Campaign finance in the United States
Contributions to American election campaign funds
Campaign finance in the United States
The financing of electoral campaigns in the United States happens at the federal, state, and local levels by contributions from individuals, corporations, political action committees, and sometimes the government. Campaign spending has risen steadily at least since 1990. For example, a candidate who won an election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1990 spent on average $407,600 ($1 million in 2025) while the winner in 2022 spent on average $2.79 million ($3.07 million in 2025); in the Senate, average spending for winning candidates went from $3.87 million ($9.54 million in 2025) to $26.53 million ($29.19 million in 2025). In 2020, nearly $14 billion was spent on federal election campaigns in the United States, "making it the most expensive campaign in U.S. history", "more than double" what was spent in the 2016 election. Critics assert that following a number of Supreme Court decisions — Citizens United v. FEC (2010) in particular—the "very wealthy" are now allowed to spend unlimited...
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