A Sunlight Foundation analysis found that outside groups have swapped consultants, staff and vendors with several presidential campaign committees.
Continue readingOutside groups’ influence on 2016 election grows, super PAC filings show
Friday's super PAC filing deadline gave the public its first look into the outside groups fueling 2016 presidential candidates — and they look to be playing an even more outsized role in the race than ever.
Continue readingRep. Waters inquires with FEC about contributing to Haiti elections
Congresswoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., wrote to the House Ethics Committee and Federal Election Commission asking if she could contribute to foreign candidates running for office, both individually and through her affiliated political action committees.
Continue readingLarge amounts of money are going to presidential candidates, but not directly
More money has been raised for presidential candidates in the first six months of the 2016 election cycle than in the same period during the previous two presidential cycles, but only a fraction is directly controlled by campaigns.
Continue readingWhat FEC filings show about 2016 candidates
Candidates for president offered the first detailed look at their campaign finances yesterday. While Hillary Clinton is running away with the money race for Democrats, the competition for cash is much tighter on the Republican side.
Continue readingConservative PACs raise millions, spend little on politics
Several staffers affiliated with Alan Keyes have found a lucrative new job: operating an array of political committees and dark money groups that have raised millions from small donors — most of which has gone to lining their own pockets.
Continue readingHigh-profile hosts line Hillary Clinton’s fundraising trail
New fundraising invitations show Hillary Clinton attended a fundraiser thrown by Lynn Rothschild on Tuesday — the same day that State Department emails were released showing that Rothschild may have influenced a past profile of the White House hopeful.
Continue readingFeingold’s comeback bid gets major jolt from online donors
Russ Feingold's comeback bid for the Senate earned nearly $1 million from online donors over a six-week period, early reports by online fundraising platform ActBlue show. His online donations led all other congressional candidates and committees over that period.
Continue readingJindal soft money group hits airwaves — then goes offline
A soft money organization that poured over $224,000 into Iowa TV ads during the month of June favorable to Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal had its website go offline yesterday — the same day that Jindal announced his candidacy.
Continue readingClimate group features Pope Francis in new Iowa TV ads
NextGen Climate, a super PAC backed by the billionaire Tom Steyer focused on climate change, plans to begin airing political TV ads in Iowa tomorrow featuring images of Pope Francis.
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