Vital Statistics

All Public-Sector Union Spending

$2,289,167,556

Federal Spending

$514,337,559

State Spending

$1,774,829,997

Spending by year

Not all political donations in our data sets include dates. This may result in discrepancies between spending listed on this chart and total spending.

Partisan Spending

Democrats: $986,759,496 (90%)

Republicans: $147,669,056 (10%)

Any spending not identified as Republican or Democrat is either non-partisan, third party, or unknown. Ballot initiative spending was not assigned to political parties and is not included in this chart.

Spending on Candidates and Ballot Measures, by State

1 California: $653,573,677
2 Illinois: $217,465,168
3 Oregon: $108,109,698
4 Pennsylvania: $95,422,420
5 New York: $80,566,189
6 Ohio: $76,898,493
7 Massachusetts: $64,272,458
8 Michigan: $54,479,832
9 Washington: $41,141,603
10 Colorado: $38,408,315
11 New Jersey: $34,924,541
12 Texas: $32,569,800
13 Virginia: $31,363,263
14 Florida: $26,041,068
15 Missouri: $23,028,171
16 Alabama: $22,544,830
17 Arizona: $22,495,603
18 Indiana: $22,492,491
19 District of Columbia: $22,468,678
20 Maryland: $19,673,557
21 Wisconsin: $16,801,181
22 Nevada: $15,845,439
23 Georgia: $12,611,971
24 Iowa: $12,413,836
25 Oklahoma: $12,015,548
26 Minnesota: $11,987,504
27 Maine: $10,110,661
28 North Carolina: $8,187,535
29 New Mexico: $7,977,076
30 Hawaii: $7,924,537
31 Idaho: $7,595,935
32 Nebraska: $7,344,766
33 Tennessee: $6,921,637
34 Rhode Island: $6,912,179
35 Connecticut: $6,365,168
36 Alaska: $6,224,037
37 Utah: $5,748,916
38 West Virginia: $5,180,953
39 Louisiana: $4,591,927
40 Kentucky: $4,531,180
41 South Dakota: $3,726,444
42 New Hampshire: $3,638,162
43 Montana: $3,455,180
44 Kansas: $3,167,641
45 Mississippi: $2,303,389
46 Delaware: $1,957,058
47 South Carolina: $1,881,184
48 North Dakota: $1,780,327
49 Vermont: $1,754,815
50 Arkansas: $1,659,467
51 Wyoming: $776,203
52 Virgin Islands: $72,000
53 Puerto Rico: $16,500
54 Northern Mariana Islands: $12,000