Contribution Rules

 

• I am a U.S. citizen or lawfully admitted permanent resident (i.e., green card holder).

 

• This contribution is made from my own funds, and funds are not being provided to me by another person or entity for the purpose of making this contribution.

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• I am making this contribution with my own personal credit card and not with a corporate or business credit card or a card issued to another person.

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• I am at least eighteen years old. I am not, nor am I making this contribution on behalf of, a corporation, labor organization, national bank, foreign national without a green card, a federal contractor, or any other federally impermissible source.

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Contribution Limits

 

A judicial candidate may not accept political contributions from a person that exceed the following limits in connection with an election in which the candidate’s name appears on the ballot:

 

• $5,000 for candidates for statewide judicial offices;

 

• $5,000 for candidates for courts of appeals, district courts, statutory county courts, or statutory probate courts if the population of the judicial district is more than one million;

 

• $2,500 for candidates for courts of appeals, district courts, statutory county courts, or statutory probate courts if the population of the judicial district is from 250,000 to one million; and

 

• $1,000 for candidates for courts of appeals, district courts, statutory county courts, or statutory probate courts if the population of the judicial district is less than 250,000. These limits apply to total contributions, both monetary and in-kind, from an individual or from an entity in connection with an election.

 

The limits apply to both opposed and unopposed candidates.