Campaign staffers keep trying to bet on races despite push to curb insider trading
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Other blind spots include state and city elections, which are featured on Kalshi's election page and which use separate disclosure mechanisms from FEC filings. The names of staffers' friends and family members are also outside the bounds of federal and local campaign records.

Kalshi's DeNault acknowledged that no system is perfect and said the company is working to expand campaign monitoring to local elections.

"You have to be ready to also follow up with investigations where you've detected people who've gotten around systems," DeNault said.

He did not comment on current investigations into campaign staffers or whether Kalshi has referred any campaign staffer trades to the Department of Justice. Kalshi spokesperson Jacki McGavick said the company launched more than 150 investigations into insider trading, blocked more than 100 insider trading moves and referred at least 20 cases to law enforcement in the first quarter of 2026.

Rules are "up to us," Kalshi says

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