Anna first joined the Center for Responsive Politics in September 2015.Source: State of Money in Politics: Billion-dollar ‘dark money’ spending is just the tip of the iceberg...
A former Republican congressional candidate and major 2018 GOP donor has been indicted for using a super PAC to funnel more than $1 million in contributions to himself. Rhode Island political consultant Russell Taub was charged last week by the U.S.Source: GOP donor Russell Taub indicted for paying himself $1 million through ‘scam PAC’...
Raymond joined CRP as a reporting intern in January 2019. He graduated from Duquesne University with a B.A. in political science in December 2018.Source: California-focused super PAC looks to expand and ‘flip the west’ from red to blue...
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks at a rally to launch her campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination in Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S., February 9, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File PhotoSource: Democrats Swear off Big Money, but Will It Hurt Their 2020 White House Chances?...
House Democrats are planning a major ethics and campaign-finance reform push in early 2019, but lawmakers appear unlikely to halt a growing trend among big-money groups of hiding their donors.Source: Congress unlikely to stop super PACs from hiding donors...
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...
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...
Allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell used a blind spot in campaign finance laws to undercut a candidate from their own party this year — and their fingerprints remained hidden until the primary was already over.Source: The hidden money funding the midterms...
Super PACs funded by some of the nation's richest people are pouring tens of millions of dollars into the midterm elections, outpacing even the party committees that were once the biggest spenders in the field.Source: Super PACs spend big in high-stakes midterms...
