Annual spending heatmap — top 50

Per-year expenditure totals across the top 50 spenders. Cells colored on a log scale (lighter = small, darker blue = year's peak — $13,852,998). Comparison view to fundraising heatmap reveals when fundraising and spending diverge (saved-up reserves spent in election years).

Source: NV SOS Aurora cf_expenditures, pulled by scripts/build_per_year_spending.py. Methodology.