Elections and Government Reform

Campaign finance rules

217 public statements from 2026 candidates

§1The range of views

Why this matters: These rules decide who can pay for political ads and how much, and whether voters can see who is paying.

Drafted by AI, then checked for neutral wording in a separate AI review. It describes the question and the main positions, not any candidate's view. Facts link to their sources.

The rules for raising and spending money in elections, including the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision letting corporations and unions spend unlimited amounts if they act independently of candidates, and its 2026 decision striking down limits on what political parties spend in coordination with their candidates.1,2

  1. Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
  2. Keep spending unlimited but require groups to name their major donors
  3. Keep current rules
  4. Raise or remove limits on donations to candidates and parties

These options describe policies, not people. The order is not a ranking.

§2What candidates have said

Why this matters: Statements candidates made publicly, summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Candidates who haven't spoken publicly on this issue aren't listed.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United (138)

  • Mary Peltola AK Senate
    Her campaign website says she supports passing the DISCLOSE Act to reveal who funds election ads and a constitutional amendment overturning the Citizens United decision.3
  • Bill Hill AK-AL
    His campaign website says Citizens United should be overturned and calls for action to limit billionaires' spending on elections.4
  • Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins AK Governor
    His campaign website says he would remove corporations' power to spend on politics under state law and bring back contribution limits for state elections.5
  • Clyde Jones AL-1
    His campaign website says he would vote to overturn Citizens United and to get corporate PACs out of elections.6
  • Amanda N. Pusczek AL-4
    Her campaign website says she supports a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and allow limits on independent spending, a ban on corporate PAC contributions to federal candidates, and public matching funds for small donations.7
  • Andrew Sneed AL-5
    His campaign website supports overturning Citizens United to get unlimited corporate money out of politics.8
  • Jeff Wadlin AR Senate
    His campaign website says he supports undoing Citizens United and related rulings that allow unlimited election spending, along with real-time disclosure of major political spending.9
  • Mike McGuire CA-1
    His campaign website says he would fight to overturn Citizens United.10
  • Eric Jones CA-4
    His campaign website calls for overturning Citizens United, banning money from corporations, special interests and lobbyists in politics, and fully disclosing all political spending.11
  • Mai Vang CA-7
    Her campaign website says she will champion a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United and work to get rid of super PACs, and that her campaign takes no corporate PAC money.12,13
  • Connie Chan CA-11
    Her campaign website says she would push to overturn the Citizens United decision and cosponsor a constitutional amendment to do so.14
  • Scott Wiener CA-11
    His campaign website says he supports a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision.15
  • Sam Liccardo CA-16
    His campaign website says he would work toward a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and supports requiring every contribution to a super PAC to be reported within 24 hours.16
  • Ro Khanna CA-17
    His campaign website says he supports a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, introduced a bill to cap contributions to super PACs at $5,000 a year, and introduced legislation to bar members of Congress and candidates from taking PAC or lobbyist money.17
  • Randy Villegas CA-22
    His campaign website says every legal avenue should be pursued to end the Citizens United decision and that corporate PACs should be banned from buying influence with politicians and candidates.18
  • Angélica María Dueñas CA-29
    Her campaign website says she would work to get corporate money out of politics and end Citizens United.19
  • Gil Cisneros CA-31
    His campaign website says he will push for a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision and supports requiring groups that advocate for or against candidates to disclose all of their contributors.20
  • Jimmy Gomez CA-34
    His campaign website says he consistently cosponsors a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, supports public financing of elections and cosponsors the congressional DISCLOSE Act.21
  • Angela Gonzales-Torres CA-34
    Her campaign website says she would cap donations to Super PACs at $5,000, the same limit as regular PACs, and work to overturn Citizens United.22,23
  • Samantha Mota CA-37
    Her campaign website calls for campaign finance reform and overturning Citizens United.24
  • Robert Garcia CA-42
    His campaign website says he supports ending Citizens United and a full lobbying ban for former members of Congress.25
  • Marni von Wilpert CA-48
    Her campaign website says Citizens United should be overturned to get dark money out of elections.26
  • John Hickenlooper CO Senate
    His campaign website says he takes no corporate PAC money, supports overturning the Citizens United ruling and sponsors legislation for stricter rules and disclosure on money in politics.27
  • Adam Withrow CO Senate
    His campaign website says money should be taken out of elections, corporations and other artificial entities should be barred from participating, and both sides of contributions traded for favors should be penalized.28
