U.S. State Financial Disclosures

Candidate Accountability Research

This document provides a state-by-state list of where to find or who to contact to obtain state-level personal financial disclosures for political candidates and elected officials.

Check out our workshop recording, Getting Personal with Finances, and it's accompanying tip sheet, in which we provide information on how to analyze personal financial disclosures at the federal level.

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• Alabama

  • Select SOEI from the dropdown menu (Statement of Economic Interest)

  • Choose the department e.g. House of Representatives, Senate

• Alaska 

• Arizona

• Arkansas 

  • database search for state-wide financial information, may not include explicit PFD documents 

• California 

  • Form 700: Statement of Economic Interests

• Colorado

• Connecticut

  • No online database. Requires FOIA request to Diane Buxo diane.buxo@ct.gov

• Delaware

  • May require FOIA 

  • Contact: Deborah J. Moreau, Esq. +1 (302) 739-2399

• Florida 

• Georgia

• Hawaii

  • Alternatively, Honolulu Civil Beat has a financial disclosure search: https://disclosures.civilbeat.org/disclosures/

• Idaho

  • ID candidates not required to file personal financial statements, according to a phone call with the Idaho Secretary of State, +1 (208) 334 2852 from Nov. 2024.

  • Campaign finance search: https://sunshine.sos.idaho.gov/

• Illinois

  • PDFs do not render on firefox.

• Indiana

  • Disclosures older than 2023 require a public records request. Details listed on website.

• Iowa

  • PFD search available under Ethics Reports section

• Kansas

• Kentucky

  • No online search tool. PFDs available through public records requests to residents of Kentucky only.

  • Request information: https://ethics.ky.gov/about-us/Pages/Open-Records-Requests.aspx

• Louisiana

• Maine

  • PFDs not required in Maine.

  • Campaign finance reports: https://mainecampaignfinance.com/#/index

• Maryland

  • Public Viewer user account required. Home address required to create an account.

  • Candidates/filers can request to be notified when their filings are accessed. This notification includes the name and address listed on the accessor’s account.

• Massachusetts

• Michigan

• Minnesota

  • Search for candidate, click “Economic Interest Statement” tab

  • Only the current year’s economic interest statement is available online

  • For older disclosures, send a public records request to greta.johnson@state.mn.us

• Mississippi

• Missouri

  • PFDs available through public records requests to helpdesk@mec.mo.gov

  • Specify Candidate name and filing year. Note: PFDs are a year behind in MO.

• Montana

• Nebraska

• Nevada

• New Hampshire

• New Jersey

  • Requires user account

• New Mexico

  • 2021 to present: https://login.cfis.sos.state.nm.us/#/index

  • Prior to 2020: https://portal.sos.state.nm.us/FinancialDisclosure/search.aspx

• New York

• North Carolina

• North Dakota

• Ohio

  • Financial Disclosure statements available via records requests to eric.bruce@ethics.ohio.gov

  • More information under “Request a Statement” tab here: https://ethics.ohio.gov/fds/index.html

  • Statements from 1975-2005 available from Ohio history archives

• Oklahoma

• Oregon

• Pennsylvania

• Rhode Island

• South Carolina

• South Dakota

• Tennessee

• Texas

  • The Texas Tribune also has a candidate financial statement search tool: https://www.texastribune.org/2010/07/13/search-texas-officials-financial-disclosures/

• Utah

• Vermont: 

  • 2024 disclosures: https://ethicscommission.vermont.gov/disclosures-show/all/2023-12-15/2024-12-14

  • Older filings available here or through public records requests: https://ethicscommission.vermont.gov/financial-disclosure

• Virginia: 

  • State campaign finance - https://cfreports.elections.virginia.gov/

• Washington

• West Virginia

• Wisconsin

• Wyoming: 

  • Ethics reports available via public records requests to elections@wyo.gov

  • State campaign finance search - requires login https://www.wycampaignfinance.gov/WYCFWebApplication/GSF_Authentication/Default.aspx

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