Category Archives: campaigns
“Donald Trump Won’t Self-Fund General-Election Campaign”
WSJ:
Donald Trump won’t self-fund his general-election campaign, and will instead create a “world-class finance organization,” the presumptive Republican nominee said in an interview on Wednesday.
For a campaign expected to cost more than $1 billion, “I’ll be putting up… Continue reading
Trump May Welcome Super PAC Money
Greg Sargent:
TRUMP FACES BIG DECISION ON SUPER PACs: On Morning Joe today, Trump was asked whether he would “welcome the support of Super PACs in the general election.” He replied:
“I’m going to be making a decision over… Continue reading
“Cruz’s faltering campaign shows the risks of depending on a few wealthy donors”
LAT:
Ted Cruz, in his outsider’s bid for the White House, has depended heavily on the largesse of just three wealthy donors to establish credibility and stay afloat amid a chaotic nominating process that killed off most of his rivals.… Continue reading
“2016 Clinton fundraising leaves little for state parties”
Politico:
But it is perhaps more notable that the arrangement has prompted concerns among some participating state party officials and their allies. They grumble privately that Clinton is merely using them to subsidize her own operation, while her allies… Continue reading
“Trump Said to Lack Plan for Fundraising, Running-Mate Vetting”
“Prosecutors: Walker campaign, conservative group ‘one and the same'”
Patrick Marley for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on the John Doe cert. petition.
WI John Doe Cert. Petition Raises Substantial Questions, But #SCOTUS May Not Bite
I have posted a copy of the redacted petition for cert. in the John Doe Wisconsin case. Never before have I seen a cert. petition with even parts of the questions presented redacted. The redactions make it difficult to… Continue reading
“Sanders is biggest spender of 2016 so far — generating millions for consultants”
Get Ready for the End to Self-Funding Trump (and the Loss of His Too-Rich-to-Be-Bought Message)
Greg Sargent:
This means Trump will be facing some tough dilemmas very, very soon. The question isn’t just whether Trump himself will take contributions (which, as Manafort says above, hasn’t been decided yet). Another question is whether Trump will… Continue reading
“Paul Manafort: Trump Hasn’t Ruled Out Taking Money From Big Donors In The General”
“Wary of Trump Effect, Republicans Hope for Split Tickets”
“Hispanic voter registration spikes”
The Hill:
Registration among Hispanic voters is skyrocketing in a presidential election cycle dominated byDonald Trump and loud GOP cries to close the border.
Arturo Vargas, executive director of the National Association of Elected and Appointed Officials, projects 13.1… Continue reading
“Billionaire Environmentalist to Spend $25 Million to Turn Out Young Voters”
NYT:
The billionaire environmentalist Thomas F. Steyer and his political advocacy group, NextGen Climate, will spend at least $25 million on a get-out-the-vote campaign targeting young voters this year in seven mostly battleground states, the group announced on Monday.… Continue reading