“The Self-Destructive Downside to Corporate Political Spending; There are risks to the bottom line when a firm’s shadowy political donations run counter to its image of social responsibility”
Bill Snyder at Stanford Business.
Category Archives: campaign finance
“Trump’s Sleight of Hand: Shouting Fraud, Pocketing Donors’ Cash for Future”
NYT:
Former President Donald J. Trump and the Republican Party leveraged false claims of voter fraud and promises to overturn the election to raise more than a quarter-billion dollars in November and December as hundreds of thousands of trusting supporters… Continue reading
“Trump raised $31.5 million in the weeks after Election Day for his new leadership PAC, filing shows”
WaPo:
Former president Donald Trump’s new political action committee raised $31.5 million in the weeks after Election Day through a flurry of fundraising appeals purporting to fight election fraud and help Republicans maintain their majority in the Senate, new filings… Continue reading
“‘Dark Money’ Helped Pave Joe Biden’s Path to the White House”
Bloomberg:
President Joe Biden benefited from a record-breaking amount of donations from anonymous donors to outside groups backing him, meaning the public will never have a full accounting of who helped him win the White House.Biden’s winning campaign was… Continue reading
“Shell companies and ‘dark money’ may hide details of Trump ties to DC protests”
Anna Massoglia for Open Secrets:
Former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign aides played key roles orchestrating a rally protesting certification of President-elect Joe Biden‘s victory in the 2020 presidential election before hundreds of rioters breached the U.S.… Continue reading
“How the Capitol Riot Is Affecting Corporate Political Spending”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs.
“How Sheldon Adelson’s Death Could Affect the G.O.P.’s Future”
NYT:
The death of Sheldon G. Adelson, the casino magnate who used his vast fortune to tip the balance of power in Washington over the last decade by helping Republicans take control of the House, the Senate and eventually… Continue reading
Sheldon Adelson, Probably the Biggest Individual Donor (with His Spouse) to Political Campaigns in American History, Has Died
So reports the Las Vegas Review Journal. Condolences to his family.
Adelson and his wife gave at least $218 million in contributions to federal candidates and committees just in the 2020 election cycle.
“Capitol Riot Prompts Some Big Banks and Companies to Pause Political Funding”
WSJ:
Two of the biggest U.S. banks and other corporations said they are pausing or reviewing their political action committee donations in the wake of last week’s riot at the Capitol.JPMorgan JPM -0.01% Chase & Co. and Citigroup… Continue reading
Breaking: Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case About Disclosure of Funders to Certain Nonprofit Organizations, With Implications That Could Lead Courts to Strike Some Campaign Finance Disclosure Laws
The Court’s order list is here.
Here’s an earlier explanation from the Philanthropy Roundtable:
For those following donor-privacy issues, there was an important development in the case known as Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Becerra in mid-December. The… Continue reading
Jan 12 Cato Event: “Campaign Finance and American Democracy: What the Public Really Thinks and Why It Matters”
Details of event about the new Primo/Milyo book:
In recent decades, and particularly since the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision, lawmakers and other elites have told Americans that stricter campaign finance laws are needed… Continue reading
“Democrats in Georgia Senate contests take in more than $200M”
AP reports:
The Democrats running for Georgia’s two U.S. Senate seats each raised more than $100 million over two months, a massive haul that eclipsed campaign contributions to their Republican opponents and reflects the high stakes of the… Continue reading
True the Vote’s “Partnering” with Georgia Republican Party Raising New Legal Questions
Michael Malbin Retires After 21 Years as Director of the Campaign Finance Institute
Michael Malbin has been one of the most important and careful scholars tracking empirical developments in campaign finance as a professor at SUNY Albany and for 21 years as director of the influential Campaign Finance Institute. I rely on… Continue reading