Campaign Expenses for Statewide Elections

A look at campaign spending shows that TV advertising was the largest campaigning cost for all three statewide offices on the ballot in November. See how other costs stack up, based on spending from January 2024 through November 27, 2025.

Notes: Includes Schedule D expenditures from 2024 through Nov. 27, 2025, the latest reports available. Only includes expenditures that VPAP classifies as directly related to campaigning and voter outreach. Does not include other expenditures, such as office/administrative, donations to political organizations, refunds, and other miscellaneous expenses. Expenditures are grouped according to VPAP's expenditure coding system, based on the descriptions of expenditures provided in campaign finance reports and the industry of the vendors being paid.

"Other Campaign Expenses" includes travel and meal expenses, voter lists, campaign signs and merchandise, newspaper ads, event expenses, and other miscellaneous campaigning, as well as expenditures that overlap multiple categories.

Source: Virginia Department of Elections.