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Campaign Finance: Oxymoron

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission: C253723 05/21/2026 Put Missouri First Republican National Committee 310 First Street SE Washington DC …Continue reading →

Campaign Finance: soup lines and gilded plastic

A feature, not a bug for some. Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission: C171236 04/01/2026 Missourians for a Responsible Budget …Continue reading →

Campaign Finance: Justice is supposed to be free, Conservative Justice costs serious money

Apparently. Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission: C253632 04/02/2026 Conservative Justice for Missouri PAC Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Lane …Continue reading →

Campaign Finance: once again, so they get it

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission: C253512 05/27/2026 Stop the Ban American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc 125 Broad St …Continue reading →

Compliance Notes - Vol. 7, Issue 7

RECENT LOBBYING, ETHICS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE UPDATES - Campaign Finance & Lobbying Compliance - Colorado: A federal judge upheld Colorado’s individual campaign contribution l...

Compliance Notes - Vol. 7, Issue 10

RECENT LOBBYING, ETHICS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE UPDATES Campaign Finance & Lobbying Compliance Hawaii: Hawaii Gov. Josh Green signed Senate Bill 2471, now Act 011, into law on...

Complaint alleges Let’s Go Washington violated campaign finance laws

A campaign finance watchdog has filed a complaint against Let’s Go Washington, alleging the conservative political committee failed to properly disclose political advertising tied...

Campaign Spending Commission comments on the passage of Act 11

Gov. Josh Green has signed Senate Bill 2471 into law as Act 11, establishing changes to Hawaiʻi campaign finance laws regarding spending on and contributions to elections and ball...

Outside cash floods U.S House runoffs in Texas

PACs have accounted for 89% of ad spending in Texas’ congressional runoffs as crypto, AI and mystery groups flood the contests.

Vermont lawmakers consider suspending new fines for candidates who don’t disclose their finances

Election finance complaint filed against Chet Hand ahead of May 19 primary

Race for Boone County judge-executive getting hotter

Bernie Sanders Slams Campaign Finance Laws As 'Corrupt,' Says Billionaires Can Spend $50 Million While $5 Is Bribery

Sanders criticizes campaign finance, calling it "corrupt" as billionaires spend millions while small donations face bribery laws. Importance Rank: ...

Billionaire Democrat Steyer runs nation's most expensive campaign of the year

Billionaire Tom Steyer has spent a record $195M on ads in California’s governor race, sparking debate over money’s role in politics.

Campaign ads are flooding Louisiana, and the money behind them tells a story

BATON ROUGE - Louisiana residents have been seeing more and more political advertisements lately, as candidates for Louisiana's U.S. Senate race have just a couple of weeks left to...

Who’s funding who in election year?

In 2026, every donation of more than $20,000 a political party receives must be declared within 20 days. So who’s getting – and who’s giving – the biggest sums? It’s election year...

Cryptocurrency Contributions to Political Committees: An Analysis of State Regulatory Approaches

Introduction As cryptocurrency has become an increasingly mainstream financial instrument, state legislatures and election officials have grappled with how to treat digital currenc...

Expert: Tracing 'dark money' ad sources very difficult

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — An expert with a transparency organization says anyone hoping to get a full picture of who's behind "dark money" ads running in local political races i...

Salem city races are expensive. Here’s who’s writing the checks.

Nearly one-third of Mayor Julie Hoy’s reelection campaign donations come from real estate or development firms and their political action committees, a Salem Reporter analysis of c...

Democrats tackle outside groups flooding their primaries with campaign cash

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are struggling to come up for air after outside groups flooded their first round of midterm primaries with campaign cash. As the party fights to regain...

James Fishback’s fundraising continues to flounder; campaign has less than $28K left in bank

Earned media hasn't turned donors on. The post James Fishback’s fundraising continues to flounder; campaign has less than $28K left in bank appeared first on Florida Politics - Ca...

Political Money Is Flowing to Influencers. But From Whom?

Social media stars have become a magnet for campaigns and political groups that want to push priorities without disclosing where their money is going.

Court Cases About Money and Speech in Politics

Readers discuss court cases about campaign finance. Also: Computer science and the humanities.

Spending by Sullivan County mayoral candidates tops $257K

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — Spending in the Sullivan County mayoral race surpassed the $250,000 mark, and that doesn't include spending by two super PACs looking to influence the o...

Letter: Setting record straight on campaign finance

A writer questioned whether I support repeal of the destructive 2010 Citizens United decision, which opened the floodgates to unlimited and dark money corporate campaign influence...