RK ARCHIVE - Q2 State Level Fundraising

Over the past week we've looked at a number of statistics from ActBlue.com, everything from some raw numbers, top candidates, and top fundraising pages. To finish out our series we're going to take a look at one of the most important areas of ActBlue- state level fundraising.

It's true that federal activity made up the majority of 2nd Quarter fundraising at ActBlue- 90% in fact. That's no surprise as federal races have always made up the bulk of ActBlue activity and tend to get started sooner than state legislative races.

That said, state level fundraising at ActBlue has huge potential for 2008 and is already showing enormous growth. In the 2nd Quarter, $323,638 was raised for state candidates in 15 states. (To note- in Q2 2005, just under $100,000 was raised across ActBlue for all candidates federal and non-federal.)

The charts below break out the numbers by state and detail the cluster of activity in Virginia (which has 2007 elections) and California.

Q2 $ Raised by State		Q2 Donors by State		# of Recipient Campaigns
$ Received	State	# of Donors	State	# of Campaigns	State
148,856	CA	650	VA	40	VA
120,308	VA	551	CA	15	CA
23,774	IL	145	IL	6	TX
16,990	MT	122	MT	5	PA
6,877	MO	43	PA	4	MT
2,705	PA	35	MO	4	NM
1,840	WI	17	WI	4	WI
1,210	MS	16	OH	3	NH/OH

In addition, the following table is of the Top 10 state candidates by $ raised on ActBlue in the 2nd Quarter.

We're looking forward to helping more candidates in the 23 states where we are active. In Virginia, over half of all candidates with websites are using ActBlue so if you'd like to join them, contact us at info@actblue.com to get set up with ActBlue and start fundraising today!

That concludes our Q2 Stats Week with ActBlue. If seeing more if this type of data is something you find valuable on an ongoing basis, leave a note and we'll see about developing a more automated system to present select data.

Comments

Actually, there is additional good news coming (Used2Bneutral - 7/6/2007 11:08:49 PM)

I am familiar with several Virginia state candidates whom have been using "Click & Pledge" as well as other services to collect via the web and their numbers are many times those you are showing for those you have highlighted.... In a week or so when they are all out, I think the results will be astounding..... If fund raising "donaters" is the true thermometer of a campaign.... there are some really hot races collecting from lots of voters, not just the rich and few....

You should tell those candidates ... (Rob - 7/7/2007 8:04:44 AM)

to switch to ActBlue. It's my understanding that Click & Pledge takes a cut. ActBlue doesn't.

How does this work? (suzden - 7/8/2007 1:50:25 PM)

If I want to donate to a candidate, how does the candidate report the donation?

I know of a candidate that I want to support, I want to give around $100, but I know the reporting rules in Virginia for state candidates. Will my name appear anywhere?

Thanks for the help.

We take care of the reporting (KTatActBlue - 7/10/2007 1:36:53 AM)

and then we provide all the information to the campaigns in a simplified fashion for reporting purposes. Your name will still appear in the reporting records per Virginia campaign finance rules. There's now way around that (nor would we want there to be).

ActBlue (suzden - 8/1/2007 6:57:22 PM)

Thanks.

I looked at the candidates' reports this time - I only saw that they were reporting their funds coming from ActBlue - not individual donors. SO...I am good to spend my money.

So I made my contribution to my candidate. No one will ever know, based on the candidates' reports.

Suzie

$ Raised in Q2	Candidate	Office
74,254	Mark Leno	CA-SD-03
31,136	Joe Alioto Veronese	CA-SD-03
28,267	Karen Schultz	VA-SD-27
23,739	Daniel Biss	IL-HD-17
15,540	Carlos Del Toro	VA-HD-88
12,295	Donald McEachin	VA-SD-09
11,745	Steve Bullock	MT-Atty Gen
11,325	Jay Donahue	VA-HD-86
8,668	Rick Gonzales	CA-HD-80
8,175	Connie Brennan	VA-HD-59