U.S. State Financial Disclosures

Candidate Accountability Research

Use this sheet to identify financial disclosures at the state level.

• 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. - (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.

  • 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

  • Personal financial disclosures (aka Statement of Sources of Income): https://mainecampaignfinance.com/#/ExploreEDReports

  • 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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