“The Most Expensive Election Ever”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy for the Brennan Center.
Category Archives: campaigns
“Trump solicits ‘election defense’ donations that also finance his new leadership PAC”
WaPo:
In the wake of the election, President Trump’s supporters have been peppered with texts and emails asking for donations to support legal battles contesting his loss to President-elect Joe Biden.“We can’t allow the Left-wing MOB to undermine our Election,”… Continue reading
“At behest of Trump campaign official, Minneapolis police union calls for retired officers to act as ‘eyes and ears’ on Election Day”
Star Tribune:
The Minneapolis police union put out a call this week for retired officers to help serve as “eyes and ears” at polling sites in “problem” areas across the city on Election Day, at the request of an… Continue reading
Kansas: “Secret recording: O’Donnell, Capps, Clendenin plot how to get away with Whipple smear”
Wichita Eagle:
A secret recording released Friday shows that three Republican officials sought to frame the county’s Republican chairman for a falsified ad they put together smearing then-mayoral candidate Brandon Whipple. One compared their mission to that of the… Continue reading
“Facebook Seeks Shutdown of NYU Research Project Into Political Ad Targeting”
WSJ:
Facebook is demanding that a New York University research project cease collecting data about its political-ad targeting practices, setting up a fight with academics seeking to study the platform without the company’s permission.The dispute involves the NYU Ad… Continue reading
“Twitter Changes Course After Republicans Claim ‘Election Interference’”
NYT:
President Trump called Facebook and Twitter “terrible” and “a monster” and said he would go after them. Senators Ted Cruz and Marsha Blackburn said they would subpoena the chief executives of the companies for their… Continue reading
“Adelsons pour $75M into last-ditch effort to save Trump”
Politico:
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam Adelson gave $75 million to a super PAC that flooded battleground states with anti-Joe Biden ads in September, a huge investment from the GOP megadonors as President Donald Trump slipped in… Continue reading
“ActBlue’s stunning third quarter: $1.5 billion in donations”
Politico:
Democratic candidates and left-leaning groups raised $1.5 billion through ActBlue over the last three months — a record-smashing total that reveals the overwhelming financial power small-dollar donors have unleashed up and down the ballot ahead of the 2020 election.From… Continue reading
“Biden raised whopping $383M in September”
Politico:
Joe Biden announced Wednesday evening that his campaign and affiliated committees raised $383 million in September, breaking a record he had just set the prior month as his campaign continues to ride a surge of online donations.Biden, the… Continue reading
“‘Green tsunami’: Inside Senate Republicans’ financial freak-out”
Politico:
The online fundraising edge that Democrats have enjoyed for years has mushroomed into an overpowering force, with small-dollar donors smashing “donate” buttons over the last three months to process their disgust for President Donald Trump, fury with Senate… Continue reading
“Jaime Harrison raised record-breaking $57 million in third quarter, campaign says”
WaPo:
Democrat Jaime Harrison raised a record-breaking $57 million in the past three months in his bid to unseat Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), shattering the mark for a Senate candidate.The single-quarter haul Harrison raised from July through September smashes… Continue reading
“Trump Engineered a Sudden Windfall in 2016 A Campaign Funds Dwindled”
NYT:
Donald J. Trump needed money.His “self-funded” presidential campaign was short on funds, and he was struggling to win over leery Republican donors. His golf courses and the hotel he would soon open in the Old Post Office in… Continue reading
Mitch McConnell Laments the Small Donor Revolution
I’m going to have a lot more to say about this after the election:
On Thursday, in a conference call with a group of lobbyists, Mr. McConnell vented that the party’s Senate candidates are being financially overwhelmed because of small-dollar… Continue reading
“Record $13 Billion Raised for 2020 Elections Spurs Ad Avalanche”
Bloomberg Government:
The 2020 election has generated a record $13.3 billion in federal campaign contributions, funding a barrage of political advertising that strategists say risks blurring candidate messaging.The unprecedented outpouring of campaign cash raised through Sept. 28 is more than… Continue reading