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What are Independent Expenditures and Communications Costs?

Organizations and individuals looking to do more than just write a check to their favorite candidates can spend unlimited money — independently — to buy ads, send mail or otherwise advocate for the election or defeat of specific candidates. Following a series of recent court decisions, companies, unions and other groups have joined individuals in the ability to make these independent expenditures without any limits. The spending is reported to the FEC, but sources of funds may or may not be disclosed.

Internal communication costs are internal political messages generally aimed only at the members of a union or organization, or company executives. These may be coordinated with the candidates and can be paid for directly from the organization's treasury.

Not included in these totals are funds spent for so-called "issue ads" that don't explicitly call for any candidates' election or defeat. That spending is not reported to the FEC. [x close]

Independent Expenditures, Communication Costs and Coordinated Expenses as of June 20, 2019

For Democrats: 58.20%
Against Republicans: 41.80%
For Republicans: 0.00%
Against Democrats: 0.00%
For Democrats $2,995,677 58.20%
Against Republicans $2,151,348 41.80%
For Republicans $35 0.00%
Against Democrats $0 0.00%

Independent Expenditures, Communication Costs and Coordinated Expenses Details

Candidate State Party Chamber Total For Against
Adams, Alma NC D House $35 $35 $0
Aguilar, Pete CA D House $35 $35 $0
Allred, Colin TX D House $35 $35 $0
Axne, Cindy IA D House $35 $35 $0
Baer, Lauren FL D House $18,657 $18,657 $0
Baldwin, Tammy WI D Senate $69 $69 $0
Balter, Dana NY D House $35 $35 $0
Barragan, Nanette CA D House $35 $35 $0
Barzee Flores, Mary FL D House $35 $35 $0
Bassilian, Ron CA R House $35 $35 $0
Beatty, Joyce OH D House $35 $35 $0
Bera, Ami CA D House $35 $35 $0
Beyer, Don VA D House $35 $35 $0
Bishop, Mike MI R House $73,260 $0 $73,260
Blumenauer, Earl OR D House $35 $35 $0
Bonamici, Suzanne OR D House $35 $35 $0
Boyle, Brendan PA D House $35 $35 $0
Brindisi, Anthony NY D House $35 $35 $0
Brown, Lisa WA D House $35 $35 $0
Brown, Sherrod OH D Senate $69 $69 $0
Brownley, Julia CA D House $35 $35 $0
Bryce, Randy WI D House $35 $35 $0
Bustos, Cheri IL D House $35 $35 $0
Butterfield, G K NC D House $35 $35 $0
Cantwell, Maria WA D Senate $35 $35 $0
Carbajal, Salud CA D House $35 $35 $0
Cardenas, Tony CA D House $35 $35 $0
Cardin, Ben MD D Senate $35 $35 $0
Carper, Tom DE D Senate $35 $35 $0
Carson, Andre IN D House $35 $35 $0
Casey, Bob PA D Senate $47 $47 $0
Casten, Sean IL D House $33 $33 $0
Castor, Kathy FL D House $35 $35 $0
Castro, Joaquin TX D House $35 $35 $0
Chu, Judy CA D House $35 $35 $0
Cicilline, David RI D House $35 $35 $0
Cisneros, Gil CA D House $35 $35 $0
Clay, William L Jr MO D House $35 $35 $0
Cleaver, Emanuel MO D House $35 $35 $0
