Category Archives: campaigns

“Obama Foundation Donors Attended Private White House Events With The President”

May 18, 2016, 10:51 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

MapLight: In January 2015, President Barack Obama held a small, private gathering at the White House residence with Hollywood actress Julia Roberts and major Democratic donors. The night’s guest list included two couples who had recently made six-figure donations to… Continue reading

Is Sanders Undermining Democratic Party with Claims of Rigged Nomination?

May 18, 2016, 7:08 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Josh Marshall: Sanders narrative today has essentially been that he is political legitimacy. The Democratic party needs to realize that. This, as I said earlier, is the problem with lying to your supporters. Sanders is telling his supporters that he… Continue reading

“Donors can give nearly $500,000 to new joint fundraising effort between Trump and RNC”

May 17, 2016, 8:32 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WaPo: Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump will ask donors to give as much as $449,400 to support his White House bid and down-ballot candidates through a new fundraising agreement with the Republican National Committee announced Tuesday night. The … Continue reading

“No ballot selfies during June 7 primary, state elections officials say”

May 17, 2016, 5:50 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

LAT reports. Oops. Better tell San Bernardino.

“Super PAC Seeks IRS Audit of Clinton Foundation”

May 17, 2016, 9:40 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WSJ: The conservative super PAC American Crossroads said Monday it filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service requesting an audit of the Clinton Foundation, following articles last week about how the foundation aided a for-profit company part-owned by… Continue reading

Letter from Nevada Democratic Party to DNC on Sanders’ Supporters’ Conduct at Convention

May 17, 2016, 7:10 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Bradley Schrager: By this letter, the Nevada State Democratic Party (“NSDP”) hereby lodges a formal complaint regarding the conduct of supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders at the recent State Convention held in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, May 14,… Continue reading

“Donald Trump is Not Expanding the GOP”

May 17, 2016, 7:06 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Shane Goldmacher for Politico: While Trump’s insurgent candidacy has spurred record-setting Republican primary turnout in state after state, the early statistics show that the vast majority of those voters aren’t actually new to voting or to the Republican Party, but… Continue reading

“The Vultures’ Vultures: How A New Hedge-Fund Strategy Is Corrupting Washington”

May 17, 2016, 7:03 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Hmmm.

“Koch network reserves $30 million in Senate ad buys”

May 17, 2016, 7:00 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Politico: Key groups in the Koch brothers’ political network on Monday began reserving $30 million in advertising buys in key Senate races in August and September, a network official tells POLITICO. The television and digital ad buys, from Freedom Partners… Continue reading

“Trump creating committees to raise big money for GOP”

May 16, 2016, 9:25 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Politico: Donald Trump, facing calls to mend the rift he created in the Republican Party, is putting the final touches on two separate fundraising committees that will allow him to solicit massive checks to help the GOP candidates with… Continue reading

“GOP-allied advocacy group American Action Network reports record fundraising”

May 16, 2016, 9:19 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WaPo: The conservative nonprofit advocacy group American Action Network raised more than $26 million for its efforts to support the agenda of the House GOP leadership in the fiscal year ending in June 2015, a record for the organization,… Continue reading

“Rift Between Labor and Environmentalists Threatens Democratic Turnout Plan”

May 16, 2016, 9:12 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT: Two of the Democratic Party’s most loyal constituencies, labor and environmentalists, are clashing over an effort to raise tens of millions of dollars for an ambitious voter turnout operation aimed at defeating Donald J. Trump in the… Continue reading

“From Bernie Sanders Supporters, Death Threats Over Delegates”

May 16, 2016, 9:08 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

NYT: Thrown chairs. Leaked cellphone numbers. Death threats spewed across the Internet. No, this is not the work of Donald J. Trump supporters, some of whom have harassed critics of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. It was angry supporters… Continue reading

“Airbnb listing spells trouble for Wisconsin Republican”

May 16, 2016, 10:19 amcampaigns, residencyRick Hasen

Roll Call: Note to congressional hopefuls: If you are trying to prove residency in a district, it might not be a good idea to advertise that residence on Airbnb. Especially if you also own a much nicer house in a… Continue reading