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Benjamin L. Cardin

Benjamin L. Cardin

Senator · MD
DemocratFormer memberServed 1987–2025Born 1943

Campaign fundraising

Senate · MD
Raised, 2025–26
$10K
Spent
$474K
Cash on hand
$0
Reported through
Sep 30, 2026
Current cycle

Receipts per two-year cycle

$0$2.5M$5M2013–14: $338,988.002013–142015–16: $518,211.002015–162017–18: $4,067,153.242017–182019–20: $207,360.902019–202021–22: $182,295.472021–222023–24: $30,982.352023–242025–26: $10,472.512025–26
Campaign receipts per two-year cycle
CycleReceipts
2013–14$338,988.00
2015–16$518,211.00
2017–18$4,067,153.24
2019–20$207,360.90
2021–22$182,295.47
2023–24$30,982.35
2025–26$10,472.51

2018 race · MD Senate

  • Benjamin L Cardin · D · Incumbent$4.92M
  • Neal Simon · I · Challenger$2.11M
  • Jerome Segal · D · Challenger$1.70M
  • Antono Wade Campbell · R · Challenger$198K
  • Charles S Faddis · R · Challenger$189K
  • Chelsea Elizabeth Manning · D · Challenger$95K
  • Christina Grigorian · R · Challenger$42K
  • Michael B Puskar · OTH · Challenger$6,014
  • Erik Jetmir · D · Challenger$5,498

Total receipts for the whole 2018 election period. 9 candidates reported receipts.

Source: Federal Election Commission candidate totals, all authorized campaign committees combined; principal campaign committee BEN CARDIN FOR SENATE, INC.; cycles since 2013–14; updated Nov 4, 2026. No individual donor data.

PAC contributions

2019–20
From committees
$138K
Net of refunds
Committees
67
Contributions
76
CommitteeCompany / sponsorMember's tradesContributionsTotal
Kidney Care Partners Political Action CommitteeIdeological / issue——2$9,000
Transamerica Corporation PACCorporateTransamerica—3$7,500
Pacific Life Insurance Company Political Action CommitteeCorporatePacific Life Insurance Company—1$5,000
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company Political Action CommitteeCorporateMassachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company—1$5,000
United Services Automobile Association Employee PAC - USAA Employee PACCorporateUnited Services Automobile Association—2$5,000
Principal Life Insurance Company Political Action CommitteeCorporatePrincipal Life Insurance Company—2$3,000
The Vanguard Group Committee for Responsible GovernmentCorporateThe Vanguard Group—2$3,000
Finseca PACTrade association——2$3,000
Asurion LLC Political Action Committee (Asurion PAC)CorporateAsurion LLC—1$3,000
State Street Bank and Trust Company Voluntary Political Action CommitteeCorporateState Street Bank and Trust Company—1$2,500
Investment Company Institute Political Action Committee (ICI PAC)Trade associationInvestment Company Institute—1$2,500
America's Health Insurance Plans, Inc. PAC (Ahip PAC)Trade associationAmerica's Health Insurance Plans, Inc.—1$2,500
Prudential Financial Inc. Federal Political Action Committee (AKA - Prudential Federal PAC)CorporatePRUPrudential Financial Inc.—1$2,500
American Council of Life Insurers Political Action CommitteeTrade associationAmerican Council of Life Insurers—1$2,500
Equitable Holdings, Inc. Political Action Committee (Equitable PAC)CorporateEQHEquitable Holdings, Inc.—1$2,500
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. PAC (AKA THE Hartford Advocates Fund)CorporateHIGHartford Insurance Group, Inc.—1$2,500
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Federal PACCorporate——1$2,500
Amgen Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporateAMGNAmgen Inc.—1$2,500
Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporateInvesco Holding Company (US), Inc.—1$2,500
Dell Technologies, Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporateDELLDell Technologies Inc.—1$2,500
Edward Jones PACIdeological / issue——1$2,500
Ameriprise Financial Inc. Political Action Committee (AMERIPRISEPAC)CorporateAMPAmeriprise Financial Inc.—2$2,500
Rga Reinsurance Company Federal PACCorporate——1$2,500
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Political Action CommitteeCorporateVertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated—1$2,500
Noble Energy Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporateNoble Energy, Inc.—1$2,500
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Contributions (incl. in-kind) from PACs, party and other candidate committees to Benjamin L. Cardin's campaign committees in the 2019–20 cycle, net of refunds, from the committees' own FEC reports. Donations from individuals passed through WinRed or ActBlue are not included. Company and ticker matched by name; no ticker means no listed company was found; for other committees the sponsor as registered with the FEC. Member's trades counts every disclosed trade in that company's stock. Filers that aren't committees are combined into one line.

Source: Federal Election Commission bulk data (committee contributions and independent expenditures); updated Nov 4, 2026. No individual donor data.