State Limits on Contributions to Candidates 2023-2024 Election

State Limits on Contributions to Candidates

2023-2024 Election Cycle

Updated May 2023

Individual Candidate

Contributions

State Party Candidate

Contributions

PAC Candidate Contributions

Corporate Candidate

Contributions

Union Candidate

Contributions

Alabama

Ala. Code § 17-5-1 et seq.

Unlimited

Alaska

Alaska Stat. §§ 15.13.070,

15.13.072(e), and

15.13.074(f)

Unlimited

$100,000/year/governor

candidate

$15,000/year/senate

candidate

$10,000/year/house

candidate

$5,000 municipal

$5,000 to judge seeking

retention

$1,000/office/year

Contributions from out-of-

state PACs prohibited

Prohibited

d

Prohibited

d

Arizona

b, e

Ariz. Rev. Stat. §§ 16-912,

16-914, 16-915, 16-916,

and 16-931

$5,400/statewide candidate

$5,400/legislative candidate

$6,650/local candidate

Amounts per election

$10,400/nominee for city,

town, county, district office

$8,400/nominee for

legislative office

$80,400/nominee for

statewide office

“Mega” PACs

1

:

10,700/statewide candidate

Regular PACs:

Same as individual limits

Amounts are per election

a

Prohibited

d

Prohibited

d

Arkansas

e2

Ark. Code Ann. §§ 7-6-

201, 7-6-203

$2,900/candidate/election

a

$2,900/election

a

$2,900/election

a

Prohibited

d

Prohibited

d

1

In Arizona, a PAC that has received contributions from 500 or more individuals in amounts of $10 or more in a four-year period may qualify as a “Mega PAC.” Qualification is valid for four years.

(Ariz. Rev. Stat. §16-908(C)).

2

It is illegal for a candidate for office to accept contributions from any entity or person more than two years before the primary or general election in which the candidate is running. (A.C.A. § 7-6-

203(e)).

Individual Candidate

Contributions

State Party Candidate

Contributions

PAC Candidate Contributions

Corporate Candidate

Contributions

Union Candidate

Contributions

California

e

Cal. Gov’t. Code § 85300

et seq.

$36,400/governor candidate

$9,100/other statewide

candidate

$5,500/legislative candidate

$5,500/City and County

Candidates

Amounts are per election

a

$5,500/City and County

Candidates

Otherwise Unlimited

“Small Contributor”

Committees

3

:

$36,400/Governor candidate

$18,200/statewide candidate

$10,900/legislative candidate

$5,500/ County Candidates

Regular PACs:

Same as individual limits

Amounts are per election

a

Same as individual limits

Colorado

e

Colo. Const. Art. XXVIII; 8

Colo. Code Regs. § 1505-6

$625/statewide candidate

$200/legislative candidate

Limits double for a candidate

who accepts voluntary

spending limits if his/her

opponent has not accepted

the limits and has raised more

than 10% of the limit.

Amounts per election

a

$679,025/Governor candidate

$135,775/other statewide

cand

$24,425/senate candidate

$17,625/house candidate

Note: Contributions by a

candidate to his/her own

campaign, and unexpended

contributions carried forward

to a subsequent election

cycle, are treated as

contributions from a political

party and are subject to the

political party limits. Party

limits cannot be doubled for

candidates who accept

voluntary limits.

Amounts are per applicable

election cycle.

“Small Donor” Committees:

4

$6,750/Governor & statewide

cand

$2,675/legis. candidate

Regular PACs and Federal

PACs:

Same as individual limits

Prohibited

5

Prohibited

6

3

In California, a “small contributor committee” is a committee which has been in existence for at least six months, receives contributions from 100 or more persons in amounts of not more than

$200 per person, and makes contributions to five or more candidates. (Cal. Govt. Code §85203).

4

In Colorado, a “small donor committee” means any political committee that has accepted contributions only from humans (i.e. not corporations, unions, or other artificial entities) who each

contributed no more than $50 in the aggregate per year. (Colo. Const. art. XVIII, § 2, Cl. 14(a)).

