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      Affiliation between party committees

Affiliation between party committees State and local committees A state party committee and local party committees within that state are presumed to be affiliated. That is, all contributions received and made by local party committees count against the state committee’s limits. This means that the state committee and local committees together may receive a maximum of $10,000 per calendar year from any one individual or non-multicandidate committee contributor. Similarly, the state committee and local committees together may not contribute more than $5,000 to a candidate per election, assuming the state party committee has qualified as a multicandidate committee.
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 To avoid exceeding the contribution limits, a state party committee should set up a centralized monitoring system to ensure that all contributions made and received by local party committees are within the limits. Independent local committees A local party committee may operate under its own separate set of contribution limits if the committee’s independence can be demonstrated. An independent party committee has the same set of contribution limits as a PAC. National party committees A national party committee operates under its own set of contribution limits. Only federally permissible funds may be raised and spent by the national parties. The Democratic and Republican parties each have three national party committees: a national committee, a House campaign committee and a Senate campaign committee. Each of these committees has a separate set of contribution limits, except for a special limit on contributions to Senate campaigns.
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 Legal citations Regulations 11 CFR 110.1(c)(5)Contributions to state party committees 11 CFR 110.2(b)(1)Contributions to candidates from state parties and their affiliates 11 CFR 110.2(e)Contributions by political party committees to Senatorial candidates 11 CFR 110.3(b)Contribution limitations for political party committees 11 CFR 110.9Violation of limitations 11 CFR 103.3(b)Treasurer must examine all contributions 11 CFR 300.10General prohibitions on national party committees raising or spending nonfederal funds
 Advisory opinions AO 2005-02Fundraising by federal officeholder for nonfederal campaigns (NOTE: Opinion superseded in part by Explanation and Justification for Final Rules on Participation by Federal Candidates and Officeholders at Non-Federal Fundraising Events, 75 FR 24375 (May 5, 2010).) AO 1999-04Applicability of contribution limits to local party organization conducting federal activity and affiliated with state party committee AO 1978-09Activities of a party committee


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