Presidential Campaign Finance, 1980–2024

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Federal Election Commission1980–2024U.S. dollars (nominal, not inflation-adjusted)

Total receipts and disbursements of the top 10 presidential candidates in every election cycle from 1980 through 2024, extracted from the FEC's bulk candidate summary files. The complete per-cycle summaries for all federal candidates are preserved as the raw archive copy.

HARRIS, KAMALA ($1175M)
Top fundraiser 2024
REAGAN, RONALD ($63M)
Top fundraiser 1980
19×
Growth in top campaign receipts

top campaign receipts ($M) over time

01,206.252,412.53,618.754,82519802024

Data

CycleCandidatePartyTotal receipts ($)Total disbursements ($)
1,980REAGAN, RONALDREP62,944,16559,916,222
1,980ANDERSON, JOHN BIND24,367,69022,189,510
1,980BUSH, GEORGEREP22,207,07122,206,046
1,980CARTER, JIMMYDEM19,828,84336,227,719
1,980KENNEDY, EDWARD M.DEM16,862,21216,735,701
1,980CONNALLY, JOHN B.REP14,820,53414,676,952
1,980BAKER, HOWARD H JR SENATORREP9,093,7669,015,183
1,980CRANE, PHILIP M.REP4,670,3104,657,129
1,980BROWN, EDMUND G JRDEM3,256,1903,218,454
1,980CLARK, EDWARD ELIB3,234,1393,210,758
1,984MONDALE, WALTER FDEM82,879,72879,040,445
1,984REAGAN, RONALDREP74,457,81373,656,870
1,984HART, GARY WDEM23,224,09823,039,575
1,984GLENN, JOHNDEM14,096,52814,051,781
1,984JACKSON, JESSE LDEM9,852,1869,755,125
1,984CRANSTON, ALANDEM7,706,2687,642,717
1,984LAROUCHE, LYNDON HERMYLE JRDEM7,169,8696,905,896
1,984ASKEW, REUBIN O'DDEM2,970,1892,975,218
1,984HOLLINGS, ERNEST FDEM2,744,5152,735,580
1,984MCGOVERN, GEORGE STANLEYDEM1,803,6881,790,363
1,988BUSH, GEORGEREP91,349,61588,752,522
1,988DUKAKIS, MICHAEL SDEM90,540,77487,925,237
1,988ROBERTSON, MARION GORDON (PAT)REP41,029,06641,009,643
1,988JACKSON, JESSE LOUISDEM28,813,33128,487,602
1,988DOLE, ROBERT JREP28,504,98328,376,370
1,988KEMP, JACKREP20,576,28120,422,780
1,988GORE, ALBERT JRDEM14,957,69714,953,102
1,988SIMON, PAULDEM13,346,44412,892,084
1,988GEPHARDT, RICHARD ADEM13,203,41513,237,917
1,988DU PONT, PETEREP8,266,6128,656,960
1,992CLINTON, WILLIAM JEFFERSONDEM115,261,535107,876,226
1,992BUSH, GEORGEREP100,510,11997,408,010
1,992PEROT, ROSSIND72,923,71872,910,798
1,992BUCHANAN, PATRICK JREP14,521,89913,584,627
1,992BROWN, EDMUND G JRDEM11,308,20711,107,348
1,992TSONGAS, PAUL EDEM10,056,9809,854,673
1,992KERREY, J ROBERT (BOB) SENATORDEM8,299,7138,289,629
1,992HARKIN, TOMDEM6,027,9305,866,603
1,992FULANI, LENORA BDEM4,408,1544,349,390
1,992LAROUCHE, LYNDON H JRDEM2,709,5312,686,492
1,996DOLE, ROBERT JREP145,344,516153,457,596
1,996CLINTON, WILLIAM JEFFERSONDEM119,604,182115,365,855
1,996FORBES, MALCOLM S JRREP43,121,31343,121,277
1,996PEROT, ROSSREF41,412,14039,107,192
1,996BUCHANAN, PATRICK JREP32,053,65132,351,895
1,996GRAMM, WILLIAM PHILLIPREP27,302,55431,054,727
1,996ALEXANDER, ANDREW LREP21,231,48720,037,142
1,996LUGAR, RICHARD GREP9,900,9389,799,081
1,996WILSON, PETEREP9,339,0518,740,990
1,996TAYLOR, MAURICE M JRREP6,618,8746,612,914
2,000BUSH, GEORGE WREP193,657,729186,455,992
2,000GORE, ALDEM133,108,037120,335,203
2,000FORBES, STEVEREP86,012,13986,027,058
2,000MCCAIN, JOHN SREP58,636,23058,549,970
2,000BRADLEY, BILLDEM51,156,17150,421,409
2,000BUCHANAN, PATRICK JREF29,155,87134,788,351
2,000KEYES, ALAN LREP15,056,80914,541,515
