; and (B) if certified, will run only as a participating candidate for all elections for the office that such candidate is seeking during that election cycle. (5) The candidate is the nominee of a political party whose candidate received not less than 15 percent of the total number of popular votes received by all candidates in the most recent general election for the office the candidate seeks. (b) General election Notwithstanding subsection (a), a candidate shall not be eligible to be certified as a participating candidate under this title for a general election or a general runoff election unless the candidate’s party nominated the candidate to be placed on the ballot for the general election or the candidate is otherwise qualified to be on the ballot under State law. (c) Clean Money qualifying period defined The term Clean Money qualifying period means, with respect to any candidate for an office, the 180-day period (during the election cycle for such office) which begins on the date on which the candidate files a statement of intent under subsection (a)(1), except that such period may not continue after the date that is 30 days before the date of the general election for the office. 512. Qualifying requirements (a) Receipt of qualified small dollar contributions from in-State residents A candidate for the office of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress meets the requirement of this section if, during the Clean Money qualifying period described in section 511(c), each of the following occurs: (1) Not fewer than 1,000 individuals who are residents of the State in which the candidate seeks election make a qualified small dollar contribution to the candidate. (2) The candidate obtains a total dollar amount of qualified small dollar contributions from individuals who are residents of the State in which the candidate seeks election which is equal to or greater than $50,000. (b) Requirements relating to receipt of qualified small dollar contribution Each qualified small