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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Democratic candidate · 2022 general election · New York

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Campaign finance

FEC data through Dec 31, 2022. Covering the 2022 two-year cycle only.

The 2022 cycle at a glance

Total receipts
$12,471,243
Everything the campaign took in
Individual contributions
$12,181,924
Itemized and unitemized split not reported
PAC and other committees
$54,935
Received from political committees
Campaign spending
$11,344,695
Total disbursements
Cash on hand
$5,151,904
At the end of the reporting period

Where the money came from

These categories divide total receipts of $12,471,243 exactly once, so they add back up to the reported total.

Receipts by funding category for the 2022 cycle
Source Amount Share of receipts
Individual contributions $12,181,924 97.7%
PAC and other committee contributions $54,935 0.4%
Party committee contributions $0 0.0%
Candidate self-funding $19 0.0%
Loans $0 0.0%
Other receipts, including transfers $234,366 1.9%
Total receipts $12,471,243 100%

Financial position

Cash, debt, refunds, loans, and transfers as reported through Dec 31, 2022 for the 2022 cycle. These are factual reported values, not a judgement about whether a campaign is healthy, viable, or strong. Independent expenditures are never added to or subtracted from any of them: that money was never the campaign's.

Reported financial position for the 2022 cycle
Measure Amount
Cash on hand at coverage end $5,151,904
Debts and obligations owed by the committee $0
Debts and obligations owed to the committee Not reported
Contributions refunded to individuals $104,686
Contributions refunded to committees $0
Transfers received from other authorized committeesAlready raised money moving between the candidate's own committees, not new fundraising. $127,000
Transfers made to other authorized committees $0
Repayments of candidate loans $0
Repayments of other loans $0

Calculated from the reported values

Each row below is arithmetic MyRepTracker performed on the values above. Where the FEC published the figure itself, the row says so and no calculation was made.

Values calculated from the reported financial position, with the formula for each
Measure Amount How it was produced
Contributions net of refunds $12,132,192 Calculated as individual + committee + party + candidate contributions, minus contributions refunded to individuals and committees.
Operating expenditures net of offsets Not reported An input this calculation needs is not published by the source behind this record.
Outstanding candidate loans $0 Calculated as loans received from the candidate minus repayments of those loans.
Other outstanding loans $0 Calculated as other loans received minus repayments of those loans.
Total contributions refunded $104,686 Calculated as refunds to individuals plus refunds to committees.

Change since the previous filing

Both columns come from committee C00639591, so the two periods are comparable. A change is the difference between what 30G 2022 reported and what YE 2022 reported, and the direction is stated in words rather than shown only as a sign. 30G 2022 reported through Nov 28, 2022 and YE 2022 through Dec 31, 2022.

Financial position at the two most recent controlling filings of committee C00639591
Measure 30G 2022Reported through Nov 28, 2022 YE 2022Reported through Dec 31, 2022 Change
Cash on hand at period end $5,431,723 $5,151,904 Down $279,819
Debts owed by the committee $0 $0 No change
Contribution refunds in the period $2,497 $5,845 Up $3,348

Cash compared with one period's spending

Cash on hand of $5,151,904 set beside the $535,599 this campaign spent during YE 2022, through Dec 31, 2022, which is 9.6 times that period's spending. This is a ratio between two reported numbers over one named period. It is not a forecast of how long the money will last, and campaigns do not spend evenly across a cycle.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures are spending by other organizations that is not coordinated with the campaign. This money was never received or controlled by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Supporting and opposing spending are kept apart rather than combined into one number, and neither is added to campaign receipts.

Spent supporting

$2,077
Independent expenditures in the 2022 cycle

Spent opposing

$140,833
Independent expenditures in the 2022 cycle

What the money was spent on

These categories divide $11,226,687 of itemized spending across 1,390 transactions, through Dec 31, 2022. That subtotal covers the FEC's published operating-expenditure records, which do not include transfers, loan repayments, refunds, or contributions the campaign made, and is 99.0% of the $11,344,695 in total disbursements reported for the 2022 cycle. Every share below is a share of that subtotal and never of total spending. Purposes were classified under taxonomy spend-1.3.

The difference between that subtotal and total disbursements is spending reported without itemization, which cannot be categorized.

