A Sunlight analysis of ad buys in sample TV markets show outside groups outspending Senate candidates in three key races.
Continue readingMayday PAC sheds light on largest donors
About 57 percent of the $7.8 million disclosed online is anonymized. The committee's next FEC release — with more complete data — won't be public until Oct. 15.
Continue readingLiberal groups to Joni Ernst: Keep the ethanol cash flowing
The attack ads both went live online on July 30 and target Senate candidate Joni Ernst for her connections to the oil industry.
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 readingCampaign Intelligence: It’s summertime . . . And the pols are trash-talking
The summer season is a busy one for the political air wars. A look at the latest findings on Political Ad Sleuth and Ad Hawk.
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
Continue readingSleuthing political ads in competitive Senate races
Television broadcast stations around the country are opening their political files for the first time, and Sunlight's tracking the most notable happenings across the country.
Continue readingCampaign intelligence: Money flows to Republican primaries
Eight states hold primary elections Tuesday, see which groups are spending big to influence your vote in this week's campaign intelligence.
Continue readingHow the FCC is expanding transparency
The Federal Communications Commission just made the cost of a Senate seat a lot easier to calculate — and it's because the agency became more transparent.
Continue readingPolitical ad watch: Now starring Steve King
Rep. Steve King has a starring role in a Democratic ad blitz that seeks to hang the Iowa Republican's latest controversial remarks about immigrants around the necks of Republicans trying to appeal to constituencies with heavily Hispanic votes.
The political powerhouse labor union SEIU has just released a Spanish-language ad that targets seven Republican House members, challenging them to say whether they agree with comments that "insult our families" or support legislation that would provide millions of immigrants now living illegally in the United States with a pathway to citizenship. Sunlight spotted the new campaign on Ad Hawk, our ...
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