All data are derived from candidate and party reports as well as other official studies available from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) located at 999 E Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20463. Telephone (202) 694-1100 (or toll-free 800-424-9530). Individuals listed in italics were losing candidates in that election.

U.S. Senate
The following charts show the 15 top 2000 Senate candidates in terms of the highest total net receipts, net expenditures, political action committee (PAC) contributions, individual contributions, cash on hand and debts owed during the 1999-2000 election cycle.

2000 Senate: Top Raisers
1. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)	$41,752,247
2. Rick Lazio (R-NY)	39,020,511
3. Rudolph W. Giuliani (R-NY)†	23,532,604
4. Spencer Abraham (R-MI)	11,838,542
5. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)	10,464,194
6. George Allen (R-VA)	10,073,255
7. Rick Santorum (R-PA)	9,126,046
8. John Ashcroft (R-MO)	8,925,706
9. Mel Carnahan (D-MO)*	8,530,447
10. Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI)	8,297,375
11. Bill McCollum (R-FL)	7,936,639
12. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)	7,774,040
13. Edward Kennedy (D-MA)	6,623,179
14. Bill Nelson (D-FL)	6,539,259
15. Bob Franks (R-NJ)	6,423,214

2000 Senate: Top Spenders
1. Jon Corzine (D-NJ)	$63,209,506
2. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)	41,469,898
3. Rick Lazio (R-NY)	40,576,273
4. Rudolph Giuliani (R-NY)†	20,766,961
5. Spencer Abraham (R-MI)	13,028,636
6. Mark Dayton (DFL-MN)	11,957,114
7. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)	11,533,295
8. Rick Santorum (R-PA)	10,616,262
9. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)	10,346,170
10. George Allen (R-VA)	9,995,980
11. John Ashcroft (R-MO)	9,378,581
12. Mel Carnahan (D-MO)*	8,800,864
13. Bill McCollum (R-FL)	8,664,112
14. Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI)	7,892,518
15. Charles S. Robb (D-VA)	6,610,252

2000 Senate: Top PAC Recipients
1. Spencer Abraham (R-MI)	$2,485,419
2. Rick Lazio (R-NY)	2,380,043
3. John Ashcroft (R-MO)	2,040,748
4. Rick Santorum (R-PA)	1,878,625
5. Slade Gorton (R-WA)	1,770,339
6. William Roth (R-DE)	1,727,178
7. John Ensign (R-NV)	1,715,992
8. Conrad Burns (R-MT)	1,683,501
9. Rod Grams (R-MN)	1,623,289
10. Charles S. Robb (D-VA)	1,622,753
11. George Allen (R-VA)	1,581,172
12. Kent Conrad (D-ND)	1,443,306
13. Bill McCollum (R-FL)	1,391,571
14. Benjamin Nelson (D-NE)	1,298,059
15. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)	1,245,727

2000 Senate: Top Individual Contributions
1. Rick Lazio (R-NY)	$35,885,552
2. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)	24,191,963
3. Rudolph Giuliani (R-NY)†	22,567,091
4. Spencer Abraham (R-MI)	8,759,626
5. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)	8,192,183
6. George Allen (R-VA)	7,981,748
7. Bill McCollum (R-FL)	6,562,401
8. Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI)	6,560,892
9. Mel Carnahan (D-MO)*	6,035,654
10. Rick Santorum (R-PA)	5,794,892
11. John Ashcroft (R-MO)	5,584,825
12. Edward Kennedy (D-MA)	5,478,801
13. Bill Nelson (D-FL)	4,888,080
14. Bob Franks (R-NJ)	4,829,307
15. Charles S. Robb (D-VA)	4,353,994

2000 Senate: Top Cash-on-Hand
1. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)	$4,622,229
2. Edward Kennedy (D-MA)	4,008,748
3. Rudolph Giuliani (R-NY)†	3,014,241
4. Bill Frist (R-TN)	2,139,518
5. Trent Lott (R-MS)	1,330,389
6. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT)	1,098,721
7. Jon Kyl (R-AZ)	991,980
8. Mike DeWine (R-OH)	688,577
9. Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT)	621,340
10. Brendan Thomas Byrne Jr. (D-NJ)	492,424
11. James M. Jeffords (R-VT)	482,884
12. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)	447,789
13. Craig Thomas (R-WY)	446,479
14. Robert C. Byrd (D-WV)	424,114
15. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)	422,585

