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2012 Election Cycle

Total Raised

$3,267,855,821

Total Donated

$4,029,065,327

Candidates

2,025

Committees

14,455

Contributions

3,372,139

Party Breakdown

REP
$1.7B
1,001 cands
DEM
$1.5B
819 cands
IND
$29.4M
74 cands
DFL
$6.4M
9 cands
LIB
$3.3M
35 cands
OTH
$2.7M
19 cands
GRE
$1.5M
16 cands
UNK
$1.3M
20 cands
WFP
$627K
1 cands
NNE
$512K
17 cands
CON
$204K
2 cands
NPA
$83K
3 cands
IAP
$65K
3 cands
CST
$3K
1 cands
SUS
$1K
1 cands
REF
$733
1 cands

Top States

US
$1.4B
92 cands
CA
$158.7M
229 cands
TX
$131.1M
192 cands
FL
$113.9M
126 cands
NY
$101.1M
96 cands
OH
$94.0M
57 cands
MA
$92.5M
42 cands
PA
$91.9M
63 cands
CT
$91.4M
34 cands
VA
$63.6M
46 cands

Top Candidates

Top candidates by total raised in the 2012 election cycle.
#NamePartyStateOfficeTotal Raised
1OBAMA, BARACKDEMUSPresident$738,503,770
2ROMNEY, MITT / RYAN, PAUL D. REPUSPresident$483,452,332
3MCMAHON, LINDAREPCTSenate$50,963,418
4WARREN, ELIZABETHDEMMASenate$42,506,349
5PAUL, RONREPUSPresident$41,060,318
6SMITH, TOMREPPASenate$37,774,108
7DEWHURST, DAVID HREPTXSenate$33,939,611
8BROWN, SCOTT PREPMASenate$28,154,602
9BACHMANN, MICHELEREPMNHouse$25,894,721
10GINGRICH, NEWTREPUSPresident$24,976,120
11SANTORUM, RICHARD J.REPUSPresident$23,552,731
12BOEHNER, JOHN AREPOHHouse$22,024,288
13BROWN, SHERRODDEMOHSenate$20,945,196
14PERRY, JAMES R (RICK)REPUSPresident$20,593,581
15WEST, ALLEN B MR.REPFLHouse$19,359,331
16MANDEL, JOSHREPOHSenate$18,912,557
17MCCASKILL, CLAIREDEMMOSenate$18,839,767
18KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAELDEMVASenate$18,045,722
19CAIN, HERMANREPUSPresident$16,917,977
20GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN ELIZABETHDEMNYSenate$15,735,457
21BACHMANN, MICHELEREPUSPresident$15,364,832
22CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TEDREPTXSenate$15,098,279
23BALDWIN, TAMMYDEMWISenate$15,089,726
24ALLEN, GEORGEREPVASenate$14,352,593
25NELSON, BILLDEMFLSenate$13,404,998

Top Individual Donors

Top individual donors in the 2012 election cycle, ranked by total donated.
#NameTotal DonatedContributionsEmployerLocation
1$35,398,00030
2$33,604,70022
3$27,128,90431
4$22,840,50019
5$16,621,334169
6$15,870,28144
7$15,348,2832
8$13,725,54523
9$13,651,47389
10$13,399,00019
11$13,155,22512
12$12,765,25014
13$11,406,00032
14$10,575,00017
15$10,454,30040
16$9,816,39520
17$9,619,10034
18$9,510,70012
19$9,395,73611
20$7,750,39968
21$6,580,24916
22$5,989,99412
23$5,786,1129
24$5,652,60010
25HUNTSMAN, JON$5,382,5564SALT LAKE CITY, UT

Top Committees

Top committees by total receipts in the 2012 election cycle.
#CommitteeTypeTotal Receipts
1OBAMA FOR AMERICAP$738,503,770
2ROMNEY VICTORY INCN$492,850,712
3ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT INC.P$483,452,332
4OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012N$456,014,288
5REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEY$390,216,923
6DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEY$290,440,506
7DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEEY$183,843,039
8NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEEY$155,724,615
9RESTORE OUR FUTURE, INC.O$153,741,731
10ACTBLUEW$151,119,904
11DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEEY$145,906,977
12AMERICAN CROSSROADSSuper PACO$117,472,408
13NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEEY$117,045,860
14PRIORITIES USA ACTIONO$79,050,419
152012 TAMPA BAY HOST COMMITTEE INCX$57,065,497
16LINDA MCMAHON FOR SENATE 2012 INCS$50,963,418
17ELIZABETH FOR MA INCS$42,506,349
18SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)Q$42,321,121
19MAJORITY PACSuper PACO$42,121,542
20RON PAUL 2012 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC.P$41,060,318
21TOM SMITH FOR SENATE INCS$37,774,108
22COMMITTEE FOR CHARLOTTE/CHARLOTTE DNC HOST COMMITTEEX$37,470,933
23OHIO DEMOCRATIC PARTYY$37,115,743
24EMILY'S LISTQ$36,677,350
25HOUSE MAJORITY PACSuper PACO$35,844,952