  • Melat Kiros CO-1
    Her platform supports overturning Citizens United through a constitutional amendment, banning super PACs, capping total campaign spending, and moving toward publicly financed elections.29
  • Clifton Brown CO-3
    His campaign website calls for a constitutional amendment to get money out of politics, no contributions from corporations, foreigners or super PACs, and limited donations from individual citizens.30
  • Jessica Killin CO-5
    Her campaign website says she supports overturning Citizens United and banning dark money to reduce the influence of corporations in politics.31,32
  • Samir Ezzeldin Witta CO-6
    His campaign website says he would repeal the Citizens United decision, dismantle corporate PACs and end mega-donor money in elections.33,34
  • Manny Rutinel CO-8
    His campaign website says his campaign takes no corporate PAC money and that he would fight to reverse Citizens United and get dark money out of politics.35
  • Luke Bronin CT-1
    His campaign website says he will never accept corporate PAC money and supports a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and get dark money out of politics.36,37
  • Sarah McBride DE-AL
    Her campaign website says she cosponsored the DISCLOSE Act and supports a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.38
  • Angie Nixon FL Senate special
    Her campaign website says she supports overturning Citizens United, capping contributions to super PACs and public financing of elections.39
  • Todd Schaefer FL-4
    His campaign website says he would cosponsor the Abolish Super PACs Act, which it says would restore $5,000-a-year contribution limits for super PACs, along with stronger disclosure rules and limits on coordination, and says he will never take PAC money.40
  • Kimberly Overman FL-12
    Her campaign platform says she supports public financing of elections, the DISCLOSE Act and better disclosure of who is influencing elections, and the Democracy for All Amendment to address Citizens United and let governments regulate election spending.41,42
  • Branden Scrivener FL-12
    His campaign website says campaign finance law should be reworked to prevent unlimited corporate spending and create clear transparency and accountability.43
  • Leela Gray FL-13
    Her campaign website says she will fight for a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United and that she will not take corporate PAC money.44
  • Robert People FL-15
    His affordability plan says overturning Citizens United would require a constitutional amendment, which he would support.45
  • Pia Dandiya FL-22
    Her campaign website says she would end Citizens United as a way to remove big money from politics.46
  • Nicole Locklin FL-26
    Her campaign website says she will fight to overturn Citizens United, supports a full ban on corporate PAC contributions, would require complete donor transparency, and would push for publicly financed elections.47,48
  • Caitlyn Gegen GA-9
    Her campaign website says she will advocate for campaign spending caps and legislation that overturns the Citizens United decision.49
  • Jill N. Tokuda HI-2
    Her campaign website says she is determined to overturn Citizens United, does not accept corporate PAC money, and supports the For the People Act and the DISCLOSE Act.50
  • Josh Turek IA Senate
    His campaign website says he supports a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United, a ban on corporate PAC money in campaigns and the DISCLOSE Act, and that in the Iowa House he sponsored legislation to cap how much can be given to individual campaigns and political committees.51
  • Thomas Laehn IA Senate
    His campaign website says he would sponsor legislation to end what it calls the corrupting role of PACs and super PACs in elections.52
  • Christina Bohannan IA-1
    Her campaign website says she supports a constitutional amendment to reverse the Citizens United decision and block unlimited corporate and billionaire spending on campaigns, and that she takes no corporate PAC money.53
  • Michael Bridgford IA-1
    His campaign website says he will vote for a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision and, until then, will champion legislation requiring 24-hour public disclosure of political donations over $10,000.54
  • Lindsay James IA-2
    Her campaign website says she will work to pass a constitutional amendment overturning the Citizens United v. FEC decision and will not take corporate PAC money.55
  • Dave Bushaw IA-2
    His platform page says he supports the Democracy is for the People Amendment to the Constitution, which would limit making contributions and expenditures to influence elections to natural persons.56
  • Sarah Trone Garriott IA-3
    Her campaign website says she will work to ban corporate PACs and super PACs and to overturn Citizens United.57
  • Dave Dawson IA-4
    His campaign website says he supports a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and get corporate and dark money out of elections.58
  • Natalie M Fleming ID Senate
    Her campaign website says she would work to overturn Citizens United and reform campaign finance.59
  • Kaylee Peterson ID-1
    Her campaign website says she wants to overturn Citizens United, working to ban corporate political dominance at the state level in Idaho until it can be done federally, and to get dark money out of elections and require full transparency.60
  • Emre Houser ID-2
    His platform page says to get rid of Citizens United, saying the influence of corporate donations and super PACs has taken the focus off serving people.61
  • Tripp Charles Hutchinson ID-2
    His platform page lists banning corporate PACs and overturning Citizens United among his commitments.62
  • Delia Ramirez IL-3