2000 Senate: Top Debts Owed
1. Jon Corzine (D-NJ)	$60,048,968
2. Mark Dayton (DFL-MN)	8,360,000
3. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)	4,286,936
4. Rick Lazio (R-NY)	3,087,910
5. Michael Ciresi (DFL-MN)	1,500,000
6. Bill Frist (R-TN)	1,440,000
7. Elliott Rustad (R-NE)	1,078,010
8. Ed Bernstein (D-NV)	988,000
9. Rick Santorum (R-PA)	505,180
10. Rebecca Yanisch (DFL-MN)	442,255
11. Charles S. Robb (D-VA)	409,000
12. James Florio (D-NJ)	400,000
13. Richard Licht (D-RI)	341,745
14. Philip Giordano (R-CT)	327,536
15. Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)	300,000
* died October 16, 2000 † withdrew from race

U.S. House of Representatives
The following charts show the 25 top 2000 House candidates in terms of the highest total net receipts, net expenditures, political action committee (PAC) contributions, individual contributions, cash on hand and debts owed during the 1999-2000 election cycle.

2000 House: Top Raisers
1. James E. Rogan (R-CA)	$6,871,077
2. Adam Schiff (D-CA)	4,352,754
3. Richard A. Gephardt (D-MO)	3,816,891
4. Bob Barr (R-GA)	3,442,211
5. Anne Northup (R-KY)	2,896,393
6. E. Clay Shaw Jr. (R-FL)	2,755,056
7. Henry J. Hyde (R-IL)	2,744,677
8. Rush Holt (D-NJ)	2,659,446
9. Ernie Fletcher (R-KY)	2,493,053
10. Ron Paul (R-TX)	2,413,684
11. J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL)	2,385,649
12. Bill Federer (R-MO)	2,377,050
13. Patrick J. Tiberi (R-OH)	2,374,205
14. David E. Bonior (D-MI)	2,336,205
15. Don Sherwood (R-PA)	2,330,100
16. Heather Wilson (R-NM)	2,241,534
17. Mike Rogers (R-MI)	2,224,233
18. Dick Zimmer (R-NJ)	2,223,722
19. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)	2,188,542
20. Mike Honda (D-CA)	2,153,003
21. Dennis Rehberg (R-MT)	2,146,239
22. Elaine Bloom (D-FL)	2,111,353
23. James H. Maloney (D-CT)	2,086,534
24. Mark Kirk (R-IL)	2,068,719
25. Shelley Berkley (D-NV)	2,067,764

2000 House: Top Spenders
1. Jim Humphreys (D-WV)	$6,964,933
2. James E. Rogan (R-CA)	6,889,947
3. Richard A. Gephardt (D-MO)	5,580,964
4. Adam Schiff (D-CA)	4,351,025
5. Peter Wareing (R-TX)	3,896,840
6. Roger F. Kahn (D-GA)	3,859,860
7. Bob Barr (R-GA)	3,495,641
8. Phil Sudan (R-TX)	3,247,033
9. E. Clay Shaw Jr. (R-FL)	3,086,708
10. Anne Northup (R-KY)	2,916,818
11. William P. (Bill) Luther (D-MN)	2,597,244
12. Rush Holt (D-NJ)	2,566,080
13. Shawn Margaret Donnelley (R-IL)	2,444,398
14. Henry J. Hyde (R-IL)	2,436,839
15. Elaine Bloom (D-FL)	2,378,327
16. Ron Paul (R-TX)	2,353,816
17. Patrick J. Tiberi (R-OH)	2,349,872
18. Bill Federer (R-MO)	2,319,819
19. David E. Bonior (D-MI)	2,312,101
20. Ernie Fletcher (R-KY)	2,300,940
21. Darrell Issa (R-CA)	2,300,907
22. J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL)	2,299,072
23. Mike Ferguson (R-NJ)	2,294,820
24. Terry Lierman (D-MD)	2,217,488
25. Heather Wilson (R-NM)	2,203,322

2000 House: Top PAC Recipients
1. E. Clay Shaw Jr. (R-FL)	$1,316,733
2. J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL)	1,307,648
3. Ernie Fletcher (R-KY)	1,139,810
4. James H. Maloney (D-CT)	1,130,622
5. Steven T. Kuykendall (R-CA)	1,119,862
6. Anne Northup (R-KY)	1,102,290
7. Martin Frost (D-TX)	1,101,824
8. Calvin Dooley(D-CA)	1,099,483
9. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY)	1,081,195
10. James E. Rogan (R-CA)	1,012,593
11. David E. Bonior (D-MI)	997,301
12. Brian Bilbray (R-CA)	990,366
13. Don Sherwood (R-PA)	962,656
14. Patrick J. Tiberi (R-OH)	954,423
15. Roy Blunt (R-MO)	940,446
16. Mike Rogers (R-MI)	937,385
17. Nancy L. Johnson (R-CT)	902,306
18. Joe Baca (D-CA)	897,077
19. Heather Wilson (R-NM)	884,156
20. Shelley Berkley (D-NV)	879,780
21. Melissa Hart (R-PA)	871,124
22. Tom Delay (R-TX)	863,586
23. Bill Thomas (R-CA)	857,933
24. John D. Dingell (D-MI)	847,208
25. Richard A. Gephardt (D-MO)	838,109

