Austin Campaign Expenditure Records

Campaign Finance - Expenditures contains reported spending and obligations from candidates, officeholders, and political committees in Austin. The dataset is maintained by the City Clerk's office and was last updated in March 2026. Specific row and column counts are not provided.

Use Cases

• Analyze expenditure patterns across candidate and political committee categories
• Track financial obligations reported under City Code Chapter 2-2-26 for compliance monitoring
• Model spending trends for election forecasting using reported expenditure amounts

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative City of Austin government organization
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, XML, RDF, and JSON
• Regularly updated, with a last recorded update in March 2026

Limitations

• The dataset lacks disclosed metadata on row count, column names, and sample data
• Unknown temporal coverage limits analysis of spending trends over time
• Data scope is restricted to the City of Austin, limiting geographic generalizability

Provenance

Source

City of Austin

Collection Method

Submitted per City Code Chapter 2-2-26 by candidates, officeholders, and political committees

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 25

Geography

City of Austin, Texas