New Election Cycle Begins

November 3, 2010, marked the beginning of a new election cycle for 2012 House campaigns and 2016 Senate campaigns. For reporting purposes, campaigns aggregate receipts and disbursements on an election cycle basis. As a result, all 2010 campaigns must separate--both in their internal records and on their FEC reports--activity that occurred on or after November 3 from activity that occurred prior to that date, regardless of which election it relates to. The campaigns will disclose their separate election-cycle receipts and disbursements on the Post-Election Detailed Summary Page (Instructions) required with the Post-General election report due December 2 (or for campaigns that were not in the general election, with the Year-End report due January 31). To help you prepare these reports, consider attending our "Winding Down the Campaign" roundtable workshop on November 17 (click here for more information).