Category Archives: campaigns
“Texas consultant to Rand Paul loses Pa. election law challenge”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
A federal judge has denied a temporary restraining order to a Texas man challenging Pennsylvania election law and seeking to circulate petitions for Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul.
Texas resident Trent Pool, and his firm Benezet Consulting,… Continue reading
“Bloomberg run could boost Trump’s bid for White House: poll”
“Judicial Campaign Finance: Fresh Thinking in the Ninth Circuit”
Bauer‘s got it right:
On the question of judicial candidates endorsing or campaigning with other nonjudicial candidates, Judge Berzon’s takes the problem to be one independent branch becoming beholden to or politically entangled with others, not corrupt relationships between… Continue reading
“Companies worry Trump-led convention could hurt brands”
“Voter Registration Doesn’t Point to Iowa Surge for Sanders or Trump”
Nate Cohn for NYT’s The UpShot.
“Nominating Cruz Or Trump Might Not Doom Down-Ballot Republicans”
Harry Enten for 538.
“Why I Dropped Out”
Part II in the New Yorker from Lessig.
“The ‘Bleak’ History of Third-Party Presidential Bids”
Sahil Kapur reports for — wait for it! — Bloomberg.
“Many 2016 candidates don’t disclose bundlers”
Fredreka Schouten for USA Today.
“Why I Ran for President”
Lessig at The New Yorker.
“Inside the pro-Sanders groups taking on Clinton’s powerhouse allies”
Matea Gold for WaPo:
While she has powerhouse allies such as Planned Parenthood, the National Education Association and two big-money super PACs on her side, the pro-Sanders effort is being driven by a combination of self-directed activists and liberal… Continue reading
“Zephyr Teachout Says She’s Running for Congress”
NY Observer:
Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham University law professor and former gubernatorial candidate, announced this afternoon she is running for Congress in the Hudson Valley.
Ms. Teachout, who rose to prominence after she unsuccessfully challenged Gov. Andrew Cuomo in… Continue reading