Week of January 20 – 24, 2025

Commission meetings and hearings

No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week.

Advisory Opinions

Request Received

Advisory Opinion Request 2025-01 (Sherrill) On January 21, the Commission made public an advisory opinion request from Rep. Mikie Sherrill. The requestor, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a candidate in the 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial primary, asks several questions about her proposal for her campaign committee and leadership PAC to make contributions to political committees that may accept unlimited contributions and that will spend the funds in connection with an election. The Commission will accept written comments on the request during the 10-day period following publication of the request (no later than January 31) and must issue a response no later than 60 days after the receipt of the complete request, that is, by March 18, 2025.

Litigation

End Citizens United PAC v. FEC (Case No. 22-5277) On January 23, Plaintiff-Appellant filed an En Banc Reply in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Public Disclosure

The Commission has posted the official 2024 Presidential General Election Results, compiled from state election offices (PDF) (Excel).

Outreach

On January 22, the Commission held Year-End reporting and FECFile webinars for candidate committees.

Upcoming Commission meetings and hearings

January 28, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to meet in executive session.

January 30, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to hold an open meeting.

February 11, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to meet in executive session.

February 13, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to hold an open meeting.

Upcoming educational opportunities

March 11-12, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to host webinars for corporations and their PACs.

March 25-26, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to host webinars for membership and labor organizations and their PACs.

April 8-9, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to host webinars for trade associations and their PACs.

For more information on upcoming training opportunities, see the Commission’s Trainings page.

Upcoming reporting due dates

January 31, 2025: Year-End Reports are due. For more information, see the 2024 Quarterly and Monthly Reporting schedules.

Additional research materials

Contribution Limits. In addition to the current limits, the Commission has posted an archive of contribution limits that were in effect going back to the 1975-1976 election cycles.

Federal Elections 2020: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives is available. The data was compiled from the official vote totals published by state election offices.

FEC Notify: Want to be notified by email when campaign finance reports are received by the agency? Sign up here.

The Combined Federal State Disclosure and Election Directory is available. This publication identifies the federal and state agencies responsible for the disclosure of campaign finances, lobbying, personal finances, public financing, candidates on the ballot, election results, spending on state initiatives and other financial filings.

The Presidential Election Campaign Fund Tax Checkoff Chart provides information on balance of the Fund, monthly deposits into the Fund reported by the Department of the Treasury, payments from the Fund as certified by the FEC, and participation rates of taxpayers as reported by the Internal Revenue Service. For more information on the Presidential Public Funding Program, see the Public Funding of Presidential Elections page.

The FEC Record is available as a continuously updated online news source.

Other election-related resources

Videos on protecting U.S. elections. The FBI’s Protected Voices initiative provides videos designed to help political campaigns protect themselves from foreign influence. The 2019 videos offer guidance on ransomware, business email compromise, supply chain, social media literacy, and foreign influence operations. Other videos, released in 2018, include cyber hygiene topics such as social engineering, patching, router hardening, and app and browser safety.

Join the FEC on X and YouTube

Follow @FEC on X to receive the latest information on agency updates, news releases, and weekly activity. Subscribe to our YouTube channel, FECTube: FECConnect on Demand, to watch instructional videos that have been designed to help candidates and committees comply with federal campaign finance laws. Note that the FEC is not currently available through other social media platforms. The use of the agency’s logo, name, and likeness on other media has not been authorized by the FEC.