This week, it got a bit easier for working parents—and working mothers especially—to run for federal office. On Thursday, the Federal Election Commission ruled that M. J.Source: The Job of Campaigning Is Extremely Family-Unfriendly...
How much has President Trump raised from Californians this year? Which neighborhoods are giving him the most money? Could it be yours? We break it down in six graphs.Source: Trump’s California funders—where they are and what they’re giving...
Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price asked the Federal Election Commission for permission to transfer $1.Source: A Republican wants old campaign cash to fund his nonprofit. A Democrat might show the way....
Like many Democrat candidates running for President in 2020, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has been an active proponent of campaign finance reform.Source: Bill de Blasio Highlights Campaign Finance Hypocrisy...
Running for president costs millions of dollars in staff salaries, even more in advertising fees and tons in travel — but sometimes, what a campaign really needs to get through a day is five-figures worth of paella.Source: $12,075 on paella and 32 other wacky things the candidates bought...
At least five of the 2020 Democrats are taking a different approach to campaign spending. They're staying with local elected officials, friends and vetted volunteers on the campaign trail as a way of stretching their dollar. Sen. Cory Booker (NJ), former Rep.Source: You Know Your Presidential Campaign Is A Total Flop When You're Couch-Surfing Between Volunteers...
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is staking his name and presidential campaign on battling “dark money” — a commonly used term for secretive political cash meant to influence elections. He’s even suing President Donald Trump’s administration over it.Source: Steve Bullock hates ‘dark money.’ But a lobbyist for ‘dark money’ donors is helping his campaign....
Arizona Republican Sen. Martha McSally has agreed to pay a fine of more than $23,000 to settle campaign finance violations from the 2014 election. The Federal Election Commission publicly disclosed the settlement this week.Source: Martha McSally fined $23,000 for 2014 campaign finance violations...
(AP Photo/John Locher) Deadlocked on a party-line vote, the Federal Election Commission has dismissed a complaint that Hillary Clinton’s campaign illegally coordinated with a super PAC during the 2016 presidential election cycle.Source: Republican FEC commissioners let Clinton campaign off the hook for super PAC coordination...
At issue is an investigation led by the Southern District of New York connected to Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer to Trump who is serving a three-year prison term in part for breaking campaign finance law.Source: Feds’ probe into Trump hush money payments is over, judge says...
