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Data: FEC 2024+2026 · Maine Ethics · ⓘ about & methods · ✉ bug / feature
About this data
Daylight — Follow the Money — maps campaign-finance contributions — who funds whom — for U.S. federal<br>races (Northeast) and state-level money in 8 states: Maine, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,<br>Minnesota, Louisiana, Connecticut, Texas, and Iowa.
SOURCES
Federal: Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2024 + 2026 cycles — committee→candidate<br>(pas2) and itemized individual contributions (generally > $200).
State: each state's official disclosure agency — e.g. Maine Ethics Commission,<br>PA / MA / MN / LA / CT / TX disclosure portals, and the Iowa Ethics & Campaign<br>Disclosure Board (via the Iowa Data Hub).
Bios: Wikipedia · committee descriptions from the FEC committee master.
WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED
Unitemized small-dollar money isn't published in FEC bulk data, so totals are itemized receipts (individual gifts generally > $200, plus all PAC money).
Individual donations are loaded for Northeast candidates ; elsewhere, totals are PAC-only.
Money is shown across both cycles combined per candidate, not split by election.
READING THE FLOW
● green = money received (flows in, on the left).<br>● red = money given (flows out, on the right). Node colour = industry.
GLOSSARY
PAC Political Action Committee — pools donations to give to candidates.<br>Super PAC Independent-expenditure-only committee; unlimited raising, no direct candidate gifts.<br>DCCC / DSCC Democratic House / Senate campaign committees (RNCC/NRSC are the GOP equivalents).<br>Incumbent Currently holds the seat. Challenger : running against them. Open seat : no incumbent.
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●Green flows in (received), red flows out (given).
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