With control of the Senate in doubt and Republicans likely to hold on to their majority in the House, liberal power brokers are ramping up their electoral giving.
Continue readingCampaign Intelligence: Conservative money plays catch up
A recurring series on candidates, campaigns and elections in which Sunlight's Reporting Group highlights interesting stories we see developing from our data analysis tools.
Continue readingWrangling messy political data into usable information
Former (and future) Sunlighter Zack Maril discusses his initial forays into advanced entity deduplication approaches.
Continue readingPrimary post-mortem: Intraparty squabbles still a conservative game
The dust has settled on primary season. What we've learned? The fight for the soul of the GOP is as alive as ever.
Continue readingMichael Bloomberg pours millions into abortion fight
New FEC documents from Women Vote!, a Super PAC affiliated with Emily's List, show the former Mayor gave the group a $2 million cash infusion in July.
Continue readingCampaign intelligence: “Frankenfish” in Alaska, no drama in Wyoming
A look in to the money behind Tuesday's primaries in Alaska and Wyoming. We're following the political cash to show you who's spending big in these races and what they want in return.
Continue readingCampaign intelligence: Anti-establishment groups’ final push
As primary season begins to wind down, outside conservative groups are still pouring money into TV ads and mailers, trying to score a few upsets against longtime incumbents.
Continue readingQuestions remain for Mayday PAC
Mayday PAC reported $3.3 million dollars on hand at the beginning of July. The group's campaign kitty now stands at $7.7 million according to the group's website.
Continue readingOFA fundraising down, but still attracting new donors
A joint project of the Sunlight Foundation and the Center for Responsive Politics finds that President Obama's political nonprofit continues to find new five-figure prospects even as fundraising drops.
Continue readingAll-Star break: Anti-establishment groups spend big for few upsets
Though the GOP's conservative wing has scored a few upsets, campaign finance data collected by Real-Time FEC show just how much of their resources have gone to losing candidates.
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