Campaigns & Elections

Campaign finance data with maps and charts from the Federal Election Commission.

This U.S. agency site includes a number of databases detailing campaign finance data and independent expenditures for candidates. Includes candidate profiles.

The backgrounds and records of thousands of political candidates and elected officials including voting records, campaign contributions, public statements, biographical data and evaluations of them generated by over 100 competing special interest groups.

Data on donations to political parties and candidates and the total lobbying spending for years 1998-present with breakdowns by firm.

Resource for information on money in state politics from the National Institute on Money in State Politics.

This database contains state legislation related to campaign finance processes and reform for the 2014 year. Bills found here deal with campaign contribution limits, disclosure requirements, independent expenditure requirements, pay-to-play legislation and other campaign finance related issues. Site include links to the NCSL database of 1999-2013 legislation on campaign finance and a NCSL database of statewide campaign finance legislation.

This database contains state legislation related to campaign finance processes and reform. Bills found here deal with campaign contribution limits, disclosure requirements, independent expenditure requirements and other campaign finance-related issues from 2015 onward.