# The governors' money race is a dead heat: $216.8M vs $215.8M

Published 2026-11-07 · By Pushbuild · Data: [IRS 527 Political Organizations API – Contributions and Expenditures](https://pushbuild.com/apis/irs-527-political-organizations.html)

**$216.8**The governors' money race is a dead heat · as of 2026-11-07

**The Republican Governors Association reported $216.8M in contributions in 2025-26 and the Democratic Governors Association $215.8M.** The DGA had three times as many donors (9,827 to 3,261). Attorneys-general groups: Republicans $69.0M, Democrats $62.5M.

“File and search for notices and reports filed with the Service under IRC section 527.”

— [IRS Political Organization Filing and Disclosure](https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/political-organizations/political-organization-filing-and-disclosure)

## Caveats

Same data as draft 1; donors counted by name as filed.

## Sources

- [IRS Political Organization Filing and Disclosure](https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/political-organizations/political-organization-filing-and-disclosure), read through the Pushbuild [IRS 527 Political Organizations API](https://pushbuild.com/apis/irs-527-political-organizations.html) on 2026-11-07

Data as of 2026-11-07. Every figure in this post is in the table above and the CSV below.

Download the data behind this post: [b4-527-top-orgs-receipts-2025-26.csv](https://pushbuild.com/apis/analysis/data/b4-527-top-orgs-receipts-2025-26.csv)

## Get this data

Every number in this post comes from the [IRS 527 Political Organizations API – Contributions and Expenditures](https://pushbuild.com/apis/irs-527-political-organizations.html). $0.0008 per row returned; every key gets $1 of free usage each month.

```
curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/irs-527-political-organizations/run \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"organization": "Governors Association", "dateFrom": "2026-07-01", "maxItems": 20}'
```

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As of 2026-11-07. Source: https://pushbuild.com/apis/analysis/rga-dga-fundraising-2025-26/