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2010 Campaign contributions
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QUICK STATS

A total of 184 ballot questions were certified for 38 statewide ballots in 2010, however only only 80 measures (43.4%) received campaign contributions. A total of $379 million were spent in 2010 according to December 2010 campaign finance reports.

Statewide

Highest statewide contributions: California ($217,342,328)
Lowest statewide contributions: Iowa ($41,250)^[1]

Measures

Top 5 measures:
- California Proposition 23 ($49,805,741)
- California Proposition 16 ($46,655,827)
- California Proposition 25 ($32,679,003)
- California Proposition 24 ($30,598,177)
- California Proposition 26 ($26,487,706)
Bottom 5 measures:^[1]
- Idaho SJR 101 ($1,718)
- Colorado Proposition 102 ($7,181)
- Arizona Proposition 110 ($10,000)
- Arizona Proposition 112 ($10,100)
- Arizona Proposition 111 ($11,100)

Issues

Highest contribution total: Taxes ($147,652,696)
Lowest contribution total: Direct democracy measures ($10,100)^[2]

NOTE: Campaign contribution reports in various states are still in the process of being submitted. Featured totals indicate totals as of December 2010 and will be updated once final reports are submitted.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 States with no contributions made towards ballot measures were not considered for this category.
↑ Categories with no contributions made towards ballot measures were not considered for this category.

NOTE: The table below highlights the monetary contributions made in 2010 to both supporting and opposing political action committees. Campaign contribution reports in various states are still in the process of being submitted. The chart below features the contribution totals as of December 2010 and will be updated once final reports are submitted. Totals featured in the chart below are rounded up to the nearest dollar.

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Top 5 contributions State with no reported contributions

State	# of measures per state	Support	Opposition	Total
Alabama	5	$0	$0	$0
Alaska	5	$526,795	$1,092,188	$1,618,983
Arizona	11	$3,798,526	$1,030,232	$4,828,758
Arkansas	3	$0	$0	$0
California	14	**^[1]	**^[1]	$217,342,328^[1]
Colorado	9	$98,056	$7,657,632	$7,755,688
Florida	7	$9,649,656	$15,974,820	$25,624,476
Georgia	6	$0	$0	$0
Hawaii	2	$0	$0	$0
Idaho	4	$494,560	$0	$494,560
Illinois	1	$0	$0	$0
Indiana	1	$0	$0	$0
Iowa	2	$0	$0	$0
Kansas	2	$0	$0	$0
Louisiana	12	$0	$0	$0
Maine	8	**^[2]	**^[2]	$5,365,488
Maryland	3	$0	$0	$0
Massachusetts	3	$3,223,105	$5,885,941	$9,109,046
Michigan	2	$0	$0	$0
Missouri	6	$20,676,496	$1,023,497	$21,699,993
Montana	4	$1,811,117	$361,474	$2,172,591
Nebraska	3	$53,616	$0	$53,616
Nevada	4	$0	$0	$0
New Jersey	1	$0	$0	$0
New Mexico	9	$0	$0	$0
North Carolina	1	$0	$0	$0
North Dakota	2	$49,853	$0	$49,853
Ohio	2	$2,419,125	$0	$2,419,125
Oklahoma	11	$3,865,985	$1,292,174	$5,158,159
Oregon	11	**^[3]	**^[3]	$13,121,770
Rhode Island	4	$275,331	$0	$275,331
South Carolina	4	$0	$0	$0
South Dakota	4	$101,753	$166,649	$268,402
Tennessee	1	$0	$0	$0
Utah	4	$133,048	$0	$133,048
Vermont	1	$0	$0	$0
Virginia	3	$0	$0	$0
Washington	9	$37,600,252	$23,632,428	$61,232,680
Total	184	-	-	$378,765,141

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 In California, campaign committees can register to support or oppose more than one proposition. Campaign committees can also give donations to each other. When a campaign committee registers as playing a role for more than one proposition, it is not possible to say with precision how much of the money it raised was spent for or against any particular one of the propositions it registers as playing a role in. This also results in a situation where adding up the contribution totals proposition-by-proposition would result in an overall total that is greater than the actual overall total. Maplight, a campaign finance watchdog, adjusted for this difficulty and reached an overall campaign finance total for the November 2 propositions of $147 million. Maplight, "147 Million Spent on California's Nov. Ballot Measures ", November 5, 2010
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 In Maine, campaign committees can register to support or oppose more than one measure. When a campaign committee registers as playing a role for more than one measure, it is not possible to say with precision how much of the money it raised was spent for or against any particular one of the propositions it registers as playing a role in. This also results in a situation where adding up the contribution totals measure-by-measure would result in an overall total that is greater than the actual overall total.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 In Oregon, campaign committees can register to support or oppose more than one measure. When a campaign committee registers as playing a role for more than one measure, it is not possible to say with precision how much of the money it raised was spent for or against any particular one of the measures it registers as playing a role in. This also results in a situation where adding up the contribution totals measure-by-measure would result in an overall total that is greater than the actual overall total.

