Care about freedom of the press? Support independent investigative journalism.Source: How ActBlue is trying to turn small donations into a blue wave...
The Republican National Committee (RNC) is investing an additional $25 million in their midterms efforts, citing "an influx of contributions" from their supporters. Of that, they're giving $3.5 million each to the party's campaign arms that work on House and Senate races.Source: RNC invests additional $25M to boost GOP before midterms...
It’s been eight years since Citizens United v. FEC, and America still doesn’t have transparency about the sources of money in politics. To wit, over $100 million in dark money has been spent as of October 17, 2018, with key weeks left in the midterms.Source: The 2018 Elections Have $100 million in Dark Money and Counting...
Since the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling ushered in a new era of big money in politics, congressional party finances have dramatically shifted.Source: The Rise of Shadow Parties...
Spending Split Evenly by Party Sixty-Two House Races Exceed $1 million Details Available on CFI’s General Election IE Tool Independent expenditures (IEs) reported to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for general election House and Senate contests have continued on a record pace, totaSource: INDEPENDENT SPENDING CONTINUES RECORD PACE; PARTY GROUPS LEAD THE WAY...
The super PACs wrestling for the House and Senate majorities this fall are dramatically outpacing their fundraising in other recent cycles, new Federal Election Commission disclosures show, as big-money political spending continues to fuel heated battles for the House and Senate.Source: Super PACs see bipartisan fundraising boom ahead of midterms...
Democrat David Trone and Republican Amie Hoeber are vying for the 6th District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. John Delaney. Mark Epstein, a telecommunications executive married to District 6 Republican congressional nominee Amie Hoeber, in recent weeks has made a total of $1.Source: Amie Hoeber’s Husband Pumps Another $1.2M Into ‘Super PACs’ Supporting Her Candidacy...
Over just two weeks in September, a limited-liability company calling itself “News for Democracy” spent almost $400,000 on more than 16 million impressions for a network of 14 Facebook pages that hadn’t existed until August.Source: The Secretive Organization Quietly Spending Millions on Facebook Political Ads...
Source: Libertarian Senate candidate files FEC complaint against O'Rourke and CNN for $10M over town hall ...
With a little over a month to go before the midterm elections, Super PACs just set a dubious record: with total independent expenditures at $549 million and counting, 2018 has passed 2014 as the midterm election with the most Super PAC spending in history.Source: Super PACs driving the midterms unsurprisingly...
