This page is a final analysis of campaign contributions from individuals to major party congressional and state candidates in 10 states. Self-financed contributions are included. These states, most of which are battlegrounds, represent different regions and partisan dynamics. For an analysis of the demographics of the donors to congressional candidates, visit our Donor Gaps page. For an analysis of all major party congressional candidates running in all 50 states, visit our The National View: Congressional Elections page. Visit our Final Analysis report page for our summary analysis of all congressional and state races. Because this project analyzed those candidates who filed campaign finance reports, these statistics may not reflect the total number of candidates who ran. For more information about election 2024, please visit CAWP's Election Watch information.
Source: CAWP and OpenSecrets
Congressional campaign finance data are through December 31, 2024 (unless otherwise indicated). State campaign finance data completeness varied by state. "No Data to Display" in data visualizations indicates there are no candidates in that subgroup.
- One of the most closely watched U.S. Senate races was in Arizona. Gallego led the money race with over $59M raised.
- Democrat Kirsten Engel (AZ-6) raised the most of all congressional challenger candidates in Arizona.
- Of Arizona’s open-seat and challenger candidates running in U.S. House races, Republican men had the highest proportion of funds from self-financing compared with other candidate groups.
Arizona elected one U.S. Senator and nine members to its U.S. House delegation. The Senate seat and two of the U.S. House seats were open. Three women ran for the U.S. House from Arizona and one won.
Arizona elected three members of the Arizona Corporation Commission, all sixty members of the Arizona House of Representatives, and all thirty members of the Arizona State Senate. Three women ran for Arizona Corporation Commission, out of whom two won. Forty-four women ran for the Arizona House of Representatives and 27 won. Twenty-six women ran for the Arizona State Senate and 16 won.
In the U.S. Senate race, which was considered a lean Democratic seat by The Cook Political Report, Representative Ruben Gallego (D) outraised Kari Lake (R). Gallego raised $59.4M. Lake raised $23.2M. Lake, who lost to Gallego, was the only Republican woman running for Congress from Arizona.
With Representative Debbie Lesko’s (R) retirement, there were no women incumbent U.S. House members seeking reelection from Arizona.
Democrat Yassamin Ansari (D), who is Iranian American, captured one of the state’s two open congressional seats (AZ-3), which was considered a solid Democratic seat. She raised nearly $2.5M. Only men candidates or potential candidates ran in the state’s other open seat (AZ-8).
Democrat Kirsten Engel (AZ-6), who is white, raised the most of the challenger candidates with over $6.8M. She did not win the seat.
Our analysis of campaign finance data for the Arizona state legislative elections, conducted with OpenSecrets data as of February 2025, should be treated with caution as only about half of campaign finance records were available. This analysis revealed that the average total raised for Democratic women open-seat state house candidates was higher than the average for Democratic men, whereas the reverse was true for the Republican candidates. Republican men reported a higher average than Republican women for open-seat state senate candidates. Data were not available for Democratic men state senate, open-seat candidates. With over $150,000 raised, Democratic Kelli Butler (AZ-4) raised the most for open-seat state house candidates. Republican Mark Finchem (AZ-1) raised most for open-seat state senate candidates with over $250,000.
Men running as incumbents for the Arizona State House raised more on average than women within both parties, whereas women incumbents for the Arizona State Senate raised more on average than men within both parties. The same pattern can be found for challenger candidates.
This statistic is the average total amount raised from individuals (including self-financing).
In Arizona’s three open-seat congressional contests, Republican men had the highest average proportion of funds from self-financing (40%). Lake, who sought the open U.S. Senate seat, reported no self-financing.
The average proportion of self-financed contributions for congressional challenger candidates was highest for Republican men with 30%.
In Arizona state legislative races, Republican men usually had a higher proportion of funds from self-financing than other groups.
This statistic is the average amount from self-financing as a proportion of total raised (from individuals including the candidate) by candidate subgroup.
About half of the funds raised by Gallego and Lake were from small contributions.
Democratic women and men running for the U.S. House from Arizona reported a similar average amount of funds from small contributions.
In Arizona state legislative races, where there were gender differences, women usually raised more funds from small contributions than men.
This statistic is the average amount of contributions $200 or less as a proportion of total raised (excluding self-financed contributions) by candidate subgroup.
This Data Appendix includes women candidates who filed campaign finance reports and raised money from individuals including self-financing. “Total raised” represents the total amount raised from individuals including self-financing. The Data Appendix is sortable by candidate name, party, office, and seat status as well as the campaign finance statistics.
Congressional campaign finance data are through December 31, 2024. State campaign finance data completeness varied by state.
Candidates who did not report contributions from individuals including self-financed contributions are not included in the analysis. The analysis is for general election, major party nominees.
Campaign finance data are from OpenSecrets. Race/ethnicity information for all women candidates are from CAWP. Candidate race/ethnicity is based on the candidate’s self-identification whenever possible.
Women who identify with more than one under-represented racial/ethnic group are not depicted in the data visualizations that are disaggregated by race/ethnicity (in order to avoid double-counting individuals). All women, including multiracial women and women who identify with more than one under-represented racial/ethnic group, are included in the data visualizations that do not disaggregate by race/ethnicity and all women are included in the Data Appendix.