Clinton, Hillary D President $19,257 $19,257 $0
Clyburn, James E SC D House $35 $35 $0
Cockburn, Leslie VA D House $35 $35 $0
Coffman, Mike CO R House $8,250 $0 $8,250
Coleman, Bonnie NJ D House $35 $35 $0
Correa, Lou CA D House $35 $35 $0
Costa, Jim CA D House $35 $35 $0
Courtney, Joe CT D House $35 $35 $0
Cox, TJ CA D House $35 $35 $0
Craig, Angie MN D House $112,959 $112,959 $0
Crist, Charlie FL D House $35 $35 $0
Crow, Jason CO D House $35 $35 $0
Cummings, Elijah E MD D House $35 $35 $0
Davids, Sharice KS D House $35 $35 $0
Davis, Danny K IL D House $35 $35 $0
Davis, Paul KS D House $35 $35 $0
Davis, Susan A CA D House $35 $35 $0
Dean, Madeleine PA D House $35 $35 $0
DeFazio, Peter OR D House $35 $35 $0
DeGette, Diana CO D House $35 $35 $0
DeLauro, Rosa L CT D House $35 $35 $0
DelBene, Suzan WA D House $35 $35 $0
Delgado, Antonio NY D House $33 $33 $0
Demings, Val FL D House $35 $35 $0
Desaulnier, Mark CA D House $35 $35 $0
Deutch, Ted FL D House $35 $35 $0
Dingell, Debbie MI D House $35 $35 $0
DiNicola, Ron PA D House $35 $35 $0
Doggett, Lloyd TX D House $35 $35 $0
Driskell, Gretchen MI D House $35 $35 $0
Eastman, Kara NE D House $35 $35 $0
Escobar, Veronica TX D House $35 $35 $0
Evans, Dwight PA D House $35 $35 $0
Faso, John NY R House $439,957 $0 $439,957
Feehan, Daniel MN D House $35 $35 $0
Feinstein, Dianne CA D Senate $35 $35 $0
Finkenauer, Abby IA D House $35 $35 $0
Fitzpatrick, Brian PA R House $24,655 $0 $24,655
Fletcher, Lizzie TX D House $35 $35 $0
Foster, Bill IL D House $35 $35 $0
Frankel, Lois J FL D House $35 $35 $0
Fudge, Marcia L OH D House $35 $35 $0
Gabbard, Tulsi HI D House $35 $35 $0
Gallego, Ruben AZ D House $35 $35 $0
Garcia, Jesus IL D House $35 $35 $0
Garcia, Sylvia TX D House $35 $35 $0
Gasper, Theresa OH D House $35 $35 $0
Gershon, Perry NY D House $35 $35 $0
Gillibrand, Kirsten NY D Senate $35 $35 $0
Glenn, Darryl CO R House $10,642 $0 $10,642
Golden, Jared ME D House $35 $35 $0
Gomez, Jimmy CA D House $35 $35 $0
Gonzalez, Vicente TX D House $35 $35 $0
Gottheimer, Josh NJ D House $35 $35 $0
Green, Al TX D House $35 $35 $0
Grijalva, Raul M AZ D House $35 $35 $0
Haaland, Debra NM D House $35 $35 $0
Harder, Josh CA D House $35 $35 $0
Hastings, Alcee L FL D House $35 $35 $0
Hawley, Josh MO R Senate $6,281 $0 $6,281
Heck, Dennis WA D House $35 $35 $0
Heck, Joe NV R Senate $407 $0 $407
Heinrich, Martin NM D Senate $35 $35 $0
Heller, Dean NV R Senate $252,884 $0 $252,884
Hill, Katie CA D House $35 $35 $0
Himes, Jim CT D House $35 $35 $0
Hirono, Mazie K HI D Senate $35 $35 $0
Hoagenson, Renee MO D House $35 $35 $0
Horsford, Steven NV D House $35 $35 $0
Houlahan, Chrissy PA D House $35 $35 $0
Hoyer, Steny H MD D House $35 $35 $0
Jackson Lee, Sheila TX D House $35 $35 $0
Janz, Andrew CA D House $35 $35 $0
Jayapal, Pramila WA D House $35 $35 $0
Jeffries, Hakeem NY D House $35 $35 $0
Johnson, Eddie Bernice TX D House $35 $35 $0
Johnson, Hank GA D House $35 $35 $0
Jones, Gina TX D House $35 $35 $0
