vacant 1

  • Senate

    51 of 100 for a majority

    Democrats 45 · Independents 2 · Republicans 53

  • Governors

    26 of 50 for a majority

    Democrats 24 · Republicans 26

The dashed line marks a majority. Bars run Democrats, independents, Republicans, then vacancies.

Side by side

The parties’ officeholders, compared

The same measures for every sitting official, summed or averaged by party. Pick a party above to bring its column forward.

  • Seats held

    Congress + governors

    Democrats

    284

    Republicans

    297

    Independents

    3

  • Average party unity

    Votes with own party’s majority

    Democrats

    96.0%

    Republicans

    96.1%

    Independents

    94.8%

  • Votes against party

    Total, all members

    Democrats

    7,353

    Republicans

    6,949

    Independents

    140

  • Average age

    Members with a birth year

    Democrats

    60.3

    Republicans

    59.7

    Independents

    69.3

  • Median years in office

    Current term on file

    Democrats

    7.8

    Republicans

    7.0

    Independents

    13.8

  • Raised this cycle

    Sitting members, FEC

    Democrats

    $690M

    Republicans

    $672M

    Independents

    $26.2M

  • Raised per member

    Members with an FEC record

    Democrats

    $2.7M

    Republicans

    $2.5M

    Independents

    $8.7M

  • Stock trades disclosed

    House PTR rows on file

    Democrats

    4,483

    Republicans

    5,664

    Independents

    38

  • Members who traded

    At least one PTR trade

    Democrats

    77

    Republicans

    101

    Independents

    1

Voting

How often members vote with their party

Party unity is the share of a member’s yea-or-nay votes that matched the majority of their own party on the same roll call. It is a count, not a judgment: breaking ranks can be principle, local politics, or protest.

Members by party-unity rate

Members of Congress with enough recorded votes for a rate. Everyone below 75% is in the first column.

Age of sitting officials

Congress and governors with a birth year on file, by decade of age this year.

Democrats who break ranks most
  1. 1Henry CuellarHenry CuellarRep. · TX-2816575.2% unity
  2. 2John FettermanJohn FettermanSenator · PA16480.8% unity
  3. 3Marie Gluesenkamp PerezMarie Gluesenkamp PerezRep. · WA-0314478.3% unity
  4. 4Donald G. DavisDonald G. DavisRep. · NC-0114378.3% unity
  5. 5Jared F. GoldenJared F. GoldenRep. · ME-0214178.5% unity
Republicans who break ranks most
  1. 1Thomas MassieThomas MassieRep. · KY-0416274.3% unity
  2. 2Susan M. CollinsSusan M. CollinsSenator · ME14484.3% unity
  3. 3Rand PaulRand PaulSenator · KY13884.2% unity
  4. 4Chip RoyChip RoyRep. · TX-2112580.3% unity
  5. 5Lisa MurkowskiLisa MurkowskiSenator · AK12386.0% unity

Money

Campaign money in the 2026 cycle

What every party’s candidates have raised, as reported to the Federal Election Commission — including the third parties that hold no seats.

  • Democratic Party

    $2.23B

    1,284 candidates · 1,166 House · 118 Senate

  • Republican Party

    $1.40B

    983 candidates · 862 House · 121 Senate

  • Independents

    $33.6M

    118 candidates · 98 House · 20 Senate

  • Libertarian Party

    $849K

    21 candidates · 13 House · 8 Senate

  • Green Party

    $358K

    5 candidates · 5 House · 0 Senate

  • Constitution Party

    $97K

    2 candidates · 0 House · 2 Senate

  • Other parties

    $12.8M

    11 candidates · 4 House · 7 Senate

Every House and Senate candidate with an FEC campaign committee for 2026, totals as the FEC reports them. FEC party codes are grouped: “Independents” covers IND, NPA, UN, NNE, NON and NOP; Minnesota’s DFL is counted with the Democrats. These are registered campaigns, not the November ballot.

Raised per sitting member

Current officeholders with a 2026 FEC committee. Senators not up this cycle can report little or nothing.

Map

Every state’s delegation

Each state’s members of Congress and its governor. Tap a state to list its officials below.

Tile tint: party with a majority of the state’s members of Congress (grey if split).Dot: the governor’s party.Bar: every House and Senate seat, D · I · R.

People

Every official, by party

All sitting senators, representatives and governors. Pick a party above, filter, and open any profile for their full record.

584 officials

Questions

How many Democrats and Republicans are in Congress?
The House has 218 Republicans and 215 Democrats and 1 independent. The Senate has 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats and 2 independents.
How many governors are Republican or Democratic?
26 governors are Republicans and 24 are Democrats.
Do third parties hold any seats?
No Libertarian, Green or Constitution Party member holds a seat in Congress or a governorship today. Their candidates do file with the FEC: 21 Libertarian Party candidates raised $849K; 5 Green Party candidates raised $358K; 2 Constitution Party candidates raised $97K in the 2026 cycle. Those counts are federal campaigns only — US House and Senate — that have raised over $5,000, the point at which the FEC requires one to register. A party's own candidate list also includes state and local races and smaller campaigns, so it will be longer.
What is party unity?
The share of a member’s yea-or-nay roll-call votes that matched the majority of their own party on the same vote. Present votes and missed votes are not counted.

Sources and methods

  • Seats — the sitting roster of Congress (reconciled against the public congress-legislators dataset) and the 50 governors. Vacant seats are shown as vacant.
  • Party unity and votes against party — computed from every recorded House and Senate roll call; only yea and nay count. Members with too few qualifying votes have no rate. Governors cast no congressional votes.
  • Campaign money — Federal Election Commission candidate totals for the 2026 cycle, grouped by FEC party code. Only federal campaigns that have crossed the FEC’s $5,000 registration threshold appear, so a party’s state and local candidates, and its smallest federal campaigns, are not counted. Sitting members’ figures are their own principal committees.
  • Stock trades — periodic transaction reports filed with the House Clerk under the STOCK Act. Senate filings are not included.
  • Party facts — founding years and websites as each party publishes them. Nothing on this page rates or ranks a party.

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