State legislative campaign finance, 2016

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In the 50 states, there are 99 state legislative chambers altogether, and 86 of the 99 state legislative chambers will hold elections on November 8, 2016.

Main article: State legislative elections, 2016

A total of 1,210 (61.4%) of the country's 1,972 state senate seats and 4,710 (87.0%) of the country's 5,411 state house seats are up for a vote. Altogether, 5,920 (80.2%) of the country's 7,383 state legislative seats are up for election during the presidential election year.

Contributions in 2014

Contributions reports indicate that just over 1 billion dollars were raised towards 13,000 candidates for state legislative elections in 2014. There is a tremendous amount of variance between states. Many candidates in the 400-member New Hampshire State House don't raise any funds for campaigning, leading to an average of just $68 raised by candidates in that chamber. In contrast, candidates for Illinois State Senate raised $588,233 on average.[1]

State senates

The map below shows the average contributions to 2014 candidates for state senates. The average contributions raised by state senate candidates in 2014 was $148,144.[1] The state senate chambers with average contributions at both extremes were:

  • Illinois: $588,233
  • California: $521,986
  • Pennsylvania: $473,140
  • Missouri: $439,024
  • Texas: $415,247
  • Wyoming: $7,522
  • Vermont: $8,517
  • North Dakota: $11,765
  • Montana: $12,385
  • South Dakota: $15,123

Hover your mouse over a state to see the average campaign contributions for that state’s senate candidates in 2014.[2]

State houses

The map below shows the average contributions to 2014 candidates for state houses. The average contributions raised by state house candidates in 2014 was $59,983.[1] The state house chambers with average contributions at both extremes were:

  • California: $387,149
  • Illinois: $252,064
  • Texas: $188,419
  • Oregon: $126,803
  • Florida: $113,269
  • New Hampshire: $68
  • Vermont: $3,090
  • Maine: $4,653
  • Montana: $6,295
  • North Dakota: $6,763

Hover your mouse over a state to see the average campaign contributions for that state’s house candidates in 2014.[2]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Follow the Money, "Contributions to candidates and committees in elections in 2014," accessed July 28, 2015
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 This map relies on data collected in July 2015.
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