5

Corporations/unions are prohibited from donating money from their treasury, but are permitted to establish independent expenditure committees or political committees with the same

contribution limits as PACs. [Note: In Ritter v. FEC, 227 P.3d 892 (Colo. 2010), the Colorado Supreme Court declared various provisions within §3, subsection 4 of Art. XXVII unconstitutional in light of

Citizens United v. FEC, 558 U.S. 310 (2010).]

Individual Candidate

Contributions

State Party Candidate

Contributions

PAC Candidate Contributions

Corporate Candidate

Contributions

Union Candidate

Contributions

Connecticut

b6

Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 9-

601(9), 9-611, 9-613, 9-

615, and 9-617

$3,500/Governor candidate

$2,000/other statewide

candidate

$1,000/senate candidate,

probate judge, or CEO of any

town, city, or borough

$250/house candidate

All amounts are per election

a

$50,000/Governor candidate

$35,000/other statewide cand

$10,000/senate candidate,

probate judge, or CEO of any

town, city, or borough

$5,000/house candidate

$5,000/other office

All amounts are per election

a

$5,000/Governor candidate

$3,000/other statewide

candidate

$1,500/senate candidate,

probate judge, or CEO of any

town, city, or borough

$750/house candidate

$375/other office

Aggregate limits on

contributions to candidates

by type of PAC:

Union: $50,000/all candidates

Corporation: $100,000/all

candidates

All amounts are per election

a

Prohibited

d

Prohibited

d

Delaware

Del. Code Ann. tit. 15, §§

8001, 8010 and 8012

$1,200/statewide candidate

$600/other candidate

All amounts per election cycle

$75,000/Governor candidate

$25,000/other statewide cand

$5,000/senate candidate

$3,000/house candidate

All amounts per election cycle

Same as individual limits

Florida

Fla. Stat. §§ 106.011 and

106.08

$3,000/statewide or Supreme

Court Candidate

Candidates for the offices of

governor and lieutenant

governor on the same ticket

are considered a single

candidate

$1,000/legislative or other

judicial candidate

Amounts are per election

a

A candidate for statewide

office may not accept

contributions from parties

which in the aggregate

exceed $250,000.

A legislative candidate can

accept up to $50,000 each

from the national or state

executive committee of a

party, or up to $50,000 from

the county executive

committee of a party.

Same as individual limits

6

Legal minors (under 18) cannot contribute more than $30 to any candidate, party, or committee during an election cycle. (Conn. .Gen.Stat. § 9-611(e)).

Individual Candidate

Contributions

State Party Candidate

Contributions

PAC Candidate Contributions

Corporate Candidate

Contributions

Union Candidate

Contributions

Georgia

e

Ga. Code Ann. § 21-5-41

Statewide Candidate

7

:

$8,400/primary or general

election

$4,800/primary or general

runoff

Legislative Candidate:

$3,300/primary or general

election

$1,800/primary or general

runoff

Amounts are per election

a

Same as individual limits

Hawaii

8

Haw. Rev. Stat. §§ 11-357;

11-359; 11-361 and 11-

371

$6,000/statewide candidate

$4,000/senate candidate

$2,000/house candidate

Contributions from a

candidate's immediate family

are limited to $50,000 in an

election cycle, including loans.

All amounts are per election

cycle

Same as individual limits

Idaho

Idaho Code § 67-6610A

$5,000/statewide candidate

$1,000/leg candidate

Amounts are per election

a

$10,000/statewide candidate

$2,000/legislative candidate

Amounts are per election

a

Same as individual limits

7

Georgia Government Transparency & Campaign Finance Commission voted on September 30, 2021 to increase contribution limits to statewide and legislative candidates.

8

Contributions from non-Hawaiian residents may not make up more than 30% of the total contributions of a candidate for office. (H.R.S. § 11-362).

