Register · Market gapLR-2026-003
72 funded campaigns and no data vendor
Of the 579 contested campaigns on the November ballot for offices with real budgets, 163 have reported money and no payment to any data vendor, and 72 of those hold at least $10,000. They are overwhelmingly State House races, averaging $164,000 in cash, and 43 of the 72 are Republican.
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- 06 Sep 2026
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Headline figuresLR-2026-003
Measured from filings
- 72
- funded contested campaigns with $10K+ and no data vendor on any report
- $13.6M
- cash those 72 campaigns hold
- 53
- of them are State House races, averaging $164K in cash
- 43 / 22 / 7
- Republican / Democratic / other
Sources: Candidate and committee expenditure lines classified by purpose; cash on hand from filed totals
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