Election Money, Race by Race
For each candidate-cycle, see who gave direct PAC contributions and who spent independently for and against the candidate. For candidates who went on to serve, see how they voted on legislation dated after the election.
Of the 97 2024 candidates with tracked direct PAC giving and a sourced result, 93 won. Incumbents win at high rates regardless of giving, so this ratio is not evidence that the money decided the race.
Race-by-Race Money Map
The 100 candidate-cycles with the most tracked money (direct PAC giving, IE support or IE opposition, whichever is largest). Each card lists the money separately by kind, then the candidate's roll-call votes dated after the election. 78 of the 100 have both tracked supportive money and post-election votes.
“Tracked direct PAC giving” sums contributions of $5,000 or less per item from PACs that are not candidate committees, dated in the candidate's election cycle, as ingested by QPQ from FEC filings. Larger items (joint fundraising transfers, a committee's own unitemized receipts, refunds) are excluded. “IE support” and “IE oppose” are FEC Schedule E independent expenditures for and against the candidate. That money never reached the candidate's committee. The three measures are reported separately and never added together. “FEC total raised” is the FEC candidate financial summary for the cycle and is shown only where that summary is the row's source. Win/loss is shown only where an election result source is attached to the row. Votes listed are congress.gov roll calls dated after the general election date. Earlier votes are counted but not listed. Timing is reported as timing. The contributions shown are publicly disclosed, no violation of law is alleged, and the data establishes no causal link between any contribution and any vote.