Individual Candidate

Contributions

State Party Candidate

Contributions

PAC Candidate Contributions

Corporate Candidate

Contributions

Union Candidate

Contributions

Illinois

e

10 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/9-8.5

$6,900/candidate/election

cycle

When one candidate receives

benefit or detriment from

independent expenditures in

excess of the amounts below,

all candidates for that office

are exempted from all

contribution limits:

$250,000/statewide

candidate

$100,000/candidate for any

other office

Any candidate whose

opponent is self-funded is

exempted from contribution

limits. A self-funded

candidate is an individual who

contributes $250,000 to

his/her own statewide

campaign in an election cycle,

or $100,000 for all other

elective offices. Contributions

made to a candidate by

immediate family members

are also considered “self-

funding.”

Unlimited if candidate is not

seeking nomination in a

primary election.

For candidates running in a

primary:

$274,200/statewide

candidate

$171,500/senate candidate

$102,900/house candidate

$68,500/all other candidates

Amounts are per election

cycle.

$68,500 per election cycle

Same limit applies to a

contribution from one

candidate committee to

another

$13,700 per election cycle

Indiana

Ind. Code §§ 3-9-2-3, 3-9-

2-4, and 3-9-2-6

Unlimited

Unlimited for most

contributions.

For contributions by a

corporation or union to a PAC

specifically designated for a

particular candidate, same as

corporate limits.

$5,000 in the aggregate to

statewide candidates

$2,000 in the aggregate to

senate/house candidates

$2,000 in the aggregate to all

other candidates

All amounts are per year

Same as corporate limits

Iowa

Iowa Code § 68A.503

Unlimited

Prohibited

d

Unlimited

Individual Candidate

Contributions

State Party Candidate

Contributions

PAC Candidate Contributions

Corporate Candidate

Contributions

Union Candidate

Contributions

Kansas

Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 25-4143

and 25-4153

$2,000/statewide candidate

$1,000/senate candidate

$500/house candidate

Amounts are per election

a

For a contested primary

election, same as individual

limits.

Unlimited in uncontested

primaries and general

elections

Same as individual limits

Kentucky

e

Ky. Const. § 150; Ky. Rev.

Stat. Ann. §§ 121.025,

121.035

$2,100/candidate

Amounts are per election

a

Unlimited

Same as individual limits

Prohibited

d

Prohibited

d

Louisiana

La. Stat. Ann. § 18:1505.2

$5,000/candidate for major

office

9

$2,500/candidate for district

office

10

$1,000/candidate for other

office

Amounts are per election

a

Unlimited

Regular PACs:

Same as individual limits

“Big” PACs

11

:

Double the amount of

individual limits

Same as individual limits

Maine

b,e

Me. Stat. tit. 21-A, § 1015

$1,950/Governor candidate

$475/legislative candidate

12

Individuals may not make an

aggerate contribution of

$25,000/year to candidates

Amounts are per election

a

Same as individual limits

Prohibited

9

In Louisiana, “major office” includes, among others, statewide offices, S. Ct. and CoA judgeships, and any office with an election district containing a population of more than 250,000.

10

In Louisiana, “district office” includes, among others, members of the state legislature, offices elected parishwide or in a district with a population of more than 35,000 and less than 250,000, and

district judgeships.

11

In Louisiana, a “Big PAC” is a PAC with over 250 members who contributed over $50 to the PAC during the preceding calendar year and has been certified as meeting that membership

requirement. This is not expressly stated in statute.

12

In Maine, candidates who are enrolled in a political party may accept contributions of up to $400 from an individual per election.

Individual Candidate

Contributions

State Party Candidate

Contributions

PAC Candidate Contributions

Corporate Candidate

Contributions

Union Candidate

Contributions

Maryland

West’s Md. Code Ann.,

Elec. Law §§ 13-226 and

13-227

$6,000/candidate

Amounts are per 4-year

election cycle

Transfer limits:

Same as individual limits

In-Kind Contributions:

Limited to an amount equal

to $1 for every two registered

voters in the state, regardless

of political affiliation, to a

single candidate. Limit is per

4-year election cycle.

