The data suggests enthusiasm among early GOP voters that could put a dent in Democratic hopes for a "blue wave" in the midterms. Is the "blue wave" turning purple?Source: Republicans outpacing Democrats in early voting in key states, NBC News finds...
First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.Source: Turnout will be enormous in the election. And that creates lots of unpredictability....
More than 4.3 million Americans have already cast their ballots in the midterm elections, and early signs point to a huge increase in turnout from the last midterm elections in 2014, when overall voter participation hit a 70-year low.Source: Early voting hints at huge turnout...
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...
Weeks away from his own election, the 2012 GOP standard bearer is using his clout to help embattled Republicans in the midterms. A sleepy Utah Senate race was always a small playing field for a former presidential nominee. Now, Mitt Romney is going national again.Source: Mitt makes his move...
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...
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...
Source: Libertarian Senate candidate files FEC complaint against O'Rourke and CNN for $10M over town hall ...
The Supreme Court will settle a dispute over a video that aired on a New York City public access television channel that could have ramifications for social media and public radio stations. On Friday, the Justices said they would accept Manhattan Community Access Corp. v.Source: Supreme Court takes public access TV case with bigger implications...