Itemized spending by reported purpose for the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Purpose Amount % Share Transactions
Administration, salary, and overhead $7,385,674 65.8% 797
Fundraising and solicitation $2,463,838 21.9% 348
Advertising and media $565,522 5.0% 27
Unclassified filing descriptions Spending whose reported purpose could not be placed in the taxonomy. It is counted, not guessed at. $429,720 3.8% 34
Campaign materials $104,655 0.9% 38
Polling and research $98,158 0.9% 3
Events $96,526 0.9% 114
Contribution refunds $32,867 0.3% 1
Legal, accounting, and compliance $27,437 0.2% 3
Consulting, type not specified $10,900 0.1% 3
Contributions and donations made $6,009 0.1% 9
Travel $3,698 0.0% 8
Technology and digital services $1,684 0.0% 5
Classified $10,796,968 96.2%
Unclassified filing descriptions $429,720 3.8%
Itemized spending categorized here $11,226,687 100% 1,390

Political committees that contributed directly

Money received by the authorized campaign committee from PACs and other political committees. This is not outside spending.

This total will usually differ from the PAC figure in the summary above. The summary is what the campaign reported receiving in total; this ranking adds up the individual contributions that were itemized, which is a different record made at a different time. Neither is a correction of the other, and the gap is not an error in either one.

All 15 shown $62,446 total

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Sep 6, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Political committees ranked by direct contributions
Rank Committee Amount Share Transactions Last activity
1 MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS C00002469 $10,000 16.0% 2 Sep 15, 2022
2 AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTION C00010322 $10,000 16.0% 4 Jul 27, 2022
3 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION C00028860 $10,000 16.0% 3 Sep 19, 2022
4 COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE C00002089 $7,500 12.0% 3 Oct 27, 2022
5 UNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE C00004861 $5,000 8.0% 1 Mar 22, 2022
6 MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION C00341396 $5,000 8.0% 1 Sep 19, 2022
7 NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION C00003251 $4,000 6.4% 2 Oct 3, 2022
8 KAHELE FOR CONGRESS C00694604 $4,000 6.4% 2 Aug 3, 2022
9 SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) C00004036 $2,500 4.0% 1 Apr 28, 2021
10 SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEE C00135368 $1,500 2.4% 1 Nov 7, 2022
11 NATIONAL NURSES UNITED PAC - A FUND FOR A HEALTHY AMERICA C00446237 $1,500 2.4% 1 Oct 14, 2022
12 MEDICARE FOR ALL C00685552 $1,000 1.6% 1 Feb 1, 2022
13 JVP ACTION PAC C00747691 $250 0.4% 1 May 27, 2022
14 SUNRISE PAC C00674697 $184 0.3% 4 Jun 24, 2022
15 HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PAC C00235853 $12 0.0% 1 Jun 30, 2022

Organizations spending independently

Supporting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

1 organization shown $2,077 total

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Sep 6, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Organizations ranked by independent spending supporting this candidate
Rank Committee Amount Share Transactions Last activity
1 Way To Lead PAC C00686832 $2,077 100.0% 1 Oct 3, 2022

Opposing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

All 3 shown $140,833 total

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Sep 6, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Organizations ranked by independent spending opposing this candidate
Rank Committee Amount Share Transactions Last activity
1 LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A SAFER AMERICA PAC C00681825 $63,750 45.3% 1 Jun 9, 2021
2 HONORING AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT PAC C00710178 $63,750 45.3% 1 Jun 9, 2021
3 DRAIN THE DC SWAMP PAC C00662072 $13,333 9.5% 1 Mar 18, 2021

What that outside spending purchased

Each independent expenditure carries a short description the spending committee wrote, and these categories are those descriptions sorted under taxonomy outside-1.0. Spending supporting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and spending opposing them are broken down separately and never combined, and every share below is a share of that one direction's total.

The largest category is usually "Advertising, medium not specified". That is not a leftover: it is spending the committee described only as a media buy or as advertising, without saying whether it aired on television, ran online, or arrived in the mail. MyRepTracker reports what was filed rather than assigning it a medium.