NOTE: All measures on 2010 ballots were included in the chart below. However, due to the fact that some measures fell into more than one category, some totals may include measures featured under other categories. For a detailed number of measures for the 2010 ballot, please visit the official 2010 ballot measure article. A detailed chart of measures listed under each issue category can be viewed here.

Campaign contribution reports in various states are still in the process of being submitted. The chart below features the contribution totals as of December 2010 and will be updated once final reports are submitted. Totals featured in the chart below are rounded up to the nearest dollar.

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Top 5 contributions Top 5 issues

Issue	# measures per issue	Support	Opposition	Total
Abortion	2	$119,009	$1,127,490	$1,246,499
Administration of government	25	$1,934,695^[2]	$723,024	$2,657,719^[2]
Affirmative action	1	$81,000	$10,000	$91,000
Alcohol	3	$11,715,667	$9,330,904	$21,046,571
Bond issues	21	$2,900,633 ^[2]^[3]	$0	$2,900,633^[2]^[3]
Business regulation	1	$16,010,021	$1,335,069	$17,345,090
Elections and campaigns	1	$0	$0	$0
Civil rights	1	$105,076	$0	$105,076
Constitutional conventions	4	$0	$0	$0
Constitutional language	2	$0	$0	$0
Earthquakes	1	$0	$0	$0
Education	7	$3,940,511^[2]	$1,292,174	$5,232,685^[2]
Elections and campaigns	15	$75,271,923^[4]	$16,027,012^[4]	$77,990,606
Eminent domain	1	$0	$0	$0
Energy	4	$47,397,254	$135,771	$47,533,025
English	1	$0	$0	$0
Firearms	1	$0	$0	$0
Gambling	4	$6,033,964	$1,136,188	$7,170,152
Government accountability	2	$63,335	$1,092,188	$1,155,523
Health care	7	$5,095,238	$252,000	$5,347,238
Housing	2	$58,495	$1,150,318	$1,208,813
Hunting	6	$281,674	$460,035	$741,709
Immigration	1	$0	$0	$0
Direct democracy measures	2	$10,100	$0	$10,100
Insurance	1	$16,010,021	$1,335,069	$17,345,090
Judicial reform	9	$0	$0	$0
Labor	8	$4,334,204	$6,082,367	$10,416,571
Law enforcement	6	$10,996	$298,869^[2]	$309,865^[2]
Marijuana	4	$3,372,505	$352,134	$3,724,639
Marriage	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Natural resources	5	$46,756	$0	$46,756
Property rights	2	$984,944	$12,140,820	$13,125,764
Redistricting	5	$31,574,242^[4]	$19,190,876^[4]	$37,456,789
State budgets	15	$19,326,051	$28,533,562^[4]	$47,859,613^[4]
State legislatures	2	$0	$0	$0
State spending	4	$2,314,086	$22,200,231^[4]	$24,514,317^[4]
Taxes	39	$99,196,198^[4]	$48,456,498	$147,652,696^[4]
Term limits	2	$0	$0	$0
Tobacco	1	$72,917	$153,198	$226,115
Transportation	5	$82,459	$0	$82,459
Veterans	7	$298,653^[2]	$0	$298,653^[2]
Water	1	$0	$0	$0

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 In California, campaign committees can register to support or oppose more than one proposition. Campaign committees can also give donations to each other. When a campaign committee registers as playing a role for more than one proposition, it is not possible to say with precision how much of the money it raised was spent for or against any particular one of the propositions it registers as playing a role in. This also results in a situation where adding up the contribution totals proposition-by-proposition would result in an overall total that is greater than the actual overall total. Maplight, a campaign finance watchdog, adjusted for this difficulty and reached an overall campaign finance total for the November 2 propositions of $147 million. Maplight, "147 Million Spent on California's Nov. Ballot Measures ", November 5, 2010
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 In Maine, campaign committees can register to support or oppose more than one measure. When a campaign committee registers as playing a role for more than one measure, it is not possible to say with precision how much of the money it raised was spent for or against any particular one of the propositions it registers as playing a role in. This also results in a situation where adding up the contribution totals measure-by-measure would result in an overall total that is greater than the actual overall total.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 In Oregon, campaign committees can register to support or oppose more than one measure. When a campaign committee registers as playing a role for more than one measure, it is not possible to say with precision how much of the money it raised was spent for or against any particular one of the measures it registers as playing a role in. This also results in a situation where adding up the contribution totals measure-by-measure would result in an overall total that is greater than the actual overall total.

