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This list shows only the direct contributions to each campaign but does not include more substantive contributions for lobbying and outside spending. In 2016, direct contributions (in this list) totaled $1,085,100; lobbying efforts (not in this list) totaled $3,188,000; and outside spending (not in this list) totaled $54,398,558.
Shown are donations from individuals worth at least $1 million and where they gave to House and Senate candidates, their affiliated committees, or unauthorized committees during the 2024 election ...
Candidates are not the only ones raising and spending more money. Political parties are also raising much more money in elections, which they donate to candidates, spend on behalf of candidates, and use to mobilize voters, among other things. In the 1992 electoral cycle, the Republican and Democratic parties combined raised roughly $650 million.
The largest donation from an organization before this ruling was over $14 million just in 2008 with the average around $9 million from 2000 to 2010. Starting in election year 2012, the amount of donations began to increase every election year with the largest donation in 2020 being $167 million from a single organization. [57]
Three candidates running for Washington’s 4th Congressional District raised a half-million dollars in campaign contributions this past quarter, new FEC filings show. Republican Dan Newhouse ...
While candidates can accept a maximum donation of $3,300, under the joint fundraising agreement, a single donor could sign a check for just over $800,000, while a couple could contribute $1.6 million.
In 2016, ActBlue took in nearly $800 million in small-dollar donations. [24] In the 2018 midterm elections, Democratic candidates fundraised $1.6 billion through ActBlue's platform. [25] In 2019, ActBlue raised roughly $1 billion for Democratic campaigns. [26] The Daily Beast noted that between January and mid-July 2019, ActBlue brought in $420 ...
The DISCLOSE Act was opposed by congressional Republicans, who in 2012 filibustered the legislation in the Senate. [ 36 ] [ 28 ] Republicans such as then- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell contend that the legislation's transparency requirements would violate constitutional free speech rights and are an attempt by Democrats to impose a ...