2000 House: Top Individual Contributions
1. James E. Rogan (R-CA)	$5,640,866
2. Adam Schiff (D-CA)	3,563,953
3. Bob Barr (R-GA)	2,911,436
4. Bill Federer (R-MO)	2,298,240
5. Henry J. Hyde (R-IL)	2,286,801
6. Ron Paul (R-TX)	2,254,193
7. Rush Holt (D-NJ)	1,744,913
8. Elaine Bloom (D-FL)	1,662,593
9. Anne Northup (R-KY)	1,657,801
10. Dick Zimmer (R-NJ)	1,579,203
11. Jay W. Dickey (R-AR)	1,543,412
12. Peter Wareing (R-TX)	1,500,740
13. Noach Dear (D-NY)	1,484,178
14. Mike Honda (D-CA)	1,479,030
15. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)	1,448,655
16. Lauren Beth Gash (D-IL)	1,447,419
17. Jane Harman (D-CA)	1,431,974
18. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)	1,423,132
19. Susan Levin (D-NJ)	1,414,659
20. Mark Kirk (R-IL)	1,404,401
21. Susan Davis (D-CA)	1,399,396
22. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA)	1,389,089
23. Patrick J. Tiberi (R-OH)	1,378,322
24. David Vitter (R-LA)	1,346,949
25. Dianne Byrum (D-MI)	1,336,246

2000 House: Top Cash-on-Hand
1. Peter R. Deutsch (D-FL)	$2,360,082
2. David Dreier (R-CA)	2,318,497
3. Martin T. Meehan (D-MA)	1,965,917
4. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)	1,770,900
5. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)	1,682,851
6. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY)	1,545,122
7. Nick J. Rahall II (D-WV)	1,426,833
8. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA)	1,263,638
9. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)	1,242,393
10. Scott McInnis (R-CO)	1,233,841
11. Cliff Stearns (R-FL)	1,158,724
12. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)	1,105,021
13. Dan Burton (R-IN)	1,046,381
14. William D. Delahunt (D-MA)	1,040,886
15. Robert Andrews (D-NJ)	1,018,385
16. Mark Foley (R-FL)	1,001,480
17. Jerry Lewis (R-CA)	978,187
18. Richard E. Neal (D-MA)	928,231
19. Rod R. Blagojevich (D-IL)	915,328
20. Michael N. Castle (R-DE)	909,781
21. Richard Burr (R-NC)	904,365
22. John J. Duncan Jr. (R-TN)	880,331
23. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI)	855,625
24. Joe Barton (R-TX)	827,194
25. Bud Cramer Jr. (D-AL)	802,903

2000 House: Debts Owed
1. James F. Humphreys (D-WV)	$6,105,000
2. Philip P. Sudan Jr. (R-TX)	3,275,000
3. Roger F. Kahn (D-GA)	2,932,500
4. Darrell Issa (R-CA)	1,820,000
5. Chris Cannon (R-UT)	1,664,044
6. Derek W. Smith (R-UT)	1,455,938
7. Doug Ose (R-CA)	1,433,125
8. Terry Lierman (D-MD)	1,315,000
9. William E. Peacock (D-CA)	1,268,344
10. Ronald A. Kapche (R-TX)	1,218,105
11. Paul C. Jost (R-VA)	1,216,500
12. Carl J. Mayer (Green-NJ)	997,055
13. Jose A. Hernandez-Mayoral (D-PR)	966,028
14. Monica L. Monica (R-LA)	955,000
15. Mike Ferguson (R-NJ)	814,541
16. Martha Fuller Clark (D-NH)	718,302
17. Leigh Harvey McNairy (D-NC)	641,000
18. Jeffrey E. Wright (R-UT)	640,000
19. Norman Sisisky (D-VA)*	639,183
20. Melissa Brown (R-PA)	570,800
21. John Brewer (R-TX)	559,846
22. John H. Cox, (R-IL)	558,000
23. David Treen (R-LA)	553,000
24. Anibal Acevedo-Vila (D-PR)	545,263
25. John J. Kelly (D-NM)	495,801

*died March 29, 2001

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