How pairing works
RACE is a launchpad for the 2026 midterms. Every coin launched here is paired with one candidate in one race.
What a pairing is
A pairing is a label. When you launch a coin on RACE you choose a race and a candidate in it, and the coin is listed under that candidate and that race: on the candidate's page, the race page, the red and blue split bars and the map.
Not affiliated with any candidate or campaign. A pairing says nothing about a candidate's views, and no candidate has endorsed or reviewed any coin here.
The races
- Senate: the 35 seats up in 2026: the Class 2 seats plus 2 special elections (FL, OH).
- House: all 435 districts. Race codes read like
CA-12; single-district states are at-large, likeWY-AL. - 2028: one section for presidential hopefuls. It starts empty; launchers add the names.
Search by state (Georgia, GA), by district (PA-07, CA 12) or by a name, or tap a state on the map. Browse every race.
Candidates
Each race lists its incumbent from the public record (468 members of Congress up in 2026). Vacant seats list nobody until someone is added.
Running against them, or not on file? In step 2 of a launch choose Add a candidate: the full name and the party. Added candidates are tagged added by a launcher, never get a photo, and the RACE desk can edit or remove them. One candidate can be paired with many coins.
The launch
- Pick a race.
- Pick a candidate (or add one).
- Type a ticker and a coin name. Nothing is filled in for you. Add a description, an optional dev buy (0 to 10 SOL) and an image.
- Sign two transactions in your own wallet: the pump.fun create (with your dev buy) and the coin's setup. RACE checks both on chain, then the coin is live.
Standard pump.fun trading fees apply. Three launches a day per wallet. Launches that touch violence, tragedies, minors or hate go to a person first.
The coin image
Upload your own art, or use the RACE poster card: your ticker and the race on red and blue. RACE never puts a candidate's photo on chain.
Data sources
Races and incumbents come from the public-domain congress-legislators dataset (snapshot of 2026-11-04); portraits are official congressional photos, also public domain. The map uses US Census Bureau state boundaries (us-atlas). The snapshot is stored with the site and refreshed by hand.