Category Archives: campaigns

Ninth Circuit Issues Split Decision on AZ Judicial Candidate Speech Code

May 9, 2014, 12:11 pmcampaigns, judicial electionsRick Hasen

Via Mike Sacks comes news of this new decision. Majority by Judge Paez; concurrence by Judge Berzon, and dissent by Judge Tallman. The majority opinion begins: A state sets itself on a collision course with the First Amendment when… Continue reading

American Idol Overtime

May 7, 2014, 5:15 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

Roll Call: “The Democratic House primary between “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken and former North Carolina Commerce Secretary Keith Crisco remained too close to call following Tuesday’s primary. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Aiken leads Crisco by 372… Continue reading

“Federal judge halts John Doe probe into Walker recall”

May 6, 2014, 9:32 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: A federal judge ordered a halt Tuesday to the John Doe investigation into campaign spending and fundraising by Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign and conservative groups, saying the effort appeared to violate one of the group’s free speech… Continue reading

Ninth Circuit Rejects Challenge by 27-Year-Old Candidate Who Wants to Run For President

May 6, 2014, 7:23 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

What’s not to like with a Stephen Colbert reference in a Judge Kozinski opinion?

“Liberal donors eye new long-term investments in states and new voters to boost Democrats”

May 4, 2014, 9:06 pmcampaigns, political parties, political polarization, redistrictingRick Hasen

WaPo: A group of wealthy liberal donors who helped bankroll the Center for American Progress and other major advocacy groups on the left is developing a new big-money strategy that could boost state-level Democratic candidates and mobilize core party… Continue reading

“Fewer lobbyists are passing through the revolving door from K Street to Capitol Hill”

May 4, 2014, 9:04 pmcampaigns, lobbyingRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“Federal judge: Candidates don’t have right to absentee ballot lists”

May 3, 2014, 11:34 amcampaignsRick Hasen

News from Kentucky.

“Moderate Candidates’ Campaigns are Expensive–Very Expensive”

May 2, 2014, 1:06 pmcampaigns, political parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Anne Kim writes for the Washington Monthly.

“Governor tried to stop ad critical of her”

May 2, 2014, 7:39 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Santa Fe New Mexican: Gov. Susana Martinez and her lawyers wanted to stop an ad critical of her from airing in the Albuquerque television market. The ad features a young Hispanic woman (attorney Oriana Sandoval), who says: “Behind closed… Continue reading

White House Correspondents Dinner a “Three-Ring Circus of Corporate-Sponsored Parties”

May 2, 2014, 7:34 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Here’s the Bloomberg report. That description appears in the email promoting the article, but not in the article itself.

“GOP Operative Pulls Election ‘Shenanigans’ In New York House Race”

May 2, 2014, 7:31 amballot access, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Mother Jones: “What kind of shenanigans are going on now?” That’s what Darin Robbins, a Green Party member in Corning, New York, thought when he learned that a stranger had circulated a petition to place his name on the… Continue reading