Supporting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Independent spending supporting this candidate, by reported purpose for the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Purpose Amount % Share Transactions
Digital and online advertising $2,077 100.0% 1
Classified $2,077 100.0%
Unclassified filing descriptions $0 0.0%
Total independent spending $2,077 100% 1

Opposing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Independent spending opposing this candidate, by reported purpose for the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Purpose Amount % Share Transactions
Phone calls and text messages $127,500 90.5% 2
Digital and online advertising $13,333 9.5% 1
Classified $140,833 100.0%
Unclassified filing descriptions $0 0.0%
Total independent spending $140,833 100% 3

Who the committees behind this money were

Every committee here is placed by the registration it filed with the FEC for the 2022 cycle: its designation, its committee type, and the organizational form it reported. That is the FEC's own record and involves no judgement by MyRepTracker, so this covers every itemized dollar. A committee's registration can change between cycles, and each cycle is judged by its own.

Contributed to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Committees itemized $62,446 in contributions to this campaign.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committee Amount % Share Committees Transactions
Labor union PACs $40,500 64.9% 7 13
Non-connected committees $15,446 24.7% 5 11
Other candidates' committees $4,000 6.4% 1 2
Membership organization PACs $1,500 2.4% 1 1
Leadership PACs $1,000 1.6% 1 1
Itemized total for this direction $62,446

Spent supporting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Committees itemized $2,077 in independent spending supporting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committee Amount % Share Committees Transactions
Non-connected committees $2,077 100.0% 1 1
Itemized total for this direction $2,077

Spent opposing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Committees itemized $140,833 in independent spending opposing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Independent spenders opposing this candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committee Amount % Share Committees Transactions
Non-connected committees $140,833 100.0% 3 3
Itemized total for this direction $140,833

What interests those committees advance

The FEC publishes no industry or interest field, so unlike the section above this one is a claim MyRepTracker makes. A committee is placed here only when there is a document behind the claim that a reader can open: its own statement of organization, its own published mission statement, or a named third party. Every assignment carries that document on the committee's own page. A committee's name is never evidence of anything.

Categorized is not the same as reviewed. Most of these sectors were assigned by machine from the committee's own filing rather than read by a person. Each committee's own page says which of the two its assignment is, and names the document behind it either way.

Coverage is partial on purpose, and the part that is not covered is shown at full size rather than left out. Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees are excluded outright: their giving is an officeholder's or a party's decision, so no interest label describes it. Categories are taxonomy interest-1.7.

Contributed to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Committees itemized $62,446 in contributions to this campaign. $5,000 of that came from leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees, which are not interest groups. Of the remaining $57,446, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $50,500 and committees not yet categorized account for $6,946.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Interest Amount % Share Committees Transactions
Public sector unions Labor $24,000 41.8% 3 9
Industrial unions Labor $17,500 30.5% 3 4
Telecommunications Communications and technology $7,500 13.1% 1 3
Nurses and nursing specialties Health $1,500 2.6% 1 1
Committees not yet categorized $6,946 12.1% 5 8
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees Not part of the base the shares beside it are taken over. $5,000 Not applicable 2 3
Base the shares are taken over $57,446 100%
Itemized total for this direction $62,446

Spent supporting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Committees itemized $2,077 in independent spending supporting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Of that, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $0 and committees not yet categorized account for $2,077.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Interest Amount % Share Committees Transactions
Committees not yet categorized $2,077 100.0% 1 1
Base the shares are taken over $2,077 100%
Itemized total for this direction $2,077

Spent opposing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Committees itemized $140,833 in independent spending opposing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Of that, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $0 and committees not yet categorized account for $140,833.

Independent spenders opposing this candidate, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Interest Amount % Share Committees Transactions
Committees not yet categorized $140,833 100.0% 3 3
Base the shares are taken over $140,833 100%
Itemized total for this direction $140,833

Last-minute contributions reported before an election

In the days just before an election, a campaign must tell the FEC within 48 hours about any contribution or loan of $1,000 or more. These notices arrive faster than the regular reporting schedule, and the same money is reported again in the report covering those days. Nothing here is added to receipts: it is a preview of money the ordinary reports will carry, not money beside them.

Reported on notices

$7,000
Across 4 notices, received Aug 8, 2022 to Aug 17, 2022

Still only provisional

$0
Every notice is now covered by a regular report

The most recent notice was filed on Aug 18, 2022. A notice stops being the only record of its money once a regular report covers the same days; those are marked reconciled below and the amounts appear in Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's reported totals through the ordinary schedule.

