Money a group spent on its own supporting or opposing a candidate, instead of giving it to the campaign.
The filings call it: independent expenditure
A quick report a group files when it spends close to an election.
The filings call it: 24- or 48-hour report
A group that can raise any amount and spend it supporting or opposing candidates, as long as it does not work with their campaigns.
The filings call it: independent-expenditure-only committee
Which side of a candidate a group said its money was on, in its own report. On a race page each candidate is named; a total over many races is all candidates combined.
A striped month on a chart is one we haven’t read yet.
Two years long. The 2026 one runs from 1 January 2025.
The filings call it: election cycle
The result as first reported, before the official count.
The filings call it: unofficial
The official result.
The filings call it: certified
How many more votes the winner got than the runner-up.
An average of recent polls.
Likely voters, registered voters, or all adults.
Groups the filings tie together.
One of the two names the other in its own filings.
The number the IRS gives an organization.
The filings call it: EIN
An email address or a Google account opens the records behind each page.
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