    Her campaign website says she co-sponsored H.J.Res. 54, which would propose a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, and that she supports banning dark money.63
  • Patty Garcia IL-4
    Her campaign website says she is in favor of reversing Citizens United and combating the influence of dark money in politics.64
  • Melissa L. Bean IL-8
    Her campaign website says she will require full disclosure of political spending to stop dark money, support small-donor and public financing reforms, and work to overturn the effects of Citizens United.65
  • Daniel Biss IL-9
    His campaign website says the Constitution should be amended to overturn Citizens United and get corporate money out of politics, and that he supports the Government by the People Act, a small-donor matching system.66
  • Bill Foster IL-11
    His campaign website says he supports a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision, and lists voting for the For the People Act, which it says would require SuperPACs and dark money groups to disclose their donors.67
  • Nikki Budzinski IL-13
    Her campaign website says she supports a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and stop corporations and dark money from buying elections.68
  • Kelly Thompson IN-3
    Her campaign website says she supports a constitutional amendment overturning Citizens United and related decisions, and would require organizations spending significant money to influence elections to disclose their funders.69
  • Drew Cox IN-4
    His campaign website says he is pushing to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics, will fight to pass the Ban Corporate PACs Act, advocates public campaign financing that matches small-dollar donations, and has pledged not to take corporate money.70,71
  • Mary Allen IN-8
    Her campaign website says she wants to build a more equal playing field by getting corporate money out of politics, and it cites a 2010 Roberts Court decision that it says opened the way for unlimited corporate spending.72
  • Christopher Campbell KY Senate
    His campaign website says he would propose a constitutional amendment stating that constitutional rights belong only to individual people and not to corporations or other artificial entities, overturning Supreme Court decisions including Buckley v. Valeo and Citizens United v. FEC.73
  • John "Drew" Williams KY-1
    His campaign website proposes banning outside political spending aimed at influencing voters in a candidate's district and giving every registered voter a Federal Democracy Account to replace the influence of large donors.74
  • Melissa Claire Strange KY-4
    Her campaign website says she supports ending Citizens United and getting big money out of politics, and that she is not taking corporate or foreign PAC money.75
  • Zach Dembo KY-6
    His campaign website says he will introduce an amendment to end the Citizens United decision, fight to ban donations from corporate political action committees and get rid of dark money in politics.76,77
  • Pete Lynch KY-6
    His campaign website says he supports taxing election spending above $2,500 per individual or corporation per year at 100%, taxing lobbying spending above $1 million per year at 100%, banning unlimited donations to super PACs, making political spending fully transparent and matching small donations.78
  • Lauren Jewett LA-1
    Her campaign website says she will work to overturn Citizens United and get unlimited corporate PAC and super PAC money out of politics, and will advocate for more transparent mechanisms and publicly financed campaigns.79
  • Tia LeBrun LA-3
    Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists ending Citizens United among its government reform goals.80
  • Conrad Cable LA-4
    His campaign website says Citizens United must be overturned to stop dark money from controlling politics.81
  • "Matt" Gromlich LA-4
    His campaign website says he supports overturning Citizens United to get dark money out of politics, and lists the Citizens Over Corporations Amendment, which it says would overturn that decision and limit corporate spending in politics, among legislation he will support on day one.82,83
  • Patrick "Pat" Forbes LA-6
    His campaign website says he supports capping what super PACs can take.84
  • Nadia Donya Milleron MA-1
    Her campaign website says she supports keeping corporations out of the political process and creating a federal charter for large corporations requiring transparency, accountability and fair taxation.85,86
  • James P. McGovern MA-2
    His campaign website describes him as a leading voice in Congress in the effort to overturn Citizens United and a main advocate in the fight against corporate personhood.87
  • Lori Loureiro Trahan MA-3
    Her campaign website says she will work to overturn Citizens United and supports the Democracy for All Amendment, which it says would let Congress and the states set overall limits on campaign spending, including prohibitions on corporate and union spending, and the DISCLOSE Act.88
  • Jake Auchincloss MA-4
    His campaign website says to overturn Citizens United, noting that his was the first signature on a Massachusetts ballot petition to do so.89
  • Dan Koh MA-6
    His campaign website says he will vote for the Democracy for All Amendment, which it says would overturn Citizens United, and that he refuses corporate PAC money.90
  • Andy Ellis MD Governor
    His campaign website says he would sponsor legislation for public financing of all state-level and school board races and a Corporate Reset Act barring corporations from campaign finance activity.91
  • Dan Schwartz MD-1
    His campaign website lists ending Citizens United among his priorities, saying the aim is to get billionaire money out of politics.92