Same as individual limits

Massachusetts

Mass. Gen. Laws. ch. 55,

§§ 6, 6A, 7A and 8

$1000/candidate

Registered lobbyists may only

contribute up to

$200/candidate

Amounts are per calendar

year.

$3,000/candidate/year

No limit on in-kind

contributions

Regular PAC or People's

Committee:

13

$500/candidate

Candidates cannot accept

aggregate contributions from

regular PACs that exceed the

following amounts (People’s

Committees are exempt from

the aggregate limits):

$150,000/governor candidate

$31,250/lieutenant governor

candidate

$18,750/senate candidate

$7,500/house candidate

Amounts per calendar year.

Prohibited

d

Prohibited

d

13

In Massachusetts, a "People's Committee” is a PAC that has been in existence for six months. After six months in existence, a PAC that has received contributions from individuals of $181 or less

per year and contributed to five or more candidates may request a change in its status to that of a people's committee. The maximum contribution from an individual to a people's committee

is adjusted biennially by OCPF. The $181 figure is in effect for 2020 and 2021.

Individual Candidate

Contributions

State Party Candidate

Contributions

PAC Candidate Contributions

Corporate Candidate

Contributions

Union Candidate

Contributions

Michigan

e

Mich. Comp. Laws §§

169.246, 169.252 and

169.254

$8,325/statewide candidate

$2,450/senate candidate

$1,225/house candidate

All amounts are per election

cycle

$750,000/Governor-

lieutenant Governor slate

with public funding

$166,500/Governor-

lieutenant Governor without

public funding & all other

statewide cands.

$24,500/senate candidate

$12,250/house candidate

All amounts are per election

cycle

Political Committees:

Same as individual limits.

Independent PACs

14

:

$83,250/statewide candidate

$24,500/senate candidate

$12,250/house candidate

All amounts are per election

cycle

Prohibited

d

Prohibited

d

14

In Michigan, an “independent committee” must have filed a statement of organization at least 6 months before the election in which the committee wishes to make contributions; must have

supported or opposed 3 or more candidates for nomination or election; and must have received contributions from at least 25 persons.

Individual Candidate

Contributions

State Party Candidate

Contributions

PAC Candidate Contributions

Corporate Candidate

Contributions

Union Candidate

Contributions

Minnesota

Minn. Stat. §§ 10A.27 and

211B.15

Election segment limits:

15

$4,000/Governor-lieutenant

Governor slate

$2,500/AG candidate

$2,000/SOS or auditor

candidate

$1,000/legislative candidate

Non-election segment limits

[in effect for 2019-2020

cycle]:

$2,000/governor-lieutenant

governor slate

$1,500/attorney general

candidate

$1,000/secretary of state or

auditor candidate

$1,000/senate candidate

n/a for house candidates

Candidates who have signed a

public subsidy agreement are

also subject to a limit (equal

to five times the election

segment limits above) on the

amount of personal funds

they can contribute to their

own campaign.

Amounts are per two-year

election segment.

Party committees may

contribute up to 10 times the

limits imposed on individuals

Candidates are subject to the

following aggregate limits on

contributions received in the

2021-2022 election cycle from

party committees and

terminating principal

campaign committees:

$40,000/Governor-lieutenant

Governor slate

$25,000/AG candidate

$20,000/SOS or auditor

candidate

$10,000/legislative candidate

Same as individual limits

Aggregate contributions from

political committees, political

funds, lobbyists, and

associations not registered

with the State Board cannot

exceed the following

amounts:

