“Too close to call: Matt Bevin leads James Comer by 83 votes; Comer calls for recanvass”
Sam Youngman on #KYGOV.
Category Archives: campaigns
“Republicans Very Troubled By Clinton Donors See No Conflict With Their Own Dark Money”
Paul Blumenthal reports for HuffPo.
“Super PACs’ Next Target: Local Elections”
Texas Appeals Court Confirms New Election Required After Illegal Votes Found
Press release:
Late last week, Najvar Law Firm scored a victory in the Thirteenth Court of Appeals that sets a landmark precedent in the fight against illegal voting in the Texas Rio Grande Valley.
After a four-day trial in… Continue reading
“Hillary Clinton was paid millions by tech industry for speeches”
WaPo:
In one of her last gigs on the paid lecture circuit, Hillary Rodham Clinton addressed an eBay summit aimed at promoting women in the workplace,delivering a 20-minute talk that garnered her a $315,000 payday from the company.… Continue reading
“When is a campaign not a campaign? When it’s a Super Pac”
Ben Jacobs reports for The Guardian.
“Clinton Friend’s Libya Role Blurs Lines of Politics and Business”
NYT:
Mr. Gowdy’s chief interest, according to people briefed on the inquiry, is a series of memos that Mr. Blumenthal — who was not an employee of the State Department — wrote to Mrs. Clinton about events unfolding in… Continue reading
A Real Money Primary
People sometimes talk about the invisible primary, or the role of wealth in making candidates viable. Well Bill Scher wants to put that insight into action for the Republican primary debates:
How do you accomplish that? Boil it down to… Continue reading
“Modern campaigning has big effects on voter turnout”
Andrew Gelman at The Monkey Cage.
“‘Candidates’ Driving Cash-Filled Trucks Through Campaign-Finance Loopholes”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
“2016 Campaigns, Official or Not, Are Remade by ‘Super PACs’”
Must-read Front-page NYT piece by Nick Confessore and Eric Lichtblau:
In this new world, campaigns are not campaigns. And candidates are not actually candidates. Though they sometimes forget it.
“The Right Baits the Left to Turn Against Hillary Clinton”
Must-read NYT on Twitter and campaigns:
For months now, America Rising has sent out a steady stream of posts on social media attacking Mrs. Clinton, some of them specifically designed to be spotted, and shared, by liberals. The posts highlight… Continue reading
“Snapchat is going to be huge in 2016 — and regulators have no idea how to handle it”
“Hillary Clinton backers defend link to PAC”
Gabriel DeBenedtti at Politico with an important story on the “Correct the Record” coordination issue.