62,081 Domains Referencing the 2026 U.S. Midterm Elections, Hundreds More Registered Every Week

The 2026 U.S. midterm elections have been showing up in domain registrations for several months. This research has tracked election-related names since September 2025, and thousands of new ones have been created every month since. Many are certainly harmless or legitimately motivated, but elections also combine two things that attract scams: online payments and strong feelings.

Using domain registration data that WhoisXML API collects and aggregates, the research narrowed the tracked names down to those built around the 50 best-funded Senate and 50 best-funded House campaigns from official FEC filings, then searched that set for unusual registration patterns. One case stood out: dozens of domains using the names of candidates from both parties, traced back to a single registrant abroad, several running online shops under the candidates’ names.

Key Findings

13,645

Candidate-referencing domains

Hundreds

New names arriving every week

Donation storefronts

Selling under candidates from both parties, outside official flows

20+ states

Referenced in tracked domain names

These are key highlights from our analysis. The full report contains many more findings and detailed insights.

Note(s):

This research was cited on:

• FOX News - https://www.foxnews.com/tech/dont-let-fake-election-websites-fool-you-before-2026-midterms
• The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) - https://www.ajc.com/politics/2026/07/donor-beware-that-campaign-website-could-be-a-fake/
• CyberGuy - https://cyberguy.com/security/fake-election-websites-fool-2026-midterms/

• Quartz - https://qz.com/fake-campaign-websites-georgia-donors-2026-midterms-073026
• DC Brief - https://dcbrief.com/fake-election-websites-midterm-security/
• Yahoo Finanzas - https://es-us.finanzas.yahoo.com/noticias/te-dejes-engañar-páginas-web-103014507.html