48-hour notices filed for the 2022 cycle, newest first
Filed Amount Entries Covers State Filing
Aug 18, 2022 $1,000 1 Aug 17 to Aug 17, 2022 Covered by a regular report FEC filing ↗
Aug 15, 2022 $2,000 1 Aug 13 to Aug 13, 2022 Covered by a regular report FEC filing ↗
Aug 10, 2022 $3,000 3 Aug 9 to Aug 9, 2022 Covered by a regular report FEC filing ↗
Aug 9, 2022 $1,000 1 Aug 8 to Aug 8, 2022 Covered by a regular report FEC filing ↗

Where the individual money was reported from

Contributions from individuals that the campaign itemized, grouped by the state each contributor gave as their address. Contributions of $200 or less in aggregate are not itemized and carry no address, so they are not here at all. These places account for $3,909,479 of the $12,308,924 this campaign reported from individuals and from transfers by its other authorized committees, across 117,752 itemized contributions.

From New York

$685,641
17.5% of the itemized money that has a place

From everywhere else

$3,223,838
82.5% of the itemized money that has a place

Money from outside New York is not money from outside the country, and neither figure is evidence that anything unlawful happened. People may contribute to campaigns in states they do not live in, and United States citizens living abroad may contribute at all.

What kind of place it came from

Itemized individual contributions by kind of place, 2022 cycle
Kind of place Amount Contributions Share
States and the District of ColumbiaContributors who gave an address in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia. $3,881,703 117,008 99.3%
United States territoriesPuerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. $11,707 300 0.3%
Armed Forces addressesMilitary mailing addresses used by service members stationed away from home. They are real addresses; they are simply not states. $336 14 <0.1%
Addresses outside the United StatesContributors who gave an address abroad. United States citizens living overseas may contribute, and this figure is not evidence that anyone gave unlawfully. $15,733 430 0.4%

Places, largest first

Top 10 of 55 places shown as bars. Every place is in the table below.

  • California $974,156
  • New York this campaign's state $685,641
  • Washington $210,611
  • Massachusetts $181,316
  • Texas $156,526
  • Illinois $131,875
  • Florida $119,073
  • Oregon $117,511
  • New Jersey $109,665
  • Pennsylvania $103,449
Every place with itemized individual contributions reported for the 2022 cycle
Place Amount Contributions Share
California $974,156 28,102 24.9%
New York this campaign's state $685,641 20,440 17.5%
Washington $210,611 7,278 5.4%
Massachusetts $181,316 5,043 4.6%
Texas $156,526 4,856 4.0%
Illinois $131,875 4,246 3.4%
Florida $119,073 3,360 3.0%
Oregon $117,511 3,871 3.0%
New Jersey $109,665 2,904 2.8%
Pennsylvania $103,449 2,976 2.6%
Virginia $79,964 2,279 2.0%
Maryland $75,617 2,364 1.9%
Colorado $73,782 2,487 1.9%
Ohio $65,143 1,547 1.7%
Arizona $59,505 1,933 1.5%
Georgia $58,118 1,359 1.5%
Connecticut $56,978 1,340 1.5%
Michigan $54,689 1,917 1.4%
North Carolina $54,215 1,788 1.4%
District of Columbia $42,979 1,069 1.1%
Missouri $33,836 955 0.9%
Minnesota $32,946 1,277 0.8%
New Mexico $30,857 1,081 0.8%
Wisconsin $29,723 1,194 0.8%
Hawaii $26,781 887 0.7%
Indiana $26,298 832 0.7%
Tennessee $25,312 718 0.6%
Utah $23,724 742 0.6%
Vermont $23,208 659 0.6%
Nevada $21,503 714 0.6%
Oklahoma $18,573 593 0.5%
Iowa $16,986 597 0.4%
Maine $16,442 592 0.4%
Foreign countries $15,733 430 0.4%
New Hampshire $14,910 485 0.4%
Alaska $14,667 543 0.4%
South Carolina $13,803 397 0.4%
Kansas $12,656 473 0.3%
Kentucky $10,495 479 0.3%
Puerto Rico $9,257 277 0.2%
Rhode Island $8,912 245 0.2%
Louisiana $8,733 315 0.2%
Nebraska $8,262 329 0.2%
Montana $7,335 219 0.2%
West Virginia $7,054 198 0.2%
Arkansas $6,687 211 0.2%
Delaware $6,412 117 0.2%
South Dakota $6,209 221 0.2%
Idaho $5,942 257 0.2%
Alabama $5,666 302 0.1%
Wyoming $3,087 90 0.1%
Mississippi $2,915 104 0.1%
Virgin Islands $2,450 23 0.1%
North Dakota $956 23 <0.1%
Armed Forces Europe $336 14 <0.1%
Reported with a place $3,909,479 117,752 100%

Contributions are transactions, not people: one contributor giving every month is counted once for each contribution. No contributor's name, address, employer, or occupation is stored or shown anywhere on this site.

