Money map
Which businesses and groups gave to which officials' campaigns, and which of those donors are paid by a local government. Tap any name to follow its connections.
What the map does and doesn't show
- A gift and a contract are two separate facts. A line to an official is a campaign gift. A line to a government is that government's contracts or payments to the same business. The map never adds contract dollars to an official.
- Officials only vote on their own government's contracts. A county commissioner has no say in a city's contracts. The connections that can matter are marked: a gift to an official whose own government pays that donor.
- None of this shows wrongdoing. Contracts are usually bid, and most are approved by the full board, often on a consent agenda with routine items. The dates are shown so you can see what came first.
Relationship map
Scroll sideways to see the whole map.
Tap an official, donor or government to see its connections and the records behind them.
Votes on a donor's contract
Contract votes where at least one board member had received a gift from the business. The full roll call is shown; members who got a gift are listed first, in bold.From the meeting minutes on the How They Voted page, matched by the company's exact name. "Consent" means the item was approved in one vote with other routine items. Only the votes on this site are checked; contracts approved by staff under a purchasing limit never come to a vote.
Heat map: who gave to which government's officials
Top 30 donor organizationsEach cell is what the organization gave to the campaigns of that government's current officials. Darker means more. A ring marks a cell where that same government also pays the donor.
Sources and method
Gifts come from the officials' most recent campaign reports with the Supervisor of Elections. Contracts and payments come from the contracts, change orders and check registers on this site, matched by organization name; each donor's contracts with a government are counted once. Only organizations are shown; gifts from individual people, including a company's owners or employees, are counted on the Campaign Money page but not named or linked to a company.