Timeline of Money in PoliticsThe political patronage system, in which favors and federal jobs were promised in exchange for donations, remained alive and well during much of the 19th century, having ...

Here are the individuals who have dipped deepest into their own pockets for campaign contributions to federal candidates, parties, political action committees, 527 organizations, and Carey committees.

Here at OpenSecrets.org, we provide breakdowns of data reported by outside spending groups to the Federal Election Commission (see menu at left). We have a separate section devoted to dark money ...

In addition to super PACs (which can raise and spend unlimited funds) and regular political action committees (which raise money via contributions capped at $5,000 per year), there are several other ...

Top Contributors, federal election data for Elizabeth Warren, 2020 cycle This page shows contributions grouped by contributor to the candidate's campaign committee plus any super PACs or hybrid PACs ...

Based on data released by the FEC on March 19, 2025. Only races with at least $1,000 in outside spending are included. You cannot add up all the race totals on this page to obtain an overall cycle ...

As with federal lobbying, state lobbying spending demonstrates stability among the top economic sectors. Just as they had in 2019 and 2020, the top five state lobbying sectors matched the federal list ...

While contributions represent political engagement by both organized interests and the general population, money spent on lobbying is dominated by organizations and their efforts are often directed ...

2020 financial activity for super PACs2020 Outside Spending, by Super PAC 2020 financial activity for super PACs ...

NOTE: All the numbers on this page are for the 2019-2024 Senate election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data available electronically. ("Help! The numbers don't add up...") Sometimes ...