With the 2016 election cycle well underway, political hopefuls are kicking their fundraising into high gear — and Sunlight's Real-Time Campaign Finance tracker can help you follow the money.
Continue readingIntroducing Sunlight’s presidential committee tracker
To help White House watchers tracking the millions of dollars at play in next year’s election, Sunlight’s added a new feature to follow political committees supporting known, and likely, presidential candidates.
Continue readingPartisanship is a profit center for founder of new Scott Walker super PAC
A new super PAC is soliciting donations to draft Scott Walker for president. Specifics on how the donations will be used, however, are still hazy.
Continue reading2016 ads hitting the web, public left in the dark
A new series of political ads by SEIU, a powerful liberal union, targets four Republican Senators up for re-election in 2016. Carefully crafted as "issue ads," the expenditures don't have to be disclosed like normal campaign advertisements.
Continue readingElection in the rearview, millions in the bank
The 2014 midterms were a bruising affair — racking up record costs for candidates and outside groups. Some incumbents, however, managed to weather their re-election contests while keeping millions in reserve.
Continue readingHillary Clinton fundraiser, Hollywood donors spur seven-figure haul for Democratic ‘super joint’ committee
Within five days of a star-studded Los Angeles fundraiser headlined by Hillary Clinton, a Democratic joint fundraising committee raised close to $1 million.
Continue readingCampaign Intelligence: Election 2014 by the numbers
Some key data points on the money being spent to influence Tuesday's elections.
Continue readingOutside spending in campaign’s final three weeks tops $300 million
The potential for an upset of veteran Sen. Pat Roberts is drawing millions in late contributions to Kansas, some of the more than $300 million outside spenders are investing to influence the outcome of Tuesday's races.
Continue readingLate money flooding “sleeper” House races
Election season has almost reached its costly, bitter end, but the spigot of money that runs from PACs and special interests to federal campaigns is still running.
Continue readingDark money still a Republican game
A review of reported spending by dark money outfits finds Republican candidates are getting a bigger boost from anonymous donors.
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