How Shontel Brown used questionably legal campaign finance tactics to take a House seat
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Record ‘Dark Money’ Donations Help GOP Retake House Seats
A Republican-linked nonprofit was a top donor to House Republicans’ super PAC, which spent big in a number of swing races that saw the GOP retake seats lost to Democrats in 2018.
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Democrats Have Proven They Can Compete on Small-Dollar Donations Alone
So why does Joe Biden keep doing big-money fundraisers?
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Super PACs Coordinating to Support Richie Neal
Two separate entities are engaged in what appears to be a joint effort to protect the congressman from a primary challenge.
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They Forgot About Bern
The candidate with the most money, most committed supporters, and now the highest early-state poll numbers was dismissed by the Democratic establishment for months. It was a disqualifying mistake.
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Take the Money and Run
The 2020 Democratic primary has been as much about how candidates raise money as what they want to do once in office.
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Democrats Have Learned Nothing From 2018 (or 2008)
By taking super PAC support, Joe Biden and other 2020 candidates are ceding legitimacy on fighting money in politics.
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Kyrsten Sinema, the Only Anti-Net Neutrality Dem, Linked to Super PAC Run by a Comcast Lobbyist
The super PAC has made independent political expenditures to support Sinema’s elections, and Sinema has directed donations to it through a PAC she used to chair.
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Super PAC Backing ‘Middle-Class Joe’ Is Led by Lobbyists, Corporate Consultants, and Democratic Fundraisers
This week, Unite the Country announced its top staffers, most of whom either work for major corporations or run groups funded by corporate interests.
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How’s This for a Radical Campaign-Finance Proposal? Follow the Existing Rules.
Democrats are big on purity tests, but it will take a lot more than gimmicks to solve the party’s political money conundrum.
