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Politicians are sometimes tempted to spend campaign funds for personal purposes instead of their election campaign. One U.S. Representative, Duncan D. Hunter of California, for example, was sentenced to 11 months in prison in 2020 "for spending 2018 campaign donations on family trips to Hawaii and Italy and private school for his children." [133]
The largest donation from an organization before this ruling was over $14 million just in 2008 with the average around $9 million from 2000 to 2010. Starting in election year 2012, the amount of donations began to increase every election year with the largest donation in 2020 being $167 million from a single organization. [57]
Money raised is applied for the salaries of non-volunteers in the campaign, transportation, campaign materials, media advertisements and other contingencies. Under United States law, officially declared candidates are required to file campaign finance details with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) at the end of every calendar month or ...
You could look at the federal election spending reports, or—if you’re in a swing state—just pick up your TV remote or smartphone. ... That leaves roughly half of a presidential campaign’s ...
Several events related to the 2020 presidential election were altered or postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and its effects, such as stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidelines by local governments. On March 10, following primary elections in six states, Democratic candidates Joe Biden and Bernie ...
“When expenditures and debt incurred by the 2020 Trump campaign committee are added to expenditures by outside groups, the 2020 Trump campaign cost approximately $2.24 billion,” said Michael ...
The 2024 U.S. presidential election is on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5. States with the earliest, early vote periods Early voting will take place this year again and several states start the ...
The spending limit increases every cycle due to inflation. The FEC estimates that the limits for the primary election will be $40.9 million, of which a candidate must abide by state limits of 65.4 cents per person of voting age population in a state, or $817,800, whichever is greater. [4]