Six-month financial activity of Congressional candidates

(dollar figures in millions)

Year Number of candidates Receipts Disbursements Debts owed Cash on hand
2017 977 $386.5 $187.6 $39.7 $508.0
2015 658 $285.0 $120.1 $34.8 $449.8
2013 704 $287.2 $137.9 $29.0 $351.0
2011 778 $281.3 $118.9 $46.8 $340.0
2009 794 $238.3 $104.5 $29.8 $360.2
2007 713 $230.1 $94.8 $38.2 $313.8
*Includes activity from January 1 of the pre-election year through June 30 of the same year. Contribution limits are indexed for inflation every cycle. The totals in the 2017 row may differ slightly from the sum of the numbers in the two subsequent paragraphs as the numbers have been rounded. The number of candidates reflects the number of candidate committees that filed reports with financial activity in a given election cycle.