  • Adrian Boafo MD-5
    His campaign website says he would overturn Citizens United and curb the sway of unlimited corporate money over elections.93
  • Troy D. Jackson ME Senate
    His campaign website says he would work for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and for public financing of federal campaigns modeled on Maine's Clean Election system.94
  • LaVeta Davenport MI-1
    Her campaign website lists getting money out of politics among its voting-rights goals. The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for overruling corporate personhood, for the principle that money is not speech, for banning corporate donations to politicians, parties, PACs and lobbyists, and for public financing of state offices.95,96
  • Zebulon Featherly MI-1
    His campaign website says he supports overturning Citizens United, so that every citizen has an equal voice in the political system.97
  • Charlotte Magoon MI-2
    Her campaign website says she supports banning corporate money in politics.98
  • Christian Vukasovich MI-5
    His campaign website says he supports passing an amendment overturning Citizens United, creating public financing of elections and giving states more power to curb the influence of wealthy special interests.99
  • Kristen McDonald Rivet MI-8
    Her campaign website says she is fighting to remove big, unlimited money from politics and is leading efforts to reverse Citizens United.100
  • Ray Pooley MI-9
    His campaign website says he will overturn Citizens United to remove dark money from politics and create public financing for campaigns.101
  • Christina Bertrand Hines MI-10
    Her money in politics topic page says she supports overturning Citizens United and backs a constitutional amendment, for example the For Our Freedom Amendment, that would permit reasonable caps on political spending.102
  • Donavan McKinney MI-13
    His campaign website says the Citizens United decision lets corporations and wealthy donors spend unlimited money on elections, says he wants to get big money out of politics, and lists his work helping introduce Michigan House bills that would stop government contractors and monopoly utilities from donating to political campaigns.103,104
  • Abdul El-Sayed MI Senate
    His campaign website says he supports overturning Citizens United, banning outside spending through super PACs and similar groups, public election funding and campaign spending caps.105
  • Lydia Christensen MI Senate
    Her campaign website says she would end Citizens United.106
  • Peggy Flanagan MN Senate
    Her campaign website says she wants to ban corporate money in elections, require disclosure of all donors and reverse the Citizens United decision.107
  • Jake Johnson MN-1
    His campaign website says he takes no corporate PAC money and supports overturning Citizens United, whether through a constitutional amendment or other efforts such as the Montana Plan.108,109
  • Matt Little MN-2
    His campaign website lists overturning Citizens United and Buckley v. Valeo and banning super PACs among the items in his Anti-Corruption Bill of Rights.110
  • Kelly Morrison MN-3
    Her campaign website says she supports a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, and that she has never accepted contributions from corporate PACs, federal lobbyists or dark money.111
  • Ilhan Omar MN-5
    Her campaign website's elections page says she wants to overturn Citizens United and eliminate Super PACs.112
  • DeVelle L. Jackson MN-5
    It says outside groups such as PACs, Super PACs, national interest groups, corporations and billionaire networks should not be able to overwhelm a district's voters with unlimited spending.113
  • Erik Osberg MN-7
    His Get Corporate Money Out of Politics priority says he supports amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United, and stronger disclosure rules for election spending.114
  • Jordan Herrera MO-4
    His campaign website says he supports reforms limiting corporate political spending, constitutional and statutory changes to make clear that political rights belong to people rather than corporations, and a voluntary public financing system for federal elections.115
  • Missi Hesketh MO-7
    Her Accountability page says she would prohibit for-profit corporations from forming PACs, require immediate disclosure of large donors, and work toward overturning Citizens United.116
  • Chris Reichard MO-8
    His campaign website says he would work to end Citizens United and shut down dark money, and his Issues page says he would join coalitions like Take BAC Congress, whose candidates pledged to end Citizens United.117,118
  • Scott Colom MS Senate
    His campaign website says he would work to overturn Citizens United and supports stronger disclosure of campaign spending and lobbying.119,120
  • Ty Pinkins MS Senate
    His campaign website says he supports overturning Citizens United to reduce the influence of unlimited, undisclosed money in elections.121
  • Alani Bankhead MT Senate
    Her campaign website says she backs the DISCLOSE Act to reveal who funds dark money, overturning Citizens United, and small-dollar public financing of campaigns with real-time disclosure.122
  • Seth Bodnar MT Senate
    His campaign website says he supports overturning Citizens United and stronger disclosure of dark money spending in elections.123
  • Sam Forstag MT-1
    His campaign website says he would pass a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, ban corporate election spending and eliminate Super PACs, and set lower limits on contributions to federal campaigns.124
  • Brian J Miller MT-2
    His campaign website says he does not take dark money or PAC money, supports the Montana Plan fully, and opposes the Citizens United decision, saying the Founders would not have agreed that corporations have free speech rights.125
