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Campaign finance · federal · source: Federal Election Commission

Federal campaign-finance research

Documented federal campaign-finance facts from the Federal Election Commission — candidate identity, authorized committees, reported totals, itemized contributions, and independent expenditures. This is an evidence layer: receipts, dates, amounts, and committees as reported. It does not score members, allege corruption, or claim that any contribution caused any vote.

Supported election cycles: 2016–2024. Federal FEC data only. Coverage overview →

Corpusfactual — records ingested
FEC candidates
22,320
federal candidate records
Committees
43,082
FEC committee records
Linked members
761
members deterministically linked to an FEC candidate
Financial totals
18,579
candidate-cycle summaries
Contribution sample
152,754
itemized rows (bounded recent sample)
Independent expenditures
59,816
reported for linked candidates
Research

All figures are as reported to the Federal Election Commission. Reported employer and occupation are contributor-supplied, not verified corporate affiliation. Independent expenditures are reported by the spender and are not contributions to the candidate. Temporal proximity between money and legislation does not establish causation or improper influence.