How this compares

Compared with U.S. House campaigns in New York, 2022 cycle: 43 campaigns with a complete Federal Election Commission record for the cycle. This is a position in that group, not a score, a grade, or a judgement about the campaign.

Total receipts

Everything the authorized campaign committee took in for this cycle, including contributions, loans, and transfers.

  • This campaign $12,471,243
  • Cohort median $1,832,378
Total receipts for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in New York, 2022 cycle
Measure Value
This campaign $12,471,243
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$829,164
Median$1,832,378
75th percentile$3,846,692
Highest in the cohort$12,471,243
Campaigns counted 43

42 of the 43 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 98th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Share of receipts from political committees

Direct contributions from PACs and other political committees as a share of total receipts. Campaigns reporting no receipts at all have no share and are left out of this measure.

  • This campaign 0.4%
  • Cohort median 22.2%
Share of receipts from political committees for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in New York, 2022 cycle
Measure Value
This campaign 0.4%
Lowest in the cohort0.0%
25th percentile10.1%
Median22.2%
75th percentile32.7%
Highest in the cohort70.8%
Campaigns counted 41

2 of the 41 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 5th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Cash on hand

The balance reported at the end of the coverage period. Campaigns report at different times, so this compares balances as of each campaign's own coverage end.

  • This campaign $5,151,904
  • Cohort median $50,318
Cash on hand for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in New York, 2022 cycle
Measure Value
This campaign $5,151,904
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$14,724
Median$50,318
75th percentile$297,082
Highest in the cohort$5,151,904
Campaigns counted 43

42 of the 43 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 98th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending supporting

Independent expenditures by other organizations supporting the candidate. This money was never received or controlled by the campaign.

  • This campaign $2,077
  • Cohort median $1,000
Outside spending supporting for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in New York, 2022 cycle
Measure Value
This campaign $2,077
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$1,000
75th percentile$92,870
Highest in the cohort$1,269,305
Campaigns counted 43

23 of the 43 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 53th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending opposing

Independent expenditures by other organizations opposing the candidate, not coordinated with any campaign.

  • This campaign $140,833
  • Cohort median $0
Outside spending opposing for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in New York, 2022 cycle
Measure Value
This campaign $140,833
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$0
75th percentile$163,473
Highest in the cohort$5,508,969
Campaigns counted 43

31 of the 43 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 72th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Every comparison is drawn from one two-year cycle and one office. Only campaigns whose FEC record for that cycle is complete are counted; the rest are reported beside the cohort and are never counted as zero. One authorized committee is counted once however many candidacies report it, so where a candidate's committees are all reported by another FEC record, that record supplies the figures for both. A campaign is never compared with another cycle, with a career total, or with a candidate for a different office.

What these numbers mean

Receipts are not the same as contributions
Total receipts include everything the campaign took in, such as contributions, loans, and transfers. Contributions are only the money given by people and committees.
Direct contributions are not outside spending
A direct contribution is money received by the campaign's own authorized committee. An independent expenditure is money another organization spent on its own, without coordinating with the campaign. The Federal Election Commission treats these as different activities, and so does this page.
The organizations named here are political committees
Direct rankings count what one political committee gave to a campaign; outside-spending rankings count what a committee spent independently. A separate conduit section groups individual contributions only when the campaign's memo record supplies a registered conduit committee's FEC ID. It never attributes donors to employers or interest groups, and it never exposes contributor names. Sites using broader attribution rules may therefore report different organization totals.
A cycle may be only partly reported
Filings arrive throughout a two-year cycle. A current cycle shows only what has been filed and processed through the coverage date shown above, so it is not comparable with a finished cycle.
This view is cycle specific
It covers the 2022 two-year cycle only.

Source: Federal Election Commission ↗. MyRepTracker ingests FEC records directly and does not add its own influence, risk, or corruption score.