Candidates, officeholders, and political committees involved with a State of Texas office or measure must file their Campaign Finance reports directly with the Texas Ethics Commission. Find information about your filing requirements, what must be disclosed, and your reporting frequency.
Filers who run for and/or hold statewide offices, multi-county offices, and district judges must file with the TEC. Filer types: COH, JCOH, SCCOH.
General-Purpose PACs, Specific-Purpose PACs that support/oppose statewide candidates/officeholders/measures, or school bond measures, and all candidates/officeholders reporting use of unexpended contributions as a committee must file with the TEC. Filer types: GPAC, MPAC, SPAC, JSPC, SCPC, ASIF-SPAC.
A person, acting alone, who makes direct campaign expenditures (DCE) in an election from the person’s own property that exceeds $160 is required to file a report with the TEC to disclose the expenditure/s (§254.261, Elec. Code). A person includes an individual or an entity. Filer type: DCE.
Political parties that accept and/or maintain corporate contributions must file with the TEC. All county executive committees that exceed the $40,300 threshold in a calendar year must also appoint a treasurer and file with the TEC. Filer types: PTYCORP, CEC, MCEC.
Speaker candidate(s)/officeholder of the house must file electronically with the TEC. Filer type: SPK.
All active legislative caucuses must file electronically with the TEC. Filer type: LEG.