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September 12, 2016
    
    From: Information Division
  FEC summarizes first 18 months of campaign activity for 2015–2016 election cycle
      
      The Commission has released its statistical summary of 18-month campaign activity for the 2015-2016 election cycle. This summary covers funds raised and spent in connection with federal elections between January ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Statistics July 1, 2016
    
    From: Information Division
  FEC summarizes first 15 months of campaign activity for 2015-2016 election cycle
      
      The Commission has released its statistical summary of 15-month campaign activity for the 2015-2016 election cycle. This summary covers funds raised and spent in connection with federal elections between January ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Statistics April 6, 2016
    
    From: Information Division
  FEC summarizes first year of campaign activity for 2015-2016 election cycle
      
      Presidential candidates raised $442.7 million and spent $319.3 million during the first 12 months of the 2015-2016 election cycle, according to an analysis by the Federal Election Commission.



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        FEC Record
          
            in: Statistics April 9, 2015
    
    From: Information Division
  FEC summarizes 24-month campaign activity of the 2013-2014 election cycle
      
      House and Senate candidates running in the 2013-2014 election cycle raised $1.7 billion and spent $1.6 billion between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2014.          The 1,445 candidates running for ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Statistics September 26, 2014
    
    From: Information Division
  FEC summarizes 18-month campaign activity of the 2013-2014 election cycle
      
      House and Senate candidates running in the 2013-2014 election cycle received $1.1 billion and disbursed $766.7 million between January 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014, according to reports filed with ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Statistics July 17, 2014
    
    From: Information Division
  FEC summarizes first 15 months of campaign activity in 2013-2014 election cycle
      
      Congressional candidates running in the 2013-2014 election cycle received $850.2 million and disbursed $478.6 million between January 1, 2013 and March 31, 2014, according to an analysis by the Federal ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Statistics June 11, 2014
    
    From: Information Division
  FEC summarizes first year of campaign activity for 2013-2014 election cycle
      
      Congressional candidates running in the 2013-2014 election cycle received $610.5 million and disbursed $320.7 million in 2013, according to an analysis by the Federal Election Commission.The 150 candidates running ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Statistics April 26, 2013
    
    From: Information Division
  FEC summarizes campaign activity of the 2011-2012 election cycle
      
      Federal candidates, parties and political action committees (PACs) raised and spent more than $7 billion during 2011 and 2012, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Statistics February 8, 2013
    
    From: Information Division
  FEC summarizes first 21 months of campaign activity for the 2012 election cycle
      
      Federal candidates, parties and political action committees (PACs) collected more than $5.7 billion and spent more than $4.8 billion between January 1, 2011 and September 30, 2012, according to third-quarter ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Statistics October 31, 2012
    
    From: Information Division
  FEC summarizes first 18 months of campaign activity for the 2012 election cycle
      
      Federal candidates, parties and political action committees (PACs) collected more than $4 billion and spent more than $2.9 billion between January 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012. Independent expenditures and ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Statistics July 12, 2012
    
    From: Information Division
  FEC summarizes 15-month campaign activity for the 2012 election cycle
      
      Federal candidates, parties and political action committees (PACs) collected more than $2.9 billion and spent more than $2 billion, between January 1, 2011 and March 31, 2012.


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        FEC Record
          
            in: Statistics May 3, 2012
    
    From: Information Division
  FEC summarizes 2011 campaign activity
      
      Presidential and congressional candidates running in the current election cycle, political parties and political action committees (PACs) collected more than $1.9 billion and disbursed more than $1.3 billion in 2011, ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Statistics September 16, 2011
    
    From: Information Division
  PAC activity increases in first six months of 2011
      
      Federal political action committees (PACs) registered with the Federal Election Commission reported raising a combined $328 million, spending $253.7 million, and contributing $148.3 million* to candidates, parties, and other committees ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Statistics August 26, 2011
    
    From: Information Division
  House and Senate campaign fundraising through June 2011
      
      2012 candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives reported raising a total of $285.2 million from January 1 through June 30, 2011, according to disclosure reports filed with ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Statistics May 3, 2010
    
    From: Information Division
  PAC activity remains steady in 2009
      
      The 4,618 federally-registered
political action committees (PACs)
raised $555.7 million, spent $464.6
million and contributed $174.4
million to candidates, according to
reports filed with the Commission
for January 1 through ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Statistics April 1, 2010
    
    From: Information Division
  Party committees report slight increase in 2009 receipts
      
      The national, state and local
committees of the Republican and
Democratic parties collected a total
of $425.8 million in contributions
in the first calendar year of the 2010
election cycle, ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Statistics April 1, 2010
    
    From: Information Division
  House and Senate campaigns raise nearly $600 million in 2009
      
      Congressional campaign receipts
totaled $597.5 million from January
1 through December 31, 2009,
the first calendar year of the 2009-
2010 election cycle.This reflects an
increase of almost 18 percent ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Statistics October 2, 2009
    
    From: Information Division
  House and Senate campaign fundraising through June
      
      Candidates for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House in 2010 reported raising a total of $250.3 million from January 1 through June 30, 2009, according to disclosure reports filed with ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Statistics September 1, 2009
    
    From: Information Division
  Party financial activity for 2009
      
      During the first six months of 2009, Democratic and Republican party committees that filed disclosure reports with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) raised a combined $214.6 million and spent $164.9 ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Statistics July 1, 2009
    
    From: Information Division
  2008 presidential receipts nearly double 2004 totals
      
      Financial activity of 2008 presidential candidates and national party convention committees increased 80 percent in receipts over the 2004 presidential election, totaling more than $1.8 billion. The Republican presidential nominee, ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Statistics Next


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