[no-0] 1.0 ^1.1 States with no contributions made towards ballot measures were not considered for this category.

[1] Categories with no contributions made towards ballot measures were not considered for this category.

[CA-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 In California, campaign committees can register to support or oppose more than one proposition. Campaign committees can also give donations to each other. When a campaign committee registers as playing a role for more than one proposition, it is not possible to say with precision how much of the money it raised was spent for or against any particular one of the propositions it registers as playing a role in. This also results in a situation where adding up the contribution totals proposition-by-proposition would result in an overall total that is greater than the actual overall total. Maplight, a campaign finance watchdog, adjusted for this difficulty and reached an overall campaign finance total for the November 2 propositions of $147 million. Maplight, "147 Million Spent on California's Nov. Ballot Measures ", November 5, 2010

[ME-3] 2.0 ^2.1 In Maine, campaign committees can register to support or oppose more than one measure. When a campaign committee registers as playing a role for more than one measure, it is not possible to say with precision how much of the money it raised was spent for or against any particular one of the propositions it registers as playing a role in. This also results in a situation where adding up the contribution totals measure-by-measure would result in an overall total that is greater than the actual overall total.

[OR-4] 3.0 ^3.1 In Oregon, campaign committees can register to support or oppose more than one measure. When a campaign committee registers as playing a role for more than one measure, it is not possible to say with precision how much of the money it raised was spent for or against any particular one of the measures it registers as playing a role in. This also results in a situation where adding up the contribution totals measure-by-measure would result in an overall total that is greater than the actual overall total.

[CA-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 In California, campaign committees can register to support or oppose more than one proposition. Campaign committees can also give donations to each other. When a campaign committee registers as playing a role for more than one proposition, it is not possible to say with precision how much of the money it raised was spent for or against any particular one of the propositions it registers as playing a role in. This also results in a situation where adding up the contribution totals proposition-by-proposition would result in an overall total that is greater than the actual overall total. Maplight, a campaign finance watchdog, adjusted for this difficulty and reached an overall campaign finance total for the November 2 propositions of $147 million. Maplight, "147 Million Spent on California's Nov. Ballot Measures ", November 5, 2010

[ME-3] 2.0 ^2.1 In Maine, campaign committees can register to support or oppose more than one measure. When a campaign committee registers as playing a role for more than one measure, it is not possible to say with precision how much of the money it raised was spent for or against any particular one of the propositions it registers as playing a role in. This also results in a situation where adding up the contribution totals measure-by-measure would result in an overall total that is greater than the actual overall total.

[OR-4] 3.0 ^3.1 In Oregon, campaign committees can register to support or oppose more than one measure. When a campaign committee registers as playing a role for more than one measure, it is not possible to say with precision how much of the money it raised was spent for or against any particular one of the measures it registers as playing a role in. This also results in a situation where adding up the contribution totals measure-by-measure would result in an overall total that is greater than the actual overall total.

[CA-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 In California, campaign committees can register to support or oppose more than one proposition. Campaign committees can also give donations to each other. When a campaign committee registers as playing a role for more than one proposition, it is not possible to say with precision how much of the money it raised was spent for or against any particular one of the propositions it registers as playing a role in. This also results in a situation where adding up the contribution totals proposition-by-proposition would result in an overall total that is greater than the actual overall total. Maplight, a campaign finance watchdog, adjusted for this difficulty and reached an overall campaign finance total for the November 2 propositions of $147 million. Maplight, "147 Million Spent on California's Nov. Ballot Measures ", November 5, 2010

[ME-3] 2.0 ^2.1 In Maine, campaign committees can register to support or oppose more than one measure. When a campaign committee registers as playing a role for more than one measure, it is not possible to say with precision how much of the money it raised was spent for or against any particular one of the propositions it registers as playing a role in. This also results in a situation where adding up the contribution totals measure-by-measure would result in an overall total that is greater than the actual overall total.

