Ric Thornton aims to reduce the $6.2 million dollars worth of outstanding fines for missing or overdue state campaign finance reports by 25% by the end of the year. The state campaign finance director doesn’t expect to convince former candidates and officeholders to make good on their six-figure debts. Instead, Thornton is invoking a new […]| Providence Business News
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has deep ties to Leonard Leo, the conservative activist who helped engineer the rightward shift of the Supreme Court, through a close friend and a consulting firm they co-founded. The post The Leo Network Behind Virginia’s Attorney General appeared first on EXPOSEDbyCMD.| EXPOSEDbyCMD
Oil industry heir John Hess, the longtime former CEO of Hess Corporation and current director at Chevron, is tied for the second largest donor to Fix the City, a super PAC backing former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s campaign for mayor of New York City. The post Chevron Director Pumps $1 Million Into Pro-Cuomo Super PAC appeared first on EXPOSEDbyCMD.| EXPOSEDbyCMD
In Tuesday’s runoff, Republican Jason Dickerson beat Democrat Debra Shigley in a million-dollar race The post GOP retains suburban Atlanta senate seat in costly special election appeared first on Atlanta Civic Circle.| Atlanta Civic Circle
The Republican Attorneys General Association brought in $10.1 million in contributions in the first six months of 2025, its latest IRS filing examined by the Center for Media and Democracy shows. The haul is $1.3 million larger than what the pay-to-play group raised in the first half of 2023. The post Republican AG Group Cuts Ties with Leonard Leo, Brings in $10.1 Million in First Half of 2025 appeared first on EXPOSEDbyCMD.| EXPOSEDbyCMD
Originally sent on July 3, 2024. A letter to the Legislative Council regarding Proposition 1 which will appear on the November 5, 2024, General Election ballot. The post Proposition 1 letter to the Legislative Council appeared first on Idaho Secretary of State.| Idaho Secretary of State
The Idaho Secretary of State’s Office announced today that the Idahoans for Open Primaries initiative has met the statutory requirements to appear on the November 5, 2024, General Election ballot. The post Idahoans for Open Primaries Initiative Qualifies for November Ballot appeared first on Idaho Secretary of State.| Idaho Secretary of State
Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane is pleased to announce the launch of a new system for reporting campaign finance donations and expenditures for political candidates and political action committees (PACs) and rich data for the public to track political influence. The post Idaho Secretary of State Launches New Campaign Finance Reporting System appeared first on Idaho Secretary of State.| Idaho Secretary of State
Oklahoma's Ethics Commission voted in June 2025 to prosecute Rep. Ajay Pittman for noncompliance with a campaign finance violation settlement| NonDoc
Donors to the group behind WelcomeFest include tech baron Reid Hoffman, Walmart heirs, and Michael Bloomberg.| Revolving Door Project
1.Elon’s Dusk: Dark Money loses, mostly, in low-turnout, wildcard Council race. With one possible exception, dark money lost big in the April 1 City Council election — despite what was at least $100,000 (and may be much more once final campaign finance reports are submitted on April 30) being spent through PACs, which aren’t obliged [...] The post 4 takeaways from the April 1 Colorado Springs City Council Election appeared first on Colorado Springs Independent.| Colorado Springs Independent
Freshman State Representative Anna Lynn Abeytia (D-24) is under scrutiny for supposed campaign finance vi| Cactus Politics
That’s the finding of a NC State Board of Elections ‘Compliance Examination Memorandum’ dated September 23, 2024 (but only made public this week). A complaint spurring this actio…| The Daily Haymaker
A U.S. Senate debate attended Tuesday by two of three Indiana candidates covered a wide range of topics without GOP frontrunner Jim Banks.| Indiana Capital Chronicle
Two weeks out from Election Day, two of Indiana’s U.S. Senate hopefuls say they’ve heard nothing from GOP frontrunner.| Indiana Capital Chronicle
Republicans outraised and outspent their opponents in the latest campaign finance reports filed with the Secretary of State's Office.| Indiana Capital Chronicle
Miriam Adelson long operated in the shadow of her powerful husband, Sheldon Adelson. Now, after his death, she is playing in politics as a solo practitioner for the first time.| web.archive.org
Crypto may well be the most salient factor in Silicon Valley elite’s new willingness to endorse the right.| Truthout
A New Orleans magician recently made headlines for using artificial intelligence (AI) to emulate President Biden’s voice without his consent in a| Inside Political Law
Campaign finance figures from the second quarter of 2023 were released over the weekend. They offered a first glimpse at many of the presidential campaigns’ fin…| FiveThirtyEight