On Wednesday, Washington Governor Jay Inslee officially dropped out of the presidential race, just days after John Hickenlooper also called it quits (and announced his Senate bid). As of June, both former candidates raised nearly $8.Source: What Happens to Your Campaign Contributions When a Presidential Candidate Drops Out?...

(CN) – The First Amendment doesn’t prevent Montana from requiring a gun-rights group to register as a political action committee before mailing fliers to voters that detail candidates’ positions on the Second Amendment, the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday. National Association for Gun Rights Inc.Source: Gun Rights Group’s Challenge of Montana Electioneering Mandate Rejected...

(Mark Wilson/Getty Images) An email from President Donald Trump’s campaign on July 31 gave supporters reason to believe their political contributions would go further than they might otherwise think.“There has NEVER been a more important time for YOU to step up,” the campaign wrote.Source: Campaigns say they’ll match political contributions. It’s not clear how they would do that....

Federal government agencies are investigating alleged campaign finance misconduct by Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's former chief of staff, who abruptly resigned on Friday, according to the New York Post.Source: Former AOC chief of staff under investigation for alleged campaign finance misconduct...

(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Center and Responsive Politics and the Campaign Legal Center have filed a petition with the Federal Election Commission to require full, transparent financial reporting of the millions of dollars that pass through national political parties’ special-purpose bankSource: CRP, Campaign Legal Center file petition to illuminate party ‘cromnibus’ accounts...