$846,500/Governor-

lieutenant Governor slate

$145,200/AG candidate

$96,800/SOS or auditor

candidate

$21,800/senate candidate

$14,500/house candidate

Prohibited

d

Same as individual limits

Mississippi

Miss. Code Ann. §§ 23-

15-1021 and 97-13-15

Unlimited for statewide and

legislative candidates

$5,000/supreme court or court

of appellate judge candidates

$2,500/all other judicial

candidates

Unlimited

Unlimited for statewide and

legislative candidates

$5,000/supreme court or court

of appellate judge candidates

$2,500/all other judicial

candidates

$1,000/candidate/year

Unlimited

15

Minnesota’s SF 991 (2013) divided election cycles into two-year periods and made limits applicable to a two-year period rather than a single year. The limit is higher for the two-year period

during which an election is held for the office, and lower during a non-election two-year period for candidates that serve a four- or six-year term.

Individual Candidate

Contributions

State Party Candidate

Contributions

PAC Candidate Contributions

Corporate Candidate

Contributions

Union Candidate

Contributions

Missouri

e

Mo. Const. art. VIII § 23;

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 130.029

and 130.031

$2,825/statewide candidate

$2,400/senate candidate

$2,000/legislative candidate

Amounts are per election

a

Same as individual limits

Prohibited

Not taxed as corporations and

can give if they are registered

Prohibited

Montana

e

Mont. Code Ann. §§ 13-

35-227 and 13-37-216 -

13-37-219

$1,000/Governor slate

$700/other statewide

candidate

$400/senate or house

candidate

Amounts are per election

a

$100,000/Governor slate

$75,000/other statewide

candidate

$3,000/senate candidate

$2,000/house candidate

Amounts are per election

a

$1,000/Governor candidate

$700/other statewide office

$400/senate or house

candidate

Amounts are per election

a

Prohibited

d

Prohibited

d

Nebraska

Neb. Rev. Stat. Chapter

32, Art. 16 [repealed]

Unlimited

Nevada

Nev. Const. art. 2 § 10;

Nev. Rev. Stat. §

294A.100

$5,000/candidate/election

a

Same as individual limits

New Hampshire

N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §

664:4

$5,000/election

a

$5,000/election

a

Same as party limits

Same as individual limits

16

Prohibited

d

New Jersey

e

N.J. Stat. Ann. § 19:44A-

11.3

$4,900/Governor candidate

$2,600/other candidate

Amounts are per election

cycle

a

Nat’l Party: $8,200/election

a

Unlimited contributions by

state, county, municipal and

legislative leadership party

committees

$8,200/candidate/election

a

Same as individual limits

New Mexico

e

N.M. Stat. Ann. § 1-19-

34.7

$11,000/Governor candidate

$5,500/all other candidates

Amounts are per election

a

Same as individual limits

No limits on in-kind

contributions

Same as individual limits

16

Corporations are no longer prohibited from making political contributions under New Hampshire law despite the language of NH RSA 664:4. That ban was declared unconstitutional by a federal

district court in 1999. A June 6, 2000, letter from Deputy Attorney General Steven M. Houran indicates that the limits on individual contributions now apply to corporate contributions as well.

Individual Candidate

Contributions

State Party Candidate

Contributions

PAC Candidate Contributions

Corporate Candidate

Contributions

Union Candidate

Contributions

New York

e

N.Y. Elec. Law §§ 14-114

and 14-116

Regular Limits, Primary:

$9,000/statewide

17

$5,000/senate candidate

$3,000/assembly candidate

Family Limits, Primary

18

:

$1,187-$154,731/statewide

$20,000-$42,173.50/senate

$12,500-$19,084.50/assembly

Regular Limits, General:

$9,000/statewide candidate

$5,000/senate candidate

$3,000/assembly candidate

Family Limits, General:

$309,077/statewide candidate

$32,988.25-$61,462.50/senate

cand

$13,049.25-

$27,100.75/assembly

Amounts are per election

cycle.

Prohibited in primary election

Unlimited in general election

Same as individual limits

Same as individual limits,

with exceptions (see below)

Corporations are limited to

$5,000 per year in aggregate

contributions to NY state

candidates and committees.

