Databases Available from the
Campaign Finance Information Center

The Campaign Finance Information Center (CFIC) is pleased to be able to provide a repository for state campaign finance data. Almost all of the data described here has been provided to us by other organizations which have invested many hours of work to compile it. We are very grateful, as it is their support which makes the CFIC what it is.

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State Campaign Finance Data

  • Florida Contributions and Expenditures, 1993-1998
    This is the source data for the Florida Secretary of State, Division of Elections' excellent on-line contributions/expenditure search engine The advantage to downloading this datafile is that you can then search the whole thing at once with unlimited output, and you can join the downloaded data with other databases such as FEC data, federal contracts data (available from NICAR), or state contracts data.

  • Idaho Contributions and Expenditures, '92-'98
    These databases are freely downloadable in Excel and Plain Text from the Idaho Secretary of State web site. They contain contributions and expenditures for campaigns for statewide offices and the state legislature. Bear in mind that the '98 data is a work in progress. We will try to keep our version up to date, but the freshest data will usually be found on the Idaho Secretary of State site.

  • Illinois Board of Elections Contributions 1994-1997
    Posted 04/23/97
    These data sets come directly from theIllinois State Board of Elections. They list contributions to candidates for statewide office and the statehouse from July 1, 1994 to December 31, 1997.

  • Indiana 1994, 1996 (CPI) Database
    The Center for Public Integrity has spent the last three years amassing several databases taken from Indiana public records housed with the Indiana state election board, secretary of state's office, and office of legislative services. As a result, more than 46,000 contributions to state legislature candidates and political party committees are available in database formats. These databases are now able to be searched and downloaded from this site for all citizens, in hopes of educating the public about which special interests are the strongest supporters of the elected officials representing the citizens of Indiana.

  • Kansas 1994, 1996 Campaign Finance Database
    This data contains contributions and expenditures for 1994 statewide races including Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Insurance Commissioner, and State Treasurer. It also contains data for the 1996 State Senate and State House races.

  • Kentucky Campaign Contributions,1994-1996
    Contributions to candidates for Governor from 1994, and 1995. Also itemized contributions to state House and Senate candidates in the 1994 and 1996 elections. Data comes from the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance.

  • Michigan Candidates and PAC's 1994-1996
    This database, from Michigan's Bureau of Elections, contains itemized contributions to candidates for Michigan House, Senate, Governor, and Judges from 1994 to 1996. It also contains expenditures by PAC's to candidates and candidate committees over the same period.

  • Minnesota 1992-1996 (MAPA) Database
    This data was compiled by the Minnesota Alliance for Progressive Action. MAPA is a statewide coalition of labor, environment, and community groups. In 1995, MAPA began researching contributions to Minnesota politics, including contributions to state house and senate candidates, PACs who make independent expenditures, and state party and legislative caucuses. The data is based on reports filed with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Disclosure Board in 1992, 1994, and 1996. The latest information is based upon reports filed as of June 1997.

  • Ohio 1990-96 (Ohio Citizen Action/Kiplinger Program)
    This data set contains campaign finance records for Ohio statewide elections from 1990 through 1996. It is comprised of 22 related tables broken into three general groups: candidate information, PAC information and party information. The candidate tables include contributions from organizations and individuals, candidate debts and expenditures, and a summary of each candidates financial reports. The PAC tables include contributions for both the primary and the general election periods as well as debts, expenditures and other financial information. The party tables include contributions, debts, expenditures and other financial information related to the parties.

  • The Wisconsin 1990-1998 (WDC) Contributions Database
    This database is provided by the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. It contains information on individual contributions of $100 or more to candidates for Governor through12/31/97 and selected candidates for the state legislature through 3/23/98.

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