Campaign Finance

1+ hour, 37+ min ago   (1052+ words) Communities Secretary says individuals cannot ‘buy their way into democracy’ after Reform handed record £72m Angela Rayner has opened the door to capping political donations after Reform was handed a record £72m in two days. The Communities Secretary said that a government…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1646+ words) Republican challenger Timothy McCune is looking to unseat Democratic incumbent state Rep. Jessica Benham in the 36th House District. Behnam is seeking a fourth term representing a district where Democrats outnumber Republicans by nearly a 3-to-1 margin. The district encompasses Brentwood,…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (470+ words) A group tied to President Donald Trump’s massive political operation reserved at least $4.4 million in ads in the race between former Gov. Paul LePage and State Auditor Matt Dunlap for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. The reservations first appeared in tracking by…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (144+ words) Recent Supreme Court ddecisions could bring a massive shift in how campaigns are funded, giving the national political parties more influence and taking it away from political action committees that often buy advertising on behalf of… Howard County school bus…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (451+ words) Collin Anderson writes for the Washington Free Beacon about an inconvenient fact for Texas’ Democratic US Senate candidate. Texas Democrat James Talarico says he’s running for Senate to make “the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share of taxes.” And yet,…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (70+ words) FOX 5 DC Wealthy candidates are pouring millions of their own dollars into campaigns this election cycle, but Washington Sun senior editor Dave Levinthal says self-funding is proving to be a poor substitute for grassroots support, as evidenced by David Trone's…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (298+ words) Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley and U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle held a “stop the corruption” town hall in Springfield Thursday. The town hall was a part of a tour focusing on concerns about corruption in politics. During the townhall, both called for…...

3+ day, 28+ min ago   (652+ words) FIRST ON FOX: Congressional scrutiny of foreign influence operations in the United States is widening, with a powerful panel of lawmakers set to hold a hearing next week examining how nonprofits and activist networks serve as potential "Trojan horses" for…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1441+ words) Public records reveal an unusual overlap among a Vista elected official’s paid climate-advocacy work, regional government policymaking, nonprofit funding relationships, and a $1 million affordable-housing grant ultimately awarded to a project developed by the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans,…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (313+ words) Perhaps you have thought that the Santa Clara Police Department became the highest-paid police force in California because they are absolutely stellar. Or, maybe you believe they are the best trained, best equipped and more responsive than any police force…...