FEC Disbursement Transactions — Electioneering Communications

This dataset contains disbursement transactions disclosed as electioneering communications. These are broadcast ads (radio, tv or satellite) that are:

• Sponsored by individuals or groups that are not political committees (i.e. not campaigns, PACs or parties)
• Distributed within 30 days of a primary election or 60 days of the general election
• Make reference to a federal candidate and
• Are targeted to the relevant electorate

Electioneering communications are disclosed in two parts:

• The recipient, cost, purchase, and distribution dates of the expenditure
• The candidate or candidates identified in the communication

When more than one candidate is listed, the disclosure does not indicate how much of the expenditure should be allocated to each candidate listed. In an effort to help users work with this complicated data, the expenditure has been divided equally by the number of candidates named in the report. The resulting dataset shows the reported expenditure amount, the number of reported candidates and the calculated pro rata amount per candidate.

Records span election cycles from 2010 to the present. Each year's data is a separate table.