Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alex Vindman raised $8.5 million in the second quarter of 2026, according to the latest campaign filings, in his bid to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody.
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The recent filing brings Vindman’s total haul to more than $16 million since he announced his campaign in late January, drawing attention to a race for a seat widely considered solid for the GOP.
Moody, the former Florida attorney general who was appointed to a Senate seat by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2025, raised $3.6 million in the quarter across her campaign committee and two joint fundraising committees over the last three months, totaling $14 million since she launched her campaign in early 2025.
The Republican senator’s campaign has drawn donations from major corporate donors, including several from the pharmaceutical industry. In the last three months, she pulled donations from big names across industries like Disney, Walmart, Delta Air Lines, Duke Energy and Fox Corp.
The Miami Herald reported that Miami billionaire Ken Griffin also has recently given $2.5 million to a political action committee backing Moody’s reelection campaign.
Vindman’s campaign touted bipartisan and grass-roots support in the second quarter. The campaign said 20% of in-state contributions this cycle came from registered Republicans and independents. It said the average amount donated was $35.
Vindman, a retired lieutenant colonel who testified in President Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial, laps all other Democratic primary competitors in fundraising; his closest rival, state Rep. Angie Nixon of Jacksonville, raised half a million dollars in the second quarter.
Vindman said Florida voters across the political spectrum are frustrated with rising costs and corruption. He also took aim at Moody’s ties to corporate donors.
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“While prices soar, Ashley Moody is busy trading stocks and cozying up to special interests. Our campaign has the momentum and the resources to deliver a win for working Floridians and send Ashley Moody packing this November,” Vindman said in an email statement to the Tampa Bay Times.
In response to Vindman’s fundraising totals, Moody’s campaign sent out a fundraising email asking for donations to prepare for an “all-out political war,” Politico reported.
Moody’s campaign said that Floridians are rallying behind her. Recent surveys show Moody polling a few points ahead of Vindman.
“Senator Moody is focused on delivering for Florida families, while Democrats are busy figuring out which radical tax-hiking, defund-the-police candidate they want to embarrass themselves with in November,” Moody’s communications director, Cameron Gambini, said in a statement.
This is the last campaign filing report voters will see until 12 days before the primary election in August.
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