Category Archives: campaigns
“W.Va. GOP wants election changes in possible Manchin gov bid”
AP: “As U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin considers a 2016 return bid for governor, Republicans hope to block West Virginia’s most prominent Democrat from handpicking his Senate successor for two years.”
“New Study Highlights Need for Expanded Voter Information in Judicial Races”
Court News Ohio:
The biggest reason Ohioans say they don’t vote for judges is because they don’t know enough about the candidates. These and other results from a survey of 1,000 registered Ohio voters were discussed today at the… Continue reading
“Union wants Ohio Supreme Court’s Judith French off case, alleging bias”
Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio’s largest state-worker union accuses state Supreme Court Justice Judith L. French of showing potential bias in favor of fellow Republican officeholders in remarks she made at a campaign rally last fall
“Dems Warn They Can’t Counter The Koch Brothers’ $1 Billion In 2016″TP
“Money Trail Revealed: Did Eric O’Keefe Pay James O’Keefe for Hatchet Job on GOP Senate President?”
PR Watch:
Now CMD has discovered that O’Keefe indeed received a five-figure check from a “far-right buddy” and another “Scotty boy,” Wisconsin Club for Growth’s Eric O’Keefe. This O’Keefe is an old friend of the Brothers Koch, a founder… Continue reading
“Koch-backed network aims to spend nearly $1 billion on 2016 elections”
Huge (and hugely troubling). WaPo:
A network of conservative advocacy groups backed by Charles and David Koch aims to spend a staggering $889 million in advance of the next White House election, part of an expansive strategy to build on… Continue reading
“Robes to riches: Money and judicial elections”
Chelsea Priest and Michael Mesitz write in the Stanford Daily on Williams-Yulee.
“Will the Roberts Court Strike Down Another Campaign Finance Law?”
Jeff Shesol in The New Yorker. I’m afraid I don’t see as much of a connection between Williams Yulee and the Citizens United line of cases.
Mark Joseph Stern Slate Dispatch on Williams-Yulee
A Few Thoughts on Williams-Yulee, the Supreme Court Judicial Elections Case
Today was oral argument in the Williams-Yulee case, and Howard rounds up the press coverage. Here is the oral argument transcript. The case concerns the constitutionality of Florida’s ban on judicial candidates personally soliciting campaign contributions. I haven’t… Continue reading
“INSIDE TAKE: End the Judicial Fundraising Charade Let us demand real reforms, not fig leaves.”
Adam Bonin on Williams-Yulee and judicial elections.
Nina Totenberg Previews Williams-Yulee Judicial Campaign Case at #SCOTUS
Here at NPR.
Lyle Denniston Previews Williams-Yulee for SCOTUSBlog
Here.