The American Petroleum Institute plans to pay $100,000 for a 30-second ad spot to air during halftime of this weekend's Super Bowl.
Continue readingRNC date change gives dark money more room to operate
The RNC will hold its 2016 convention in July, shortening its presidential primary period. The move will free up millions in previously untouchable campaign dollars and lengthen the period in which "dark money groups" can run ads while avoiding disclosure.
Continue readingLost in cyberspace: Feds spent $30K to get ad data they couldn’t find at FCC
How disorganized is FCC data? Another federal agency paid $30,000 to a private company for information radio stations are supposed to file.
Continue readingWest Virginia ‘outside’ group run by state GOP committee members
Two GOP party leaders appear to be behind an 'outside' group that spent $1.4 million helping to elect Republicans to state offices in West Virginia.
Continue readingRarer than a day in June? FEC goes after congressional campaign for failure to disclose
It isn't every day that the federal campaign watchdogs actually bite.
Continue readingOutside groups’ Return on Investment: Rove leads 2014 conservative rebound
Sunlight's analysis of outside spenders' return on investment in the 2014 elections. Unlike in 2012, conservative groups got more bang for their buck while liberal supporters faced serious losses.
Continue readingContest for the Senate in charts: Outspent Dems lean on super PAC donors in homestretch
The story of outside money in this year's contest for control of the Senate, told in handy, embeddable charts.
Continue readingCorporate donors still prefer the shadows
A Sunlight analysis of corporate giving in the 2014 campaign suggests that many businesses prefer to play politics anonymously. There are, however, some notable exceptions.
Continue readingTom Steyer’s flood of campaign money hits $55 million to NextGen
Now that quarterly and monthly campaign finance reports are in at the Federal Election Commission, Sunlight is crunching the numbers to see who's got the money edge. The top contributor has now given $55 million to super PACs.
Continue readingNew Koch brothers PAC the biggest fundraiser of Q3
A new Koch brothers group raised $15 million in the third quarter of campaign 2014, the most of any committee that filed with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday.
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