FOR STATE LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES
The institutional donor playbook, scaled down to a state-house race.
State campaign-finance portals do not talk to each other and the donor universe is small enough that burning it out in week four is fatal. PollCap ranks the universe, paces the asks, and tells the candidate who to call before the dollar is gone.
What you get
Three things State Leg teams stop doing by hand
State campaign-finance ingest for the chambers we cover, fused with FEC for cross-cycle context.
Cap-aware ask sizing so we do not over-ask donors who already maxed at the state level.
Local civic event ingestion for districts where town halls and planning boards matter more than press.
The pattern we see
What is actually broken for State Leg teams today
State campaign-finance portals are inconsistent and there is no real-time read on the opponent.
Fundraising universe is small and the candidate burns it out by week four.
No call sheet discipline because no one has ranked the local universe.
When PollCap fires
The signals that trigger outreach for State Leg teams
PollCap watches public filings, civic activity, and news. When one of these signals fires for a campaign in your universe, the system surfaces it with reasoning, sourced citations, and a calibrated next action.
Quarterly filing deadline at the state ethics commission
GEO_CONCENTRATION signals in the district
REACTIVATION_OPPORTUNITY in dormant local donors
PRIMARY_SOON within 90 days
Sample finding
“A state senate primary candidate had 312 donors and no ranking. PollCap surfaced 41 likely doublers and 18 reactivation candidates inside the existing file, paced over four weeks.”
This is the kind of finding PollCap surfaces for State Leg teams in the first week. Specific to your file. Cited to a real signal.
Recommended starting point
Where most State Leg teams start
PollCap Core
Real-time capital signal engine and full donor intelligence suite.
$799/mo
- Morning Brief — AI-generated daily action plan
- Capital Engine — 6-section strategic brief on demand
- Donor scoring with explainable 7-factor breakdown
- FEC enrichment — pull public federal contributions per donor
- Congress.gov policy footprint on every opponent
- Committee drill-in with analyst brief on any giving recipient
Common expansion path
Questions State Leg teams ask first
Real objections from real conversations, answered honestly.
We are a $250K race, not a $5M race.
Most of our donors are not in FEC.
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