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Individual to State Party Contributions |
PAC to Party Contributions |
Corporate/Union to Party Contributions |
National Party to State Party |
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Alaska
§15.13.070 |
$5,000/year cumulatively to all state and local committees of a political party
Only 10% of a party's contributions may come from non-residents |
$1,000/year |
Prohibited |
Prohibited, if they do not comply with state limits |
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California
Gov. Code §85303 |
For 2007-2008 Election Cycle:
$30,200/year for contributions to candidates
Unlimited if given for purposes other than making contributions to candidates |
Same as individual limits |
Same as individual limits |
$25,000/year for candidate expenditures; unlimited for non-candidate expenditures.
Candidates may contribute surplus funds to parties, if the parties use them for non-cand. expenditures, such as partisan registration and GOTV activities or slate mailers. |
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Colorado
§1-45-105.3 |
$3,175/year to all affiliates of a political party; state-level affiliate may receive no more than $2,600 |
Small donor committees may give no more than $15,900 per year in the aggregate to all affiliates of a political party; no more than $13,250 to the state-level affiliate per year |
Prohibited |
Unlimited |
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Connecticut
§9-333 |
$5,000/year to state committee
$1,000/year to town committee |
Same as individual limits |
Corporate contributions prohibited
Unions subject to same limits as individuals |
Transfers to national and local party committees unlimited; state parties may receive transfers only from federal account of federal parties. |
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Delaware
§15-8011 |
$20,000/election period |
Same as individual limit |
Same as individual limit |
Unlimited |
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Hawaii
§11-204(k) |
$25,000/2-year election cycle |
Same as individual limit |
Same as individual limit |
$50,000/2-year election cycle |
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Kansas
§25-4153 |
$15,000/year to state party
$5,000/year to other party |
$5,000/year |
Same as individual limits |
$25,000/ year to state party, $10,000/ year to other party committee |
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Kentucky
§121.150(11) |
$1,000/year for election activities
additional $1,500/year for administrative expenses |
Same as individual limits |
Corporate contributions prohibited
Unions subject to same limits as individuals |
Unlimited, but may not include funds raised from corporate sources |
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Louisiana
§18:1481 to 1532 |
$100,000/four years |
Same as individual limit |
Same as individual limit |
Unlimited |
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Maryland |
$4,000/four years for election expenditures
Unlimited for non-election purposes |
$6,000/four years for election expenditures
Unlimited for non-election purposes |
Same as individual limits |
$6,000/four years for election expenditures
Unlimited for non-election purposes |
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Massachusetts
Ch. 55, §7A |
$5,000/year to all committees of a party |
Same as individual limits |
Corporate contributions prohibited
Unions limited to $15,000/year to all committees of a party |
- prohibited for candidate-related expenditures
- unlimited for administrative, overhead or party-building activities |
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New Hampshire
§664:4 |
$5,000/primary, general or special election |
Same as individual limits |
Prohibited |
Unlimited |
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New Jersey
§19:44A-11.4 |
$25,000/year to legislative leadership committee, state political party committee
$37,000/year to county party committee
$7,200/year to municipal party committee |
Same as individual limits |
Same as individual limits |
$72,000/year to state political party committee
$37,000/year to county political party committee
$7,200/year to municipal political party committee
$25,000/year to legislative leadership committee |
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New York
Election Law, §14-114 |
$94,200/year for election purposes; unlimited for "housekeeping" accounts |
Same as individual limits |
Corporations limited to $5,000/year for election purposes; unlimited for "housekeeping" accounts
Unions subject to same limits as individuals |
Unlimited |
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Ohio
§3517.102(B) |
$32,010/year to state party for party's state candidate fund
Unlimited for administrative and party-building expenses |
Same as individual limits |
Prohibited |
Unlimited |
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Oklahoma
Ethics Commission Rules §257:10-1-2 |
$5,000/year to all affiliated party committees |
Same as individual limits |
Corporate contributions prohibited
Unions subject to same limits as individuals |
Unlimited, but must have been raised in accordance with state law |
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Rhode Island
§17-25-10.1 |
$1,000/year to party committee for candidate contributions
$10,000/year aggregate to all party committees, PACs and candidates
$10,000/year to party committee for organizational and party-building activities |
Same as individual limits |
Prohibited |
Unlimited, but may not be spent on behalf of state candidates |
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South Carolina
§8-13-1322 |
$3,500/year
Unlimited for administrative and party-building expenses |
Same as individual limits |
Same as individual limits |
Same as individual limits |
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South Dakota
§12-25-1.2 |
$3,000/year |
Unlimited |
Prohibited |
Unlimited |
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Vermont
17 VSA ch. 59 §2805 |
$2,000/two-year election cycle |
Same as individual limits |
Same as individual limits |
Same as individual limits
Contributions from parties not organized in the state cannot exceed 25% of total contributions accepted |
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Washington |
Unlimited during the last 21 days before an election, no contributor may donate more than $5,000 |
$3,400/year for election expenses
Unlimited for administrative and party-building expenses except during the last 21 days before an election (see left) |
Same as PAC limits |
Same as PAC limits |
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West Virginia
§3-8- 12(f) to (h) |
$1,000/year to state party executive committee
$1,000/year to state party legislative caucus committee |
Same as individual limits |
Corporate contributions prohibited
Unions subject to same limits as individuals |
$50,000/year to state party executive committee
$50,000/year to state party legislative caucus committee
National funds may only be used for voter registration and GOTV activities |
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Wisconsin
§11.26(4) |
$10,000/year to all political committees |
$6,000/year |
Prohibited |
Unlimited |
