2024 Candidates
- Ballotpedia: 2024 ElectionsFind extensive coverage of national, state and local elections, including candidates and ballot measures.
- Victory Fund: LGBTQ CandidatesNon-partisan political action committee focused on "increasing the number of openly LGBTQ officials at all levels of government."
E-Books
Gender in Congress
- ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new windowProvides comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information, including congressional publications and documents, statistics, bios., current members of Congress and congressional committees, and regulatory and statutory information, and roll call votes.
- Congress.gov"Presented by the Library of Congress, Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information."
- Exhibitions & Publications: Member Profiles (U.S. House of Representatives)Find member profiles for current and past members of the House, focusing on Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Women.
- State Legislatures (Ballotpedia)Includes elections, partisan control of legislative chambers, incumbent and legislator profiles,
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-PresentIncludes dates of service, a photograph, biographical information, and a bibliography.
Interest Groups & Campaign Contributions
- CAMPAIGN FINANCE - VIEWER (Kansas Secretary of State)Find campaign filings for individual candidates and PAC's for the State of Kansas.
- State of Kansas Campaign Finance Reports (State Ethics Commission)Find campaign finance reports by incumbent and candidate by office and election cycle.
- Project Vote SmartProvides information about state and federal candidates and elected officials in five basic categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances, and interest group ratings.
- Campaign finance data (Federal Election Commission)"See how candidates and committees raise and spend money in federal elections. This financial data helps voters make informed decisions."
Federal Spending Resources
- United States Committee Appropriations Requests and Congressionally Directed SpendingRequests made be senators by fiscal year to appropriations committee.
- Tracking the Funds: Update on Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending (GAO)GAO is tracking the status of funds that Members of Congress directed to community projects. Find the status of FY22 requests as of 9/30/2022, and GAO-23-106561, which provides an overview of FY23 requests and how they compare with FY22.
Additional Library Subject Guides
- KU Libraries Leisure Reading & Watching CollectionFeatures fiction and non-fiction books from popular genres including romance, thrillers, mysteries, self-improvement, and biographies. It also includes movies available to stream, including some of the most popular commercial films.
Social Sciences Librarian
Amalia Monroe-Gulick
She/Her/Hers
Contact:
Watson Library
almonroe@ku.edu
almonroe@ku.edu
Subjects: Statistics and Data