Durham Reporter

Here are the 50 political committees that received the largest amount of money from contributions during the week ending May 7, according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

Donations made to political groups or candidates must be disclosed under state law for greater transparency in elections. While Congress created the Federal Election Commission to oversee federal elections in 1974, each state is left to regulate its local elections.

Data collected on May 18 from the Board of Elections.

Committee	Total	Average contribution amount
Livable Raleigh	$25,000	$25,000
Committee to Elect Ricky Hurtado	$10,600	$5,300
Committee to Elect Larken Egleston	$7,420	$297
Lofton for North Carolina	$5,600	$5,600
Friends of AL Platt	$3,000	$1,500
Jack Smith Campaign	$2,500	$417
The Committee to Elect Dave Hall	$2,500	$1,250
Friends of Spencer Merriweather	$2,000	$1,000
Committee to Elect Rob Hillman	$1,205	$402
The Committee to Elect Marikay Abuzuaiter	$1,200	$171
The Committee to Elect Dimple Ajmera	$1,000	$250
Committee to Elect Braxton Winston II	$650	$325
Committee to Elect James Mitchell for City Council at Large	$500	$500
Committee to Elect Mario Benavente	$500	$500
Republicans for Jack Smith	$500	$500
Robinson for Council	$500	$500
Warden for City Council	$500	$500
Committee to Elect Darlene Heater	$350	$175
Committee to Elect Stephanie Moore Hand	$338	$56
Friends of Summers	$319	$40
The Ed Driggs Committee	$300	$300
Committee to Elect Kyle J Luebke	$250	$250
Committee to Elect Linda R Wilson	$200	$67
Committee to Elect Lisa McMillan	$150	$50
Committee to Elect Rebecca Wyhof Salmon	$100	$100
Committee to Elect Will Hornaday	$100	$100
Franca 4 Council Campaign Committee	$100	$50
Committee to Elect Ed Yerha	$98	$49
Committee to Elect Carissa Johnson	$60	$30
Dante Anderson for Charlotte	$50	$50
Committee to Elect George McDowell	$38	$38
People for Cecile Crawford	$25	$25
Committee to Elect Katie Rossabi	$18	$18