Candidate · November 3, 2026

Chris Coons

On the ballot for U.S. Senate · Delaware

DemocraticIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$5.0M
cash on hand
$5.0M
issues with public statements
7
outside spending for or against
$243K

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. Senate · Delaware1
Party on the ballotDemocratic1
StatusIncumbent — Currently serves as a U.S. senator from Delaware.2
Also on the ballot

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Chris Coons grew up in Hockessin, Delaware, earned bachelor's degrees in chemistry and political science from Amherst College, and holds a law degree from Yale Law School and a master's degree in ethics from Yale Divinity School.3 He worked for the I Have a Dream Foundation and the National Coalition for the Homeless, and as an attorney for W.L. Gore & Associates.3 He served as New Castle County Council president and New Castle County executive before joining the U.S. Senate.3 In the Senate he serves on the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee and co-chairs the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus and Law Enforcement Caucus.3

Why they say they're running

His campaign website says getting the country back on track means focusing on opportunity, security and justice, and describes his work on creating jobs, lowering costs and protecting Delaware's values.3,4

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2021–nowU.S. Senator, DE2

Websites and accounts

§3What they've said on the issues

Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.

Economy, Jobs and Trade

Tariffs

His campaign website says the president's tariffs are unlawful and have raised everyday costs and the cost of building homes, and that he is pushing back on them.4

Health Care

Health insurance system

His campaign website says everyone should have access to quality, affordable health care and that he has fought threats to the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid.4

Federal Medicaid funding

His campaign website says he fought the administration's efforts to cut Medicaid, and says the One Big Beautiful Bill cut access to it.3,4

Foreign Policy and Defense

Aid to Ukraine

His campaign website says he remains committed to standing with Ukrainians in their fight for freedom.4

Crime, Policing and Prisons

Police funding

His campaign website says that as co-chair of the Senate Law Enforcement Caucus he has worked to increase resources for local law enforcement.4

Immigration

Immigration enforcement inside the country

His campaign website says he has introduced legislation to create an oversight body to monitor abuses by ICE and to keep its officers out of places such as schools and hospitals, and that he has long worked toward comprehensive immigration reform.4

Technology, Privacy and AI

Children and social media

His campaign website lists the Kids Online Safety Act (2024) among the bipartisan bills it says he helped pass to protect children online.3

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Chris Coons served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Chris Coons sponsored or cosponsored 40 of the 50. How bills die without a vote.

See all 50

§5Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.57

Raised$4,956,015
Spent$2,109,504
Cash on hand$5,031,711

Where the money came from

Individual donors$2.2M · 45%
PACs and other political committees$1.6M · 33%
Transfers from the candidate's other committees$994K · 20%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$119K · 2%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $243,323 supporting and $0 opposing Chris Coons this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 7, 2026.58

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
AB PAC$231,764—
National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee$11,559—

Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.

§6Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.

Senate candidates and senators file with the Senate's own disclosure system, which asks each visitor to agree to its terms before searching, so we can't link straight to a filing. You can search for Chris Coons at efdsearch.senate.gov59.