Archived California campaign finance data
Our archived release of the state database tracking money in politics. Processed Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 at 9:34 a.m. Latest release »
Getting started
The best place for beginners. Simple, standalone files refined from the state's data. Ready for instant investigation with Excel, Python and other analysis tools.
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Candidates
Every candidate for a public office
Ballot measures
Every ballot measure
Recall measures
Every recall measure
Committees coming soon
Every campaign committee
Filings coming soon
Every campaign filing
Contributions coming soon
Every campaign contribution
Expenditures coming soon
Every campaign expenditure
Advanced usage
For database junkies. The data above in relational format. Ready to import into PostgreSQL, MySQL and other database software. Learn more »
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Raw files
For CAL-ACCESS experts. The 76 jumbled, dirty and difficult tables released by the state cleaned and converted into 52.5 million rows. Use with caution. Learn more »
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Errata
The raw tables released by the state contain errors in how values are escaped, quoted and delimited. The result is a small number of records lost when we prepare files for download. However, those 2,134 lost records represent only 0.00406% of the source data.
Name | Errors | CSV |
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CVR2_CAMPAIGN_DISCLOSURE_CD | 9 | Download » |
CVR2_REGISTRATION_CD | 32 | Download » |
CVR2_SO_CD | 1 | Download » |
CVR_CAMPAIGN_DISCLOSURE_CD | 10 | Download » |
CVR_LOBBY_DISCLOSURE_CD | 106 | Download » |
CVR_REGISTRATION_CD | 2 | Download » |
DEBT_CD | 22 | Download » |
EXPN_CD | 638 | Download » |
FILERNAME_CD | 215 | Download » |
LCCM_CD | 21 | Download » |
LEMP_CD | 185 | Download » |
LEXP_CD | 107 | Download » |
LOAN_CD | 12 | Download » |
LOBBYING_CHG_LOG_CD | 14 | Download » |
LPAY_CD | 86 | Download » |
NAMES_CD | 138 | Download » |
RCPT_CD | 121 | Download » |
S401_CD | 13 | Download » |
S496_CD | 28 | Download » |
S497_CD | 19 | Download » |
S498_CD | 2 | Download » |
TEXT_MEMO_CD | 353 | Download » |