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ORGANIZING A TESTING-THE-WATERS COMMITTEE

An individual may organize a “committee” for testing the waters. An “exploratory committee” or “testing-the-waters committee” is not considered a political committee and does not have to register or file reports as long as its activities are limited to testing the waters and it does not engage in campaigning. The name of the committee, and statements by committee staff, must not refer to the individual as a candidate. For example, an exploratory committee could not be called “Sam Jones for Congress,” which would indicate that Jones had already decided to run for federal office. Instead, the committee could be called “Sam Jones Congressional Exploratory Committee.”

If the potential candidate decides to run for federal office and becomes a candidate, then he or she may designate the exploratory committee as the principal campaign committee and change the name of the committee as appropriate.

Starting a Congressional Campaign

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