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Overview of new features launched on The Ballot Book.

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Local Campaign Finance Data Now Available

Oct 7, 2025 3 min read

We've added comprehensive local campaign finance data for 185 California jurisdictions. Explore political committees, campaign contributions, and spending activity for 25 counties and 160 cities across the state.

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Tracking Local Candidates Just Got Easier

Sep 17, 2025 3 min read

We've built an automated system that crawls the web and campaign finance databases to discover early candidate announcements for 2026 California local elections. The tool searches multiple sources to create centralized candidate lists for city councils, county supervisors, school boards, and county-wide offices—giving you a head start on understanding your local political landscape months before official ballots are finalized.

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Introducing Our (Free) 2026 Primary Campaign Finance Overview

Aug 4, 2025 3 min read

California's June 2026 primary election is heating up, and we've just launched a comprehensive new tool to help you track the money behind every major race. Our new Campaign Finance Primary Overview gives you a complete financial picture of all candidates running for statewide and legislative offices, with data on fundraising, spending, cash on hand, and debt for over 200 candidates.

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Announcing Our New Turnout Projection Tool

Jul 8, 2025 5 min read

A new interactive feature from The Ballot Book lets you model how the partisan makeup of voters shifts as turnout rises or falls — using real historical data from every California jurisdiction since 2014.

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[New Feature] Local + Legislative Results Now Mapped

Jun 26, 2025 1 min read

Now you can view how each precinct voted in state legislative and local races—including city council, school board, and more. Explore newly added results from 2022, 2024, and past legislative cycles going back to 2014.