--- type: Candidate title: "John Deaton" description: "U.S. Senate candidate, MA (2026)" office: "U.S. Senate" state: "MA" party: "REP" stance: "challenger" election_year: 2026 status: "statutory candidate" committee: name: "JOHN DEATON FOR SENATE" id: "C00926139" ids: fec: "S6MA00304" sources: - field: filing source: FEC (Federal Election Commission) confidence: official tags: [candidate, federal, senate, ma] timestamp: "2026-07-03" --- # John Deaton Republican challenger for U.S. Senate (MA), 2026. ## Campaign Committee - JOHN DEATON FOR SENATE (C00926139) ## Source - filing: FEC (Federal Election Commission) Federal candidate filing; not yet linked to an officeholder record.