  • Michael D Eisenhauer MT-2
    His Voter Contract page says he will propose legislation to end the Citizens United decision, similar to the Montana Plan.126
  • Michael Dublin NC Senate
    His campaign website calls for overturning the Citizens United decision and passing comprehensive campaign finance reform.127
  • Raymond Smith NC-3
    His campaign platform page says it is time to push major campaign finance reform and bring an end to Citizens United.128
  • Chuck Hubbard NC-5
    His campaign website says Citizens United should be overturned and that corporate political action committees should have less influence in elections.129
  • Cyril Jefferson NC-6
    His campaign website lists overriding Citizens United among the structural reforms he would advance in Congress.130
  • Colby Watson NC-8
    His campaign website's Corruption page says he backs a constitutional amendment to undo the effects of Citizens United, wants campaign finance reform that curbs the sway of special-interest money, and wants more openness in campaign finance and lobbying. Its home page says he will turn down money from lobbyists for corporate or foreign interests.131,132
  • Ashley Bell NC-10
    Her campaign website says she supports ending the Citizens United decision and abolishing dark money, and wants a system that lets working people run their own campaigns. Its FreeAgents page adds that she supports the DISCLOSE Act, which it describes as aimed at dark money and corporate lobbying.133,134
  • Mike Marvin NE Senate
    His campaign website's platform page says he supports ending the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling and paying for all U.S. elections entirely with public money.135
  • Dan Osborn NE Senate
    His campaign website says he would be a leading voice for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and supports the DISCLOSE Act, which it says would require nonprofit groups that now keep their donors private to report election spending over $10,000.136
  • Chris Backemeyer NE-1
    His campaign website says he supports overturning Citizens United and ending dark money in politics.137
  • Denise Powell NE-2
    Her campaign website says she wants to overturn Citizens United and remove dark money from politics.138
  • Mark Cohen NE-3
    His campaign website lists campaign finance reform and overturning Citizens United among his goals, and says unlimited donations to candidates and the use of PACs to get around contribution limits also threaten democracy.139,140
  • Chris Pappas NH Senate
    His campaign website says he introduced the DISCLOSE Act to require dark money groups to disclose their donors and supports overturning Citizens United.141,142
  • Stefany Shaheen NH-1
    Her campaign website says Citizens United should be overturned and that anyone who pays for political ads or gives to candidates should do so under their own name.143
  • Maggie Goodlander NH-2
    Her campaign website says she is championing a constitutional amendment (H.J.Res. 122) to overturn Citizens United and is helping lead the Ban Corporate PACs Act, which would bar for-profit corporations from funding political campaigns.144,145
  • Veronica Fernandez NJ Senate
    Her campaign website says she would sign on, on her first day, to a proposed constitutional amendment in the Senate to overturn Citizens United.146
  • Donald Norcross NJ-1
    His campaign website says he supports repealing the Citizens United decision and efforts to increase transparency and accountability in elections.147
  • Zack Mullock NJ-2
    The same section says he would overturn Citizens United, end unlimited dark money, support public financing of elections and require full disclosure of political spending.148
  • Ramon Mora Jr. NJ-2
    The same page lists banning dark money donations to campaigns, banning corporate PACs (especially those with ties to foreign nations), requiring disclosure of super PAC spending and donations, and an American Vote Contribution fund that would give each voter money, such as $5 to $50, to donate to a candidate. It says the ultimate goal is to get rid of super PAC spending.149
  • Rachel Peace NJ-4
    Her campaign website says she supports a constitutional amendment to repeal Citizens United and broader changes to campaign finance, including ending dark money donations.150
  • Analilia Mejia NJ-11
    Her campaign issues page says she supports a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and publicly financed elections.151
  • Adam Hamawy NJ-12
    His campaign website says he supports overturning Citizens United, including through a constitutional amendment, along with public financing of elections and full disclosure of dark money donors, and that he has committed to refusing corporate PAC money.152
  • Winston Jordan NJ-12
    His policy platform website lists overturning Citizens United, banning dark money and supporting H.R. 415 (the Stop Act), which would keep sitting lawmakers from raising money themselves for political committees; his campaign says it accepts no donations of any kind.153,154
  • Teresa Leger Fernandez NM-3
    Her campaign website says she has worked on legislation requiring political groups funded in secret to disclose their donors, and that she will keep fighting to overturn Citizens United and promote public financing of campaigns.155,156
  • Teresa F. Benitez-Thompson NV-2
    Her campaign website says she wants to overturn the Citizens United v. FEC decision, strengthen penalties for breaking campaign finance laws and require campaign finance disclosure.157,158
  • Curtis Stinnett OK Senate
    His campaign website calls overturning the Citizens United decision its most important goal, and supports ending corporate campaign donations, public financing of elections and a constitutional amendment.159
