Some Democrats with ambitions for the White House are finding that their most generous donors are their old campaign accounts, Federal Election Commission reports show.Source: Old Election Cash Gives New Life to Some Democratic Presidential Candidates...
The New York Times reported on the current status of 2020 emocratic race.Source: Only 5 Dems Have the Money to Go Forward With Their 2020 Campaigns...
A federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss the campaign finance violation case against California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter. In San Diego federal court, US District Judge Thomas J.Source: Federal judge refuses to dismiss campaign finance violation case against Rep. Duncan Hunter...
A decade ago, Bill Allison of the Sunlight Foundation was looking for a short phrase to put before the following fact: “Of the 202 outside organizations spending money to influence the 2010 mid-term elections, just 93 of them have disclosed donors to Federal Election Commission” (FEC).Source: The Etymology of “Dark Money”...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — To describe what he would do as president in 2021, Steve Bullock harks back to the Gilded Age of the late 1800s, when the wealthy copper mining barons of Montana wielded political influence across the state.Source: For Democratic presidential hopeful Steve Bullock, it’s all about the ‘dark money’...
SAN FRANCISCO — The Federal Election Commission said on Thursday that a Silicon Valley security company could immediately start helping 2020 presidential candidates defend their campaigns from the kinds of malicious email attacks that Russian hackers exploited in the 2016 election. The F.E.C.Source: F.E.C. Allows Security Company to Help 2020 Candidates Defend Campaigns...
In this photo taken July 11, 2019 is Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore, Kevin D-South San Francisco, left, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.Source: California lawmakers consider new rules for political ads...
Editor's Note: This article is part of the ABC10 Originals project FIRE - POWER - MONEY, a documentary series that breaks down California’s wildfire crisis into its core elements.Source: Judge orders PG&E to explain political spending following ABC10 documentary series...
When it comes to the First Amendment, the people of Virginia should be proud of their laws, and the nation should take notice as to why.Source: Free Speech Promotes Healthy Democracy in Virginia...
Democratic presidential hopefuls have started to drop out of the battle for their party’s 2020 nomination, with long-shot candidate Eric Swalwell on Monday becoming the first to bow out.Source: What Democrats can do with the money left over from their failed 2020 presidential runs...
