The Sunlight Foundation, the Internet Archive, the Committee of Seventy and others are working together to map Philadelphia's media landscape in the weeks leading up to Election Day 2014.
Continue readingFrom the Piedmont to the Rockies, outside money swamping candidates
A Sunlight analysis of ad buys in sample TV markets show outside groups outspending Senate candidates in three key races.
Continue readingSee who’s financing Illinois elections — thanks to local open data group
Until now, Illinois residents who wanted to follow the money would have to input the names of all candidates, download separate datasets and merge them into a single file. Suffer no longer — Election Money has come to your rescue.
Continue readingWill Big Taxi’s massive political spending advantage leave ride-sharing groups stranded?
The taxi cab industry has donated at least $3,500 to the political war-chests of state legislators for every $1 that Uber, Lyft and Sidecar gave.
Continue readingPhilly Ad Sleuthing: Republicans are gamers; Democrats like gossip
An analysis of political ad buys at one Philadelphia station shows just how much voters are bombarded by political messages -- and how much office seekers and interest groups spend to influence them.
Continue readingTop super PAC donors lean left
There are no Republicans among the top three individual donors to super PACs this political cycle. That's a huge turnaround from 2012, when the top three spots all went to GOP megadonors.
Continue readingOutside political spending = economic boom in D.C.
The politicians may love to hate Washington but guess where most of the money being spent on their behalf is going.
Continue readingKoch-affiliated groups gobble up airtime at more than 100 TV stations
As of July 10, according to data from Sunlight’s Political Ad Sleuth, groups linked to Charles and David Koch have bought advertising time at least 106 different stations from Miami to Anchorage, Alaska.
Continue readingKoch-backed Latino outreach group spends big in Miami House race
A Koch-backed group that's appealing to Hispanics is buying big in a south Florida congressional race.
Continue readingGrab your ear plugs: Political advertisers have buys all the way through Nov. 4
New filings in competitive Senate races — in states that did not previously share their political ad documents online — reveal which markets third party groups are targeting
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