  • Jeff Merkley OR Senate
    His campaign website calls for overturning Citizens United and shutting down dark money in elections.160,161
  • Chris Henry OR Senate
    His platform calls for publicly financed federal elections, banning corporate treasury spending in elections as far as the Constitution allows, and a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.162
  • Brett Smith OR Governor
    His campaign website proposes a state constitutional amendment that would bar corporations and other entities, other than registered political committees, from spending in Oregon elections.163
  • Brian L Bengs SD Senate
    His campaign website calls for a constitutional amendment to end the unlimited corporate political spending allowed by the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision.164
  • James Talarico TX Senate
    His campaign website says he would work to undo the effects of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, including by banning super PACs and corporate PACs.165

Statements that don't match one option (79)

  • Terri Yarbrough Green AR-1
    Her campaign website says dark money must be taken out of politics so that billionaires and special interests cannot buy influence.166
  • Chris Jones AR-2
    His campaign website says he would pursue campaign finance reform that accurately discloses political spending to voters.167
  • Robb Ryerse AR-3
    His campaign website says elections should be decided by voters rather than by corporations and billionaires spending unlimited money, and calls for clear rules and full transparency about money in politics.168,169
  • Michael Masuda CA-5
    His campaign website lists countering the influence of big money in politics among his priorities, says he would champion campaign finance reform and disclose every meeting he takes in office, and says the campaign does not take corporate PAC money.170,171
  • Josh Harder CA-9
    His campaign website says he wrote the Ban Corporate PACs Act and is a leader on changing campaign finance rules so elected officials put families ahead of corporations.172
  • Jamie Joyce CA-12
    The MAD Act's website says the bill would require groups spending more than $10,000 on campaign activity to disclose their significant donors, require political ads to name their top funders, and extend disclosure to spending on federal judicial nominations.173,174,175
  • Lateefah Simon CA-12
    Her campaign website says she would work to reduce the influence of money in politics by eliminating secret corporate spending in elections.176
  • Kevin Mullin CA-15
    His campaign website says he supports getting dark money out of elections, cosponsors the Freedom to Vote Act to bring more transparency to campaign contributions, and lists among his accomplishments writing the California DISCLOSE Act on the funders of ballot measures and candidates.177
  • Zoe Lofgren CA-18
    Her campaign website lists among her accomplishments guiding the For the People Act to House passage twice, which it says would have limited the influence of big money in politics and made it easier to vote.178,179
  • Derek Tran CA-45
    His campaign website says he supports limits on the influence of lobbyists and special interests, strong campaign finance reforms and more transparency to stop corporations from buying elections.180
  • Mike Levin CA-49
    His campaign website says he takes no corporate PAC money and co-chairs the End Corruption Caucus, which it says supports reforms to keep dark money, corporate PACs and special interests out of democracy.181
  • Dwayne L. Romero CO-3
    His campaign website calls for ending dark money in political spending and closing the revolving door between Congress and lobbying jobs.182
  • Eileen Laubacher CO-4
    Her campaign website says she has pledged not to take corporate PAC money and wants to end dark money and limit corporate money in campaigns by requiring full disclosure of political spending.183
  • Jason Crow CO-6
    His campaign website says he refuses corporate PAC money, introduced the End Dark Money Act to stop mega-donors from hiding contributions through social welfare organizations, and cosponsored the DISCLOSE Act to require groups spending in federal elections to name their donors.184,185
  • Joe Krzeczkowski CO-7
    His campaign website says he will not take corporate PAC money, wants to roll back rules that let large companies, lobbyists and the very wealthy drown out regular voters, and supports passing the DISCLOSE Act.186,187
  • Gay Valimont FL-1
    Her campaign website says she supports campaign finance reform to reduce the influence of dark money, and that voters rather than corporations or the very wealthy should decide elections.188
  • Amanda Marie Green FL-2
    Her campaign website says money, including dark money, should be taken out of politics.189,190
  • Mike Klein FL-3
    His campaign website says money should be taken out of politics and calls for banning corporate PACs and dark money in elections.191,192
  • Mike Sell FL-4
    His campaign's platform calls for small-donor public financing, barring coordination between candidates and super PACs and counting coordinated spending as a contribution, and supports the DISCLOSE Act.193,194
  • Rachel Grage FL-5
    Her campaign website says she would increase transparency in campaign finance and reduce the influence of big money in politics.195
  • Matthew Montavon FL-17
    His campaign website says Congress needs to pass laws restricting campaign donations and making campaign finance fully transparent.196
  • Michael J. Quirk FL-17
    His campaign website says he supports small-dollar public financing and disclosure rules to bring dark money into the light.197
  • Deva Simmons FL-18
