OpenSecrets predicts that 2024’s federal election cycle is on track to be the costliest ever, with a total cost of at least ...

Projected 2024 total cost of election: Over $15.9 billion, surpassing the previous nominal record of $15.1 billion set in 2020.

Both national party committees raised more in August than any prior month in the 2024 election cycle, following a similar ...

*Based on data released by the Federal Election Commission on October 08, 2024 except for independent expenditure and communication cost, contributions to federal candidates, and contributions from ...

Super PACs are a relatively new type of committee that arose following the July 2010 federal court decision in a case known as SpeechNow.org v. Federal Election Commission. Technically known as ...

President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order within his first days of office forbidding Executive Branch appointees from lobbying for five years after employment in the Administration. The Order ...

As the costs of running for office have escalated, more and more candidates are jumping into politics using their personal fortune, rather than trying to raise all those funds from other people.

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Now showing data for the 2024 election year. Now showing data for the election year. Ballot measures place laws or policy changes on the ballot, letting voters vote directly on whether a law or policy ...

*Based on data released by the Federal Election Commission on October 08, 2024 except for independent expenditure and communication cost, contributions to federal candidates, and contributions from ...

Here are the individuals who have dipped deepest into their own pockets for campaign contributions to federal candidates, parties, political action committees, 527 organizations, and Carey committees.

*Based on data released by the Federal Election Commission on October 07, 2024 except for independent expenditure and communication cost, contributions to federal candidates, and contributions from ...