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.
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House Democratic Challengers Demand Campaign-Finance Reforms
Democratic representatives tee up major changes if they take the House in November.
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Plotting the End of Super PACs
Having met with skepticism earlier this month when they lodged an FEC complaint challenging super PACs, reform advocates are now rallying behind a St. Petersburg ordinance that would ban super PACs locally.
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When Super PACs Go Dark: LLCs Fuel Secret Spending
Super PACs are bound by election laws to disclose their funding sources, but increasingly big donors are routing their money through “shell corporations” to hide their identities.
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Pro-Shelby Super PAC: ‘People Power’ or ‘Dark’ Money?
The Alabama Senate primary race between incumbent Republican Senator Richard Shelby and challenger Jonathan McConnell has seen an unexpected surge in outside spending-an influx that spotlights the growing role of undisclosed “dark” money in 2016, even in super PACs that supposedly must report their donors. Citizens for a Sound Government, a political nonprofit that doesn’t […]
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‘Not My Money’: Hillary and Bernie Distance Themselves from Supportive Super PACs
The Democratic presidential candidates have talked quite a bit about the need for campaign-finance reform. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have gone back-and-forth on the merits of their respective reform proposals, which are very similar. But increasingly, who is or isn’t benefiting from outside spending has become a major point of contention in the race. […]