    Her campaign website lists reforming campaign finance laws among her priorities for defending democracy.198
  • James T. Martin FL-21
    His campaign website says he is committed to removing big money from politics and closing the revolving door between Capitol Hill and lobbying firms.199
  • David Jolly FL Governor
    His campaign website says Florida should adopt sweeping campaign finance and ethics reform, including limits on corporate contributions, rules showing who funds campaigns, a ban on lobbyist gifts and closing the revolving door between office and lobbying. It also cites his 2016 co-sponsorship in Congress of the Stop Act, which would have barred members of Congress from personally asking for contributions.200,201
  • Jon Ossoff GA Senate
    His campaign website says he has introduced legislation to ban corporate PACs.202
  • Lucy McBath GA-6
    Her campaign website says she strongly disagrees with the Citizens United decision, opposes dark money in politics and will support any legislation to increase transparency of the campaign finance system.203
  • Chris Harden GA-11
    His campaign website says he has pledged not to accept corporate PAC money and supports greater transparency, stronger enforcement of campaign finance laws and closing loopholes that allow unlimited spending.204
  • Jonathan Chavez GA-13
    His platform says he will refuse corporate PAC money and push to require every campaign contribution of $1,000 or more to be disclosed online within 48 hours.205
  • Jasmine Clark GA-13
    Her campaign website’s agenda lists campaign finance reform among her priorities.206
  • Rick Jackson GA Governor
    His action plan says he would strengthen criminal penalties for serious campaign finance violations and ban all fundraising during the legislative session.207
  • Ed Case HI-1
    His campaign website's agenda lists reforming campaign contribution laws to eliminate dark money.208
  • Jordan S. Conley HI-1
    His campaign website lists campaign public finance among the topics on its home page.209
  • Todd Achilles ID Senate
    His campaign website says states should be able to prohibit corporate money in elections and that companies with government contracts should be barred from donating to federal candidates.210
  • Ellie Gilbreath ID-2
    Her campaign website says she will ban dark money and increase campaign finance transparency, and says multibillion-dollar corporations should not get a bigger say in elections than Idaho voters.211,212
  • Angel Oakley IL-3
    Her policy page says she supports a ban on foreign influence and dark money in elections and tougher transparency rules for political spending.213
  • Paul Nolley IL-16
    His campaign website says the corrupting influence of money in politics needs to be stopped.214
  • Juliana Stratton IL Senate
    Her campaign website says she wants to get corporate PACs out of politics.215,216
  • Collin Corbett IL Governor
    His campaign website says he would reduce the power of party bosses through campaign finance reform and make campaign finances more transparent.217
  • Brad A. Meyer IN-9
    His campaign website says he supports reforms that reduce the influence of money in politics and are crafted to withstand Supreme Court review.218
  • Adam Hamilton KS Senate
    His campaign website says he would end what it calls dark money spending in elections by billionaires and special interests.219
  • Lauren Reinhold KS-1
    Her campaign website says she would require campaigns to report donations of $50 or more within 72 hours and require groups spending more than $10,000 on electioneering to disclose donors who gave over $5,000.220
  • Sharice L. Davids KS-3
    Her campaign website says she is dedicated to reducing the influence of big money in politics, and lists co-sponsoring the For the People Act among her actions.221
  • Jeremy Todd KY-4
    His campaign website says Americans deserve to know who is funding political campaigns and shaping legislation, and that no foreign government or foreign-funded organization should have disproportionate influence over American elections.222
  • Mikel Wein KY-5
    His campaign website lists three proposed constitutional amendments to overturn the Citizens United decision among the pending legislation on its Integrity page, and lists legislation to expand voter access and for publicly funded elections among its longer-term actions.223
  • Jay J Bowman KY-6
    His campaign website lists making it harder for super PACs to coordinate with candidates and parties, requiring super PACs to disclose their donors, considering limits on donations to super PACs and encouraging public financing of campaigns.224
  • John Deaton MA Senate
    His campaign website says he would require disclosure within 48 hours of contributions over $500 to super PACs and politically active nonprofits, and abolish leadership PACs.225
  • George E. McDermott MD-4
    His campaign website says corporations should not be able to give a campaign more money than the average citizen can, and a 2018 candidate survey posted on it lists, among his top national issues, capping corporate contributions at what an individual may give.226
  • Sam Husseini MD-4
    His campaign website says elections need public funding to address the influence of big money groups.227
  • April McClain Delaney MD-6
    Her campaign website says she backs measures such as the For the People Act to widen access to voting and change how campaigns are financed.228
  • Moshe Y. Landman MD-6
    The Green New Deal page on his campaign website says it would replace big-money control of campaigns with full public financing, and amend the Constitution to end corporate personhood and establish that money is not speech.229
  • Scott M. Collier MD-7
