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Bringing in more than $16 million, the political consulting firm Murphy Nasica ([link removed]) was the top recipient of campaign funds in the 2020 election cycle (excluding bank transfers). They continue to sit near the top of the payee charts for the 2022 cycle ([link removed]) as well. But Murphy Nasica is not alone — 19 of the top 25 payees in Texas in 2020 were consultants and media firms.
One of the most common questions we get at Transparency USA is “Where did the candidate spend their campaign donations?”
While candidates are usually required to report expenditures from their campaign account, a large check written to a consultant can be a bit of a black box. Candidates hire political consultants to manage every aspect of their campaigns from fundraising to social media to polling and TV ads. Consultants provide some of these services “in-house,” while hiring third parties to provide other campaign-related tasks. Because the expenses can be reported in lump sums and third party expenses are often not reported, it can be difficult to determine exactly which services a candidate utilized and how much those actually cost.
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