[OR-4] 3.0 ^3.1 In Oregon, campaign committees can register to support or oppose more than one measure. When a campaign committee registers as playing a role for more than one measure, it is not possible to say with precision how much of the money it raised was spent for or against any particular one of the measures it registers as playing a role in. This also results in a situation where adding up the contribution totals measure-by-measure would result in an overall total that is greater than the actual overall total.

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#	Measure	Amount
1	California Proposition 23	$49,805,741
2	California Proposition 16	$46,655,827
3	California Proposition 25	$32,679,003
4	California Proposition 24	$30,598,177
5	California Proposition 26	$26,487,706
6	California Proposition 27	$22,930,046
7	California Proposition 17	$17,354,090
8	Washington Initiative 1107	$17,217,228
9	California Proposition 20	$15,336,360
10	Washington Initiative 1100	$15,197,327
11	Florida Amendment 4	$13,125,764
12	Washington Initiative 1098	$12,757,606
13	Florida Amendments 5 & 6(each)	$12,498,712^[1]
14	Missouri Proposition A	$12,261,223
15	Oregon Measures 66 & 67 (each)	$11,410,000^[1]
16	California Proposition 21	$10,455,075
17	Washington Initiative 1082	$9,510,630
18	California Proposition 22	$7,503,921
19	Colorado Amendments 60,61 & 101 (each)	$6,870,826^[1]
20	California Proposition 14	$5,577,885
21	Oklahoma State Question 744	$5,158,159
22	Missouri Proposition B	$5,020,300
23	Massachusetts Question 3	$4,794,989
24	Missouri Amendment 3	$4,293,701
25	Maine Question 1 (General)	$3,514,993
26	California Proposition 19	$3,272,925
27	Massachusetts Question 1	$3,105,243
28	Washington Initiative 1053	$2,971,541
29	Washington Initiative 1105	$2,744,000
30	Ohio Issue 2	$2,419,125
31	Arizona Proposition 100	$1,767,850
32	Montana CI-105	$1,485,541
33	Oregon Measure 75	$1,236,034
34	Maine Question 1 (Primary)	$1,228,475
35	Massachusetts Question 2	$1,208,873
36	Alaska Ballot Measure 1 (Primary)	$1,155,523
37	Washington Referred Bill 52	$834,348
38	Arizona Proposition 113	$802,650
39	Arizona Proposition 302	$789,498
40	California Proposition 15	$763,526

#	Measure	Amount
41	Alaska Ballot Measure 2 (Primary)	$668,787
42	Arizona Proposition 106	$609,065
43	Colorado Amendment 62	$594,236
44	Arizona Proposition 109	$573,762
45	Montana I-164	$542,455
46	Maine Question 3 (General)	$465,259
47	Alaska Proposition B	$463,460
48	Idaho HJR 4	$399,003
49	Maine Question 2 (Primary)	$347,574
50	Oregon Measure 73	$302,684
51	Measures 70,71,72 and 76 (each)	$298,653
52	Arizona Proposition 203	$268,685
53	Colorado Amendment 63	$267,080
54	South Dakota Referred Law 12	$226,115
55	Maine Question 4 (Primary)	$173,705
56	Maine Questions 3 & 5 (Primary)	$171,162
57	Oregon Measure 74	$147,543
58	Maine Question 2 (General)	$146,309
59	Montana I-161	$144,595
60	Missouri Proposition C	$124,770
61	Rhode Island Question 1	$105,076
62	Utah Amendment D	$97,757
63	Arizona Proposition 107	$91,000
64	Rhode Island Question 3	$82,459
65	South Dakota Amendment K	$68,000
66	Nebraska Amendment 1 (Primary)	$53,616
67	Rhode Island Question 2	$47,300
68	Idaho HJR 7	$42,851
69	Iowa Meausure 1	$41,250
70	Rhode Island Question 4	$37,476
71	South Dakota Measure 13	$35,486
72	Utah Amendment A	$35,291
73	North Dakota Measure 1	$26,500
74	Measures 68 & 69 (each)	$25,508^[1]
75	North Dakota Measure 2	$23,353
76	Arizona Proposition 111	$11,100
77	Arizona Proposition 112	$10,100
78	Arizona Proposition 110	$10,000
79	Colorado Proposition 102	$7,181
80	Idaho SJR 101	$1,718

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