    His campaign website says money is a major problem in the election process and needs to change, and says he has never taken contributions for any of his campaigns.230
  • Rick Bennett ME Governor
    His campaign website says he would require disclosure of the original sources of large campaign contributions, and that he chaired a ballot initiative banning spending by foreign governments in Maine elections and championed one limiting contributions to PACs to $5,000.231,232
  • Josh Smead MO-6
    His campaign website lists barring groups it describes as climate-denial organizations from spending millions of dollars on political campaigns and on lobbying Congress.233
  • Cliff Johnson MS-1
    His campaign website lists challenging a political system in which, it says, only corporations and wealthy donors are heard among his priorities.234
  • Maad Abu-Ghazalah NC-7
    His campaign website's Platform page says he would address political corruption by ending government benefits for corporations and foreign countries, so they have no reason to pay politicians, rather than by limiting the size and source of campaign donations.235
  • Jamie Ager NC-11
    His campaign website says he will back campaign finance reforms that expose dark money and reduce special-interest influence in Washington, and will support tougher ethics and anti-corruption rules for Congress.236
  • Jack Codiga NC-12
    His campaign website lists a pledge not to accept PAC money. His platform page says AIPAC and other domestic groups that advocate for foreign-aligned policies should have to register as foreign agents, which it says would bar them from taking part in elections and increase transparency about their contributions.237,238
  • Helene Neville ND-AL
    Her campaign website says the country needs a more transparent and fair campaign finance system, saying voters have a right to know who funds campaigns and raising concerns about outside spending since the Citizens United decision.239
  • Macey Budke NE-3
    Her leadership accountability plan says she would support an Ethics, Lobbying, and Donor Transparency Act and a Public Disclosure Clarity Standard that make donor, spending and lobbying information easier to read.240
  • Lily Tang Williams NH-2
    Her campaign website says members of Congress should have to disclose their stock trades, campaign contributions and lobbying contacts to the public right away, so voters can hold them accountable.241
  • Ryan Michael Kelly NJ-3
    His campaign website says he supports both constitutional and legislative changes in response to Citizens United, stronger campaign finance transparency and less influence from big money in politics.242
  • Steven Welzer NJ-3
    His campaign website's home page lists setting up a system of full public financing for election campaigns among his issues.243
  • Adam Rueda NJ-5
    His campaign website says he wants to severely limit corporate and international interests' influence on Congress and be fully transparent about lobbying, and that lobbying and campaign financing make representatives dependent on those who fund them.244
  • Hillary Herzig NJ-6
    Under a money-in-politics heading, it says public office should not be limited to multimillionaires or career politicians and that every American deserves an equal voice whatever their income.245
  • Rebecca Bennett NJ-7
    The same page lists passing campaign finance reform so that billionaires cannot buy elections.246
  • Melanie Ann Stansbury NM-1
    Her campaign website says she has led efforts to take big money out of politics, supports campaign finance reform at all levels, and has had a policy since 2018 of not accepting funds from corporations or corporate PACs.247
  • Gabriel Vasquez NM-2
    His campaign website lists supporting the DISCLOSE Act, which it describes as a way to keep dark money and foreign money out of elections, among his accomplishments.248
  • Danielle Ford NV Governor
    Her campaign website supports clearer disclosure of major donors, outside spending and lobbying, and says public financing of campaigns should be examined.249,250
  • Don Kissick OH Governor
    His campaign website opposes political contributions from regulated monopolies in utilities, health care, telecom and insurance, and dark money, and supports a five-year ban on legislators becoming lobbyists.251
  • Greg Levy OH Senate special
    His campaign website calls for outlawing corporate lobbying and political donations.252
  • Ron Meinhardt OK Senate
    His campaign website calls for transparency about who is funding political influence.253
  • Ken Krawchuk PA Governor
    His campaign website calls for banning out-of-state political contributions.254
  • Helena Buonanno Foulkes RI Governor
    Her ethics plan proposes banning gifts and donations from registered lobbyists to statewide elected officials, state legislators and candidates for those offices from one week before and during each legislative session, and requiring weekly public reports of lobbyists' meetings with legislators during the session.255
  • Annie Andrews SC Senate
    Her campaign website says she would ban corporate PAC and dark money, and says she does not take corporate PAC money.256
  • David Hatley TN Governor
    His campaign website proposes banning campaign contributions from significant state contractors while they seek or perform state work.257
  • Lauren Pinkston TN Governor
    Her campaign website says Tennessee should follow states like Hawaii in using public financing of campaigns.258
  • Victor L. Scoggin TN Governor
    His campaign website calls for limits on politicians' campaign spending and no money from PACs or lobbyists.259
  • Rachel Fetty Anderson WV Senate
    Her campaign website says candidates should not be allowed to take money from foreign governments or corporations, and that her campaign accepts neither.260