Press Release: 2024-09-06

Candidates and political action committees hold more than $57 million in their accounts

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jason Tait

Communications Director

Sept. 5, 2024 jason.tait@mass.gov



Heading into the fall election, Massachusetts candidates and committees hold millions of dollars

in campaign funds, according to a data analysis from the Office of Campaign and Political

Finance’s (OCPF) electronic filing system. The analysis did not include independent expenditure

political action committees, statewide ballot question committees and local party committees,

which file periodic reports and are not in the depository system of reporting.

In total, the campaigns registered with OCPF held $57,236,088 as of July 31. Of this total,

$42,834,920 is held by the 1,167 candidates organized with the agency. The remaining

$14,401,168 is held by political action committees and state parties.

The 403 candidates on the 2024 primary and general elections ballots had $19,151,239 in their

accounts as of July 31. These funds support candidates running for House, Senate, clerk of

courts, register of deeds, register of probate, governor’s council and county commissioner.

While it is not mandatory for candidates to raise and spend money, nearly all candidates on the

state level engage in financial activity. The 2024 ballot includes 290 Democrats holding $16.7

million, 74 Republicans with $2.3 million and 39 Unenrolled with $95,198.

OCPF is an independent agency responsible for administering the state’s campaign finance law.

It provides a platform at www.ocpf.us for the disclosure of campaign finance activity in

Massachusetts. The totals in this analysis represent depository committees, which collaborate

with banks to file monthly reports on their behalf.

The totals:

Total Cash-on-Hand as of July 31, 2024

Type (total candidates/committees) COH Average

All Candidates and Committees (1,511) $57,236,088 $37,879

Political Action Committees (247): $14,026,679 $56,788

House (373): $12,948,704 $34,715

*House On Ballot (248): $10,629,096 $42,859

Senate (94): $7,038,289 $74,875

*Senate On Ballot (60): $6,403,263 $106,721

**City Council (453): $2,924,623 $6,456

Mayoral (114): $7,084,798 $62,147

Statewide (25): $6,976,376 $268,322

County/District (201): $5,995,967 $29,830

#County/District On Ballot (95): $2,118,879 $22,304

State Parties (3): $240,649 $80,216

Note: Includes all candidates, even those who are not appearing on a 2024 ballot.

*Includes registered write-in candidates.

**Includes the communities of Boston, Brockton, Cambridge, Fall River, Framingham, Haverhill, Lawrence,

Lowell, Lynn, Malden, New Bedford, Newton, Quincy, Somerville, Springfield, Waltham and Worcester.

#Governor’s Council, clerk of courts, county commissioner, register of deeds and register of probate.