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Federal Election Commission | United States of America

Calculating the coordinated party expenditure limits

Nominee Formula
Presidential nominee National voting age population x 2 cents x COLA
Senate nominee The greater of $20,000 x cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) or 2 cents x state voting age population x COLA*
House nominee in state with only one representative $20,000 x COLA
House nominee in other states $10,000 x COLA
Nominee for Delegate or Resident Commissioner** $10,000 x COLA

*See table on the Coordinated party expenditure limits web page.

**American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Virgin Islands elect Delegates; Puerto Rico elects a Resident Commissioner.

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Legal citations

Statute

52 U.S.C. § 30116(d)
Expenditures by national committee, state committee, or subordinate committee of state committee in connection with general election campaign of candidates for federal office

Regulations

11 CFR 109.32
What are the coordinated party expenditures?

This information is not intended to replace the law or to change its meaning, nor does this information create or confer any rights for or on any person or bind the Federal Election Commission or the public.

The reader is encouraged also to consult the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.), Commission regulations (Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations), Commission advisory opinions and applicable court decisions.