Week of December 1 – 5, 2025

Commission meetings and hearings

The executive session scheduled for December 2 and the open meeting scheduled for December 4 were canceled.

Litigation

CREW v. FEC (Case No. 25-04116) On November 24, Plaintiff filed a Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia regarding two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed with the Commission by the Plaintiff.

National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al. v. FEC, et al. (Case No. 24-621) On December 1, Petitioners filed an Opposition to Amicus’s Motion for Leave to File a Supplemental Brief and a Supplemental Brief and on December 3, the Court-Appointed Amicus Curiae filed a Reply in Support of Motion for Leave to File a Supplemental Brief on Jurisdiction in the U.S. Supreme Court. Oral argument before the Court is scheduled for December 9, 2025.

Election Dates

The Commission has posted a list of preliminary 2026 Congressional Primary Dates.

Upcoming educational opportunities

January 14, 2026: The Commission is scheduled to host Year-End Reporting and FECFile webinars for PACs and party committees.

January 21, 2026: The Commission is scheduled to host Year-End Reporting and FECFile webinars for candidate committees.

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

Upcoming reporting due dates

December 20: December Monthly Reports are due. For more information, see the 2025 Monthly Reporting schedule.

The Commission has posted information regarding the Special Runoff Election in the 18th District of Texas, scheduled for January 31, 2026.

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 election results are 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.

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