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2016 Election Cycle

Total Raised

$3,179,037,937

Total Donated

$6,102,358,693

Candidates

1,721

Committees

17,651

Contributions

20,454,642

Party Breakdown

DEM
$1.6B
695 cands
REP
$1.5B
847 cands
LIB
$13.0M
29 cands
GRE
$11.7M
16 cands
IND
$8.4M
66 cands
DFL
$7.5M
4 cands
UNK
$5.2M
9 cands
OTH
$2.6M
12 cands
NPP
$941K
1 cands
NNE
$286K
13 cands
NPA
$86K
9 cands
CON
$84K
5 cands
UN
$46K
4 cands
PFD
$31K
1 cands
N/A
$28K
1 cands
NON
$26K
1 cands
W
$15K
2 cands
SEP
$11K
1 cands
AMP
$8K
1 cands
IDP
$4K
2 cands
PPT
$2K
1 cands
CST
$15
1 cands

Top States

US
$1.5B
106 cands
CA
$150.4M
177 cands
FL
$142.7M
151 cands
NY
$99.6M
91 cands
PA
$82.8M
57 cands
IL
$78.9M
67 cands
WI
$77.7M
30 cands
TX
$64.2M
107 cands
OH
$59.2M
47 cands
MD
$56.4M
54 cands

Top Candidates

Top candidates by total raised in the 2016 election cycle.
#NamePartyStateOfficeTotal Raised
1CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM / TIMOTHY MICHAEL KAINEDEMUSPresident$585,669,599
2TRUMP, DONALD J. / MICHAEL R. PENCE REPUSPresident$350,668,436
3SANDERS, BERNARDDEMUSPresident$237,640,610
4CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD "TED"REPUSPresident$94,338,655
5CARSON, BENJAMIN S SR MDREPUSPresident$65,091,036
6RUBIO, MARCOREPUSPresident$48,331,862
7BUSH, JEBREPUSPresident$35,491,191
8FEINGOLD, RUSSELL DANADEMWISenate$24,857,171
9TOOMEY, PATRICK JOSEPHREPPASenate$22,084,253
10MASTO, CATHERINE CORTEZDEMNVSenate$19,968,577
11RYAN, PAUL D.REPWIHouse$19,852,221
12PORTMAN, ROBREPOHSenate$19,849,495
13KASICH, JOHN RREPUSPresident$19,692,691
14MURPHY, PATRICK EDEMFLSenate$18,700,098
15HASSAN, MARGARET WOODDEMNHSenate$18,698,223
16JOHNSON, RONALD HAROLDREPWISenate$17,683,386
17SCHUMER, CHARLES EDEMNYSenate$17,442,741
18RUBIO, MARCOREPFLSenate$16,611,419
19MCGINTY, KATHLEEN ALANADEMPASenate$16,592,370
20DUCKWORTH, L TAMMYDEMILSenate$16,499,322
21BENNET, MICHAEL FDEMCOSenate$15,575,583
22HARRIS, KAMALA DDEMCASenate$15,349,610
23ROSS, DEBORAH KDEMNCSenate$14,458,013
24AYOTTE, KELLY AREPNHSenate$13,980,280
25TRONE, DAVIDDEMMDHouse$13,421,964

Top Committees

Top committees by total receipts in the 2016 election cycle.
#CommitteeTypeTotal Receipts
1ACTBLUEW$694,740,215
2HILLARY FOR AMERICAP$585,669,599
3HILLARY VICTORY FUNDN$529,996,499
4DNC SERVICES CORP./DEM. NAT'L COMMITTEEY$354,610,726
5DONALD J. TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT, INC.P$350,668,436
6REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEY$343,371,200
7TRUMP MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN COMMITTEEN$263,736,051
8BERNIE 2016P$237,640,610
9DCCCY$220,891,388
10PRIORITIES USA ACTIONO$192,065,768
11DSCCY$179,800,229
12NRCCY$170,601,976
13NRSCY$138,376,518
14RIGHT TO RISE USAO$121,695,224
15SENATE LEADERSHIP FUNDSuper PACO$116,911,968
16TRUMP VICTORYN$108,424,871
17CRUZ FOR PRESIDENTP$94,338,655
18NEXTGEN CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEESuper PACO$93,010,237
19SENATE MAJORITY PACSuper PACO$92,821,081
20PHILADELPHIA 2016 HOST COMMITTEEX$86,875,793
21CLEVELAND 2016 HOST COMMITTEE INCX$70,058,848
22TEAM RYANN$65,549,126
23CARSON AMERICAP$65,091,036
24CONSERVATIVE SOLUTIONS PACSuper PACO$60,564,219
25HOUSE MAJORITY PACSuper PACO$55,872,071