Official portrait of Christopher A. Coons
U.S. Senate

Christopher A. Coons

U.S. Senator from Delaware

Party
Democrat
In office since
November 15, 2010
Current term ends
January 3, 2027
Next election
November 2026
2026 election

Running for U.S. Senate in Delaware

Candidates registered with the FEC for the Delaware Senate seat in 2026
CandidatePartyRaisedCash on hand
Christopher A. CoonsIncumbentDemocrat$6.9M$4.8M
Michael S. KatzRepublican$159K$98K
John ShulliRepublican$118K$8,414
Christopher BeardsleyDemocrat$22K$9,191
Jeffery Ryan AppelhansDemocrat$1,468$1,386

From Federal Election Commission filings, reported through August 26, 2026. FEC records show who registered and raised money, not who won a primary or qualified for the ballot. Your state election office publishes the official ballot.

Committee assignments5
  • Senate Select Committee on EthicsVice Chairman
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations
    • Department of DefenseRanking Member
    • Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
    • State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
    • Energy and Water Development
    • Financial Services and General Government
    • Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
  • Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
    • East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity PolicyRanking Member
    • Africa and Global Health Policy
    • State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development
    • Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy
  • Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
  • Senate Committee on the Judiciary
    • Border Security and Immigration
    • Crime and Counterterrorism
    • Intellectual Property
    • Privacy, Technology, and the Law
Contact
Washington office
218 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510

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Sources. Office, committee and contact records from the public congress-legislators dataset; portrait from the Government Publishing Office; 2026 fundraising totals from the Federal Election Commission. Updated September 24, 2026.

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