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Find political ad buys by state

This page includes filings from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website and from volunteers. Not all filings represent ad buys, and the data collected is not complete. Stations don't file on weekends.
Click on a state name to see filings there. Last update: 11:25 a.m., May 23.

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STATE Stations mandated* All ad filings Non-candidates President Senate US House State Local
Florida
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78 of 78 9833 3783 2266 1150 1247 1154 175
Ohio
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40 of 40 5747 2381 1370 822 329 304 165
Pennsylvania
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42 of 42 5347 1891 187 1468 764 749 282
Nevada
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17 of 17 4453 1878 799 656 817 105 195
California
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100 of 100 3632 1334 0 183 1095 315 573
North Carolina
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40 of 40 3529 1151 878 6 174 1216 80
Missouri
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32 of 32 3233 712 6 757 389 1277 89
Michigan
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42 of 42 3165 1730 34 411 392 526 29
Colorado
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27 of 27 3056 656 1304 93 981 14 2
Wisconsin
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36 of 36 2902 1594 486 528 183 83 28
Virginia
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29 of 29 2740 1360 674 239 328 136 0
Massachusetts
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18 of 18 2138 446 385 928 371 8 0
District of Columbia
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6 of 6 1825 913 413 325 11 73 0
Arizona
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27 of 27 1733 810 0 294 511 53 65
Minnesota
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24 of 24 1596 720 38 198 628 11 0
Texas
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122 of 122 1574 346 0 71 224 678 208
Illinois
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36 of 36 1534 565 0 53 784 126 1
Connecticut
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9 of 9 1514 513 0 654 341 2 1
Indiana
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31 of 31 1325 431 0 455 54 376 7
New Mexico
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21 of 21 1282 509 0 500 88 139 44
Utah
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13 of 13 988 453 0 22 433 48 32
Washington
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27 of 27 832 213 0 43 127 445 1
New York
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49 of 49 625 116 0 401 69 38 0
New Hampshire
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5 of 5 618 203 145 0 173 96 0
Kentucky
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22 of 22 602 178 46 87 25 169 80
Tennessee
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37 of 37 528 149 7 3 169 183 14
Maryland
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10 of 10 352 139 3 161 46 3 0
South Carolina
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23 of 23 255 51 75 0 0 129 0
Alabama
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36 of 36 227 73 0 0 0 92 54
Oklahoma
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24 of 24 109 38 3 1 53 7 7
Georgia
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36 of 36 16 15 0 0 0 0 0
Alaska
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13 of 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maine
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10 of 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Arkansas
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21 of 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delaware
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1 of 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hawaii
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23 of 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iowa
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26 of 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mississippi
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25 of 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montana
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19 of 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Dakota
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20 of 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nebraska
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20 of 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Jersey
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11 of 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vermont
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5 of 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Virginia
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15 of 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wyoming
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13 of 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho
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14 of 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas
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23 of 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oregon
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26 of 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island
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4 of 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Dakota
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17 of 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Louisiana
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32 of 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mandated stations are those required by new FCC rules to put their political files online. There is no standard form available, so instead stations are uploading their own ad contracts, invoices and other documents as PDF files. This rule began Aug. 2, and only applies to ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC affiliates in the top 50 TV markets.