Candidates may accept

corporate contributions of up

to $5,000 annually during

each year of an election cycle,

so long as the total

contributions from the

corporation do not exceed the

election cycle’s regular limits

on individual contributions,

and the corporation does not

exceed its aggregate limit of

$5,000/ year to all candidates

and committees.

Same as individual limits

North Carolina

e

N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 163-

278.13, 163-278.15 and

163-278.19

$6,400/candidate/election

a

Unlimited

Same as individual limits

Prohibited

d

Prohibited

d

North Dakota

N.D. Cent. Code §§ 16.1-

08.1-01; 16.1-08.1-03.3;

16.1-08.1-03.5(1) [All

Repealed]

Unlimited

Foreign contributions banned.

Unlimited

Prohibited

d

Prohibited

d

17

Limit is based on a formula: product of number of enrolled voters in candidate’s party in state (excluding voters on inactive status) x $.005.

18

Separate limits apply for contributions from all family members in the aggregate. Limit is based on a formula: total # of enrolled voters on active status in candidate’s party in the state/district x

$0.025. “Family” is defined as a child, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, and the spouses of those persons. Contributions from the candidate and the candidate’s spouse are not limited.

Individual Candidate

Contributions

State Party Candidate

Contributions

PAC Candidate Contributions

Corporate Candidate

Contributions

Union Candidate

Contributions

Ohio

e

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. §§

3517.102, 3517.104 and

3599.03

$15,499.69/candidate/electio

n

a

$874,182.62/statewide

candidate

$174,371.53/senate

candidate

$86,798.27/house candidate

In-kind contributions

unlimited

All amounts are per election

a

Same as individual limits

Prohibited

d

Prohibited

d

Oklahoma

Okla. Stat. tit. 21, §§ 187.1

et seq.; Ethics Commission

Rules § 257:1-1-1 et seq.

and § 257:10-1-2 et seq.

$3,300/candidate/campaign

Amount is per election, if a

candidate is unopposed

number is per campaign

$25,000/Governor candidate

$10,000/other state office

candidate

All amounts per calendar year

Limited Committee:

19

$5,000/candidate/campaign

1/25 Limited Committee:

20

$2,500/candidate/campaign

Prohibited

d

Prohibited

d

Oregon

Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 260.160 -

260.174

Unlimited

Pennsylvania

25 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3253

Unlimited

Prohibited

d

Prohibited

d

Rhode Island

R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-25-

10.1 and 17-25-12

$1,000/candidate/ year

$25,000/candidate/year

In-kind contributions

unlimited

$1,000/candidate/ year

Annual aggregate limit of

$25,000 to all recipients

Prohibited

19

In Oklahoma, a limited committee is a political action committee organized to make contributions to candidates.

20

In Oklahoma, a 1/25 limited committee is a political action committee organized to make contributions to candidates that has been registered for less than 1 year before a primary OR has fewer

than 25 contributors

24

Ballot measure 107 passed in Oregon in 2020, allowing limits on campaign contributions. However, the legislature has not yet passed such legislation.

Individual Candidate

Contributions

State Party Candidate

Contributions

PAC Candidate Contributions

Corporate Candidate

Contributions

Union Candidate

Contributions

South Carolina

S.C. Code Ann. §§ 8-13-

1300(10), 8-13-1314 and

8-13-1316

$3,500/statewide candidate

$1,000/legislative candidate

Amounts are per election

a

in

each primary, runoff, or

special election in which a

candidate has opposition and

for each general election; if a

candidate remains unopposed

during an election cycle, one

contribution limit shall apply.

$50,000/statewide candidate

$5,000/other candidate

Amounts are per election

a

subject to the same

exceptions described at left.

