Carly Fiorina's new super PAC reported raising reported raising just over one million dollars in it's first filing. That's just one of the nuggets we found in the quarterly filings due at the Federal Election Commission today.
Continue readingKoch-backed group books next round of ads, goes big in N.H.
Freedom Partners, a political group allied with billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, has booked millions of dollars of new air time in New Hampshire and five other states, according to ad documents.
Continue readingDark money in North Carolina’s Hagan-Tillis Senate race: 4,086 ad spots at WBTV
Outside groups bought virtually all the ads one Charlotte TV station has aired in North Carolina's hotly contested Senate race, and nearly half the dollars they spent haven't been reported to the Federal Election Commission.
Continue readingClean energy group didn’t report NC ‘electioneering’ ad
A nonprofit clean energy group that ran electioneering ads urging voters to "thank Senator Hagan" 23 days before the North Caroline senator faced a primary election failed to report its spending to the Federal Election Commission.
Continue readingDenver TV station pulls its biggest political ad order from public site
A TV ad-buying company with close ties to Republican Party leaders pulled a $740,070 contract from a Denver TV station when a reporter tried to learn who was footing the bill.
Continue readingCantor allies buying October airtime
A nonprofit group allied with House Majority leader Eric Cantor is locking down airtime in Phoenix, Denver and Boston for two weeks in October, according to ad disclosure documents.
Continue readingKoch’s “secret bank” to begin airing ads
A shadowy political nonprofit associated with the Koch brothers is set to begin airing TV ads in the Denver market, records available on Political Ad Sleuth reveal.
Continue readingLook who’s benefiting from Citizens United: Unions wrote more big checks than corporations in 2013
Unions gave more than twice as much in political donations as corporations in 2013, according to a Sunlight analysis of $10,000-plus contributions to super PACs.
Continue readingReversing trend, Democrats top the list of biggest super PAC donors
The rumors are true, Democrats like Michael Bloomberg, Thomas Steyer and others have learned to love the super PAC.
Continue readingGroup plans to sue FEC after dark money deadlock
A public interest group plans to file suit against the FEC for failing to take action against Crossroads GPS, a conservative nonprofit group that never registered as a political committee.
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