Kaine, Tim VA D Senate $35 $35 $0
Keating, Bill MA D House $35 $35 $0
Kelly, Robin IL D House $70 $70 $0
Kilmer, Derek WA D House $35 $35 $0
Kim, Andy NJ D House $35 $35 $0
King, Angus ME I Senate $35 $35 $0
Kirkpatrick, Ann AZ D House $10,747 $10,747 $0
Klobuchar, Amy MN D Senate $1 $1 $0
Kohl, Dan WI D House $35 $35 $0
Kopser, Joseph TX D House $35 $35 $0
Krishnamoorthi, Raja IL D House $35 $35 $0
Kuster, Ann NH D House $35 $35 $0
Lamb, Conor PA D House $35 $35 $0
Larsen, Rick WA D House $35 $35 $0
Larson, John B CT D House $35 $35 $0
Lawrence, Brenda MI D House $35 $35 $0
Lawson, Al FL D House $35 $35 $0
Lee, Barbara CA D House $35 $35 $0
Lee, Susie NV D House $35 $35 $0
Levin, Andy MI D House $35 $35 $0
Levin, Mike CA D House $35 $35 $0
Lewis, Jason MN R House $57,305 $0 $57,305
Lewis, John GA D House $35 $35 $0
Lieu, Ted CA D House $35 $35 $0
Loebsack, David IA D House $35 $35 $0
Londrigan, Betsy Dirksen IL D House $35 $35 $0
Long, Carolyn WA D House $35 $35 $0
Longjohn, Matt MI D House $35 $35 $0
Lowenthal, Alan CA D House $35 $35 $0
Lujan, Ben Ray NM D House $35 $35 $0
Luria, Elaine VA D House $35 $35 $0
Malinowski, Tom NJ D House $35 $35 $0
Maloney, Carolyn B NY D House $35 $35 $0
Maloney, Sean Patrick NY D House $35 $35 $0
Manning, Kathy NC D House $35 $35 $0
Mast, Brian FL R House $37 $0 $37
Masto, Catherine Cortez NV D Senate $222 $222 $0
Matsui, Doris O CA D House $35 $35 $0
McBath, Lucy GA D House $35 $35 $0
McCaskill, Claire MO D Senate $522 $522 $0
McClure, Jessica NE D House $35 $35 $0
McCollum, Betty MN D House $35 $35 $0
McEachin, Donald VA D House $35 $35 $0
McGinty, Katie PA D Senate $3,100 $3,100 $0
McGovern, James P MA D House $35 $35 $0
McLeod-Skinner, Jamie OR D House $35 $35 $0
McNerney, Jerry CA D House $35 $35 $0
McSally, Martha AZ R Senate $566,994 $0 $566,994
Menendez, Robert NJ D Senate $35 $35 $0
Moore, Gwen WI D House $35 $35 $0
Morelle, Joseph D NY D House $35 $35 $0
Morgan, Matt MI D House $35 $35 $0
Morse, Jessica CA D House $35 $35 $0
Moulton, Seth MA D House $35 $35 $0
Mucarsel-Powell, Debbie FL D House $35 $35 $0
Murphy, Christopher S CT D Senate $35 $35 $0
Murphy, Stephanie FL D House $35 $35 $0
Napolitano, Grace CA D House $35 $35 $0
Neal, Richard E MA D House $35 $35 $0
Neal, Rick OH D House $35 $35 $0
Neguse, Joseph CO D House $35 $35 $0
Nelson, Bill FL D Senate $23,805 $23,805 $0
Nicholson, Kevin WI R Senate $671 $0 $671
Norcross, Don NJ D House $35 $35 $0
Norton, Eleanor Holmes DC D House $35 $35 $0
O'Connor, Danny OH D House $290 $290 $0
O'Halleran, Tom AZ D House $35 $35 $0
O'Rourke, Beto TX D Senate $35 $35 $0
Omar, Ilhan MN D House $35 $35 $0
Palzewicz, Tom WI D House $35 $35 $0
Pappas, Chris NH D House $35 $35 $0
Pascrell, Bill Jr NJ D House $35 $35 $0
Paulsen, Erik MN R House $94,619 $0 $94,619
Pelosi, Nancy CA D House $35 $35 $0
Peters, Scott CA D House $35 $35 $0
Peterson, Lea Marquez AZ R House $6,692 $0 $6,692
Phillips, Dean MN D House $106,764 $106,764 $0