Same as individual limits

South Dakota

S.D. Codified Laws §§ 12-

27-7 and 12-27-8

$4,000/statewide candidate

$1,000/legislative candidate

Amounts are per calendar

year

Unlimited

Same as individual limits

Tennessee

e

Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 2-10-

102, 2-10-302, 2-10-306

$4,900/statewide candidate

$1,800/legislative candidate

Both amounts are per

election

a

Candidates limited to

aggregate amount from all

political party committees:

$477,300/statewide

candidate

$76,300/senate candidate

$38,300/house candidate

All amounts are per election

a

$14,400/statewide candidate

$28,800/senate candidate

$14,400/state representative

$9,400/other candidates

No more than 50% of a

statewide candidate’s and of

a legislative candidate’s total

contributions may come from

PACs (or $126,600/house

candidate and

$253,200/senate candidate)

All amounts are per election

a

Same as PAC limits

If a corporation gives more

than $250 in the aggregate to

candidates, it must register as

a PAC and make all further

contributions through the

PAC. It may transfer unlimited

amounts from its corporate

treasury to the PAC.

Same as PAC limits

A union must register as a

PAC before making

contributions to candidates.

Texas

Tex. Elec. Code Ann. §

253.094

Unlimited

Prohibited

d

Prohibited

d

Utah

Utah Code Ann. § 20A-11-

101

Unlimited

Individual Candidate

Contributions

State Party Candidate

Contributions

PAC Candidate Contributions

Corporate Candidate

Contributions

Union Candidate

Contributions

Vermont

b, e

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 17, §§

2901(7), 2905, 2941, 2943

$4,480/statewide candidate

$1,680/State Senate

$1,120/State House

Amounts are per two-year

election cycle.

Unlimited

Same as individual limits

Virginia

Va. Code Ann. § 24.2-945

Unlimited

Washington

e

Wash. Rev. Code §§

42.17A.250 and

42.17A.440 et seq.;

Wash. Admin. Code § 390-

05-400

$2,400/state exec. candidate

$1,200/legislative candidate

Amounts are per election

a

During the 21 days before the

general election, no

contributor may donate more

than $50,000 in the aggregate

to a statewide candidate or

$5,000 in the aggregate to

any other candidate or a

political committee, including

political party committees.

This includes a candidate's

personal contributions to

his/her campaign. The state

committees of political

parties are exempted from

this limit.

Aggregate contributions from

a state party central

committee to a statewide or

legislative candidate may not

exceed $1.00 x number of

registered voters in legislative

district (if legislative

candidate) or statewide (if

state executive candidate).

This limit applies to the entire

election cycle. (Jan 1 of year

following election-Dec. 31 of

year of next election).

Same as individual limits

A PAC that has not received

contributions of $10 or more

from 10 or more Washington

registered voters during the

past 180 days is prohibited

from making contributions.

Same as individual limits for

Washington corporations

Prohibited for corporations

not doing business in

Washington state.

Same as individual limits for

Washington unions

Prohibited for unions that

have fewer than 10 members

who reside in Washington.

West Virginia

W. Va. Code §§ 3-8-5c, 3-

8-8 – 3-8-12

$2,800/candidate/election

a

Same as individual limits

Prohibited

d

Same as individual limits

Individual Candidate

Contributions

State Party Candidate

Contributions

PAC Candidate Contributions

Corporate Candidate

Contributions

Union Candidate

Contributions

Wisconsin

Wis. Stat. §§ 11.1101 et

seq.

$20,000/statewide candidate

$2,000/senate candidate

$1,000/assembly candidate

Amounts apply for term of

office for an incumbent; for

non-incumbents, the amounts

apply beginning on the date

on which the person becomes

a candidate and ends on the

day before the term of office

begins.

Unlimited

$86,000/Governor candidate

$26,000/lieutenant gov.

candidate

$44,000/atty. Gen. candidate

$18,000/other statewide

candidate

$2,000/senate candidate

$1,000/assembly candidate

Prohibited

d

Prohibited

d

Wyoming

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 22-25-

102

$2,500/statewide candidate

$1,500/other candidate

Amounts are per election

a

Unlimited

Unlimited for statewide office

$5,000/non-statewide office

Amounts are per election

a

Prohibited

d

Prohibited

d