2,000BAUER, GARY LREP14,101,67813,870,884
2,000NADER, RALPHUNK9,890,4609,196,717
2,000QUAYLE, DANREP7,888,0007,568,411
2,004BUSH, GEORGE WREP374,659,476359,189,842
2,004KERRY, JOHN FDEM348,446,376332,736,096
2,004DEAN, HOWARDDEM52,733,24152,035,798
2,004EDWARDS, JOHNDEM33,598,22633,596,070
2,004CLARK, WESLEY KDEM29,586,66929,135,833
2,004GEPHARDT, RICHARD ADEM21,691,13621,091,599
2,004LIEBERMAN, JOSEPH IDEM19,065,18118,839,289
2,004KUCINICH, DENNIS JDEM13,144,09213,076,706
2,004LAROUCHE, LYNDON H JRDEM7,174,7966,915,124
2,004GRAHAM, BOBDEM5,062,4395,062,439
2,008OBAMA, BARACKDEM778,642,962760,370,195
2,008MCCAIN, JOHN S.REP399,826,087373,920,701
2,008CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAMDEM252,235,517250,660,755
2,008ROMNEY, MITTREP113,659,805113,627,217
2,008GIULIANI, RUDOLPH W.REP64,767,31665,723,001
2,008EDWARDS, JOHNDEM62,713,07058,279,676
2,008PAUL, RONREP35,121,86034,542,893
2,008RICHARDSON, BILLDEM24,852,09324,848,892
2,008THOMPSON, FRED DALTONREP24,519,31824,316,845
2,008DODD, CHRISTOPHER JDEM18,669,47418,473,425
2,012OBAMA, BARACKDEM738,503,770737,507,855
2,012ROMNEY, MITT / RYAN, PAUL D. REP483,452,332483,073,479
2,012PAUL, RONREP41,060,31839,968,390
2,012GINGRICH, NEWTREP24,976,12024,900,556
2,012SANTORUM, RICHARD J.REP23,552,73123,426,457
2,012PERRY, JAMES R (RICK)REP20,593,58120,199,069
2,012CAIN, HERMANREP16,917,97716,913,859
2,012BACHMANN, MICHELEREP15,364,83215,154,740
2,012HUNTSMAN, JONREP9,173,3659,173,365
2,012HERMAN, RAPHAELDEM6,410,9826,475,000
2,016CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM / TIMOTHY MICHAEL KAINEDEM585,669,599585,346,281
2,016TRUMP, DONALD J. / MICHAEL R. PENCE REP350,668,436343,056,733
2,016SANDERS, BERNARDDEM237,640,610232,185,442
2,016CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD "TED"REP94,338,65594,304,803
2,016CARSON, BENJAMIN S SR MDREP65,091,03664,530,285
2,016RUBIO, MARCOREP48,331,86251,557,702
2,016BUSH, JEBREP35,491,19135,435,885
2,016KASICH, JOHN RREP19,692,69119,534,125
2,016PAUL, RANDREP12,458,99212,452,499
2,016FIORINA, CARLYREP12,211,89711,412,310
2,020ELGAR, MISS BETSY PAULINECON4,824,617,9733,848,951,085
2,020BLOOMBERG, MICHAEL R.DEM1,124,592,9451,121,170,037
2,020BIDEN, JOSEPH R JRDEM1,074,179,9761,073,919,501
2,020TRUMP, DONALD J.REP744,350,229752,889,329
2,020MERCER, LEE L JRDEM640,000,000640,000,000
2,020STEYER, TOMDEM353,041,956352,979,287
2,020SANDERS, BERNARDDEM218,907,027221,001,359
2,020WARREN, ELIZABETHDEM131,368,112131,189,613
2,020KLOBUCHAR, AMY J.DEM54,569,26654,521,520
2,020BEHRMAN, DAN TAXATION IS THEFTLIB50,043,88850,043,888
2,024HARRIS, KAMALADEM1,175,189,3651,175,284,547
2,024BIDEN, JOSEPH R JRDEM1,175,189,3651,175,214,806
2,024KENNEDY, ROBERT, F. JR., SHANAHAN, NICOLEIND67,278,24766,539,069
2,024RAMASWAMY, VIVEKREP66,197,19666,197,196
2,024HALEY, NIKKIREP58,378,34856,690,681
2,024NORRIS, JIM ALEXANDER SRREP35,430,000121,230,010
2,024JOHNSON, PERRYREP29,704,58928,803,785
2,024SCOTT, TIMOTHY E.REP18,856,38334,917,284
2,024BURGUM, DOUGREP18,007,92918,006,939
2,024BINKLEY, RYANREP11,884,13111,882,640

Provenance

Original Source
FEC bulk candidate summary files (weball, all cycles) — Federal Election Commission
License
Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
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