Pingree, Chellie ME D House $35 $35 $0
Porter, Katie CA D House $35 $35 $0
Portman, Rob OH R Senate $4,962 $0 $4,962
Price, David NC D House $35 $35 $0
Pureval, Aftab OH D House $35 $35 $0
Quigley, Mike IL D House $35 $35 $0
Rader, Betsy OH D House $35 $35 $0
Radinovich, Joe MN D House $35 $35 $0
Raybould, Jane NE D Senate $35 $35 $0
Renacci, Jim OH R Senate $743 $0 $743
Rochester, Lisa Blunt DE D House $35 $35 $0
Rose, Max NY D House $35 $35 $0
Rosen, Jacky NV D Senate $660 $660 $0
Rosendale, Matt MT R Senate $791 $0 $791
Roskam, Peter IL R House $416,276 $0 $416,276
Rouda, Harley CA D House $35 $35 $0
Ruiz, Raul CA D House $35 $35 $0
Rush, Bobby L IL D House $35 $35 $0
Ryan, Tim OH D House $35 $35 $0
Sanchez, Linda CA D House $35 $35 $0
Sanders, Bernie VT I Senate $35 $35 $0
Scanlon, Mary Gay PA D House $35 $35 $0
Schakowsky, Jan IL D House $35 $35 $0
Schiff, Adam CA D House $35 $35 $0
Schneider, Brad IL D House $35 $35 $0
Schrader, Kurt OR D House $35 $35 $0
Schrier, Kim WA D House $35 $35 $0
Schultz, Debbie Wasserman FL D House $35 $35 $0
Scott, George PA D House $35 $35 $0
Scott, Rick FL R Senate $109,929 $0 $109,929
Sewell, Terri A AL D House $35 $35 $0
Sherman, Brad CA D House $35 $35 $0
Sherrill, Mikie NJ D House $35 $35 $0
Shirley, Liuba Grechen NY D House $35 $35 $0
Sinema, Kyrsten AZ D Senate $824,091 $824,091 $0
Sires, Albio NJ D House $35 $35 $0
Slotkin, Elissa MI D House $75 $75 $0
Smith, Adam WA D House $35 $35 $0
Smith, Tina MN D Senate $33,815 $33,815 $0
Soderberg, Nancy FL D House $35 $35 $0
Soto, Darren FL D House $35 $35 $0
Spanberger, Abigail VA D House $35 $35 $0
Speier, Jackie CA D House $35 $35 $0
Stabenow, Debbie MI D Senate $35 $35 $0
Stanton, Greg AZ D House $35 $35 $0
Steele, Dayna TX D House $35 $35 $0
Stevens, Haley MI D House $35 $35 $0
Strickland, Ted OH D Senate $4,962 $4,962 $0
Swalwell, Eric CA D House $35 $35 $0
Takano, Mark CA D House $35 $35 $0
Tester, Jon MT D Senate $69 $69 $0
Thompson, Bennie G MS D House $35 $35 $0
Thompson, Mike CA D House $35 $35 $0
Tipirneni, Hiral AZ D House $35 $35 $0
Titus, Dina NV D House $35 $35 $0
Tlaib, Rashida MI D House $35 $35 $0
Toomey, Pat PA R Senate $3,187 $0 $3,187
Torres, Norma CA D House $35 $35 $0
Trump, Donald R President $72,806 $0 $72,806
Underwood, Lauren A IL D House $35 $35 $0
Vanostran, Cort MO D House $35 $35 $0
Vargas, Juan CA D House $35 $35 $0
Veasey, Marc TX D House $35 $35 $0
Vela, Filemon TX D House $35 $35 $0
Wallace, Scott PA D House $1,827,590 $1,827,590 $0
Warren, Elizabeth MA D Senate $35 $35 $0
Waters, Maxine CA D House $35 $35 $0
Watson, Liz IN D House $35 $35 $0
Welch, Peter VT D House $35 $35 $0
Welle, Josh NJ D House $35 $35 $0
Wexton, Jennifer VA D House $35 $35 $0
Whitehouse, Sheldon RI D Senate $35 $35 $0
Wild, Susan PA D House $35 $35 $0
Williams, Kathleen MT D House $35 $35 $0
Wilson, Frederica FL D House $35 $35 $0
Yarmuth, John A KY D House $35 $35 $0

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