Primary documents first
Sources and methods
Use these official records to verify statewide candidates, campaign finance totals, voting deadlines, statewide issues, and the absence of a statewide November judicial contest. The method below explains how records were matched.
What will voters decide?
What did candidates report?
What rules and dates apply?
Candidate identity records
These records connect a ballot name with the name used in a disclosure system.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders identity recordThe candidate roster displays Sarah Huckabee Sanders. The finance search result displays Sarah H. Sanders.Fred Love identity recordThe candidate roster displays Fred Love. The finance profile displays Fredrick J. Love.Colt Shelby identity recordThe candidate roster displays Colt Shelby. The finance profile displays Colt W. Shelby.Dennis Milligan identity recordThe candidate roster displays Dennis Milligan. The finance profile displays Dennis L. Milligan.John Thurston identity recordThe candidate roster displays John Thurston. The finance profile displays John M. Thurston.Christopher Olson identity recordThe candidate roster lists Christopher Olson as the Libertarian candidate for Commissioner of State Lands. The finance portal's Christian Olson record has a different first name and party and is not an exact match.
How records become a W4POLITICS comparison
- Use official election records as the rosterDo not infer a general-election candidate from a campaign site or news story.
- Keep state and federal records separateUse the disclosure system responsible for each office.
- Match identities conservativelyPublish numeric summaries only when the record supports the candidate-to-filer match.
- Preserve source terminologyUse the official field labels and avoid invented totals.
- Show the boundaryList missing and uncertain coverage beside completed work.
Found an error or newer filing? Use the corrections process and include the page, field, and original public document when possible.
Source review completed September 27, 2026.