Category Archives: campaigns
“Donald Trump forgives loans he made to his campaign and ends June with $20 million in the bank”
LAT:
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump ended June with more than $20 million in the bank, according to federal campaign finance filings, as he rebounded from earlier dismal fundraising efforts.
“Did the Trump campaign violate federal law by using a Trump organization speechwriter?”
“Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Uses Pokémon Go to Register Voters”
WSJ:
Hillary Clinton is hoping to use Pokémon Go to catch voters.
At a rally on Thursday, Mrs. Clinton talked about the game phenomenon, saying “I don’t know who created ‘Pokemon Go,’ but I’ve tried to figure out how… Continue reading
“Lobbyists have raised $7 million for Hillary Clinton. For Trump? Zero”
“Lewandowski Has Been Pitching Donors On His Own Pro-Trump Super PAC”
BuzzFeed:
“He was pitching donors in the suites the last two nights,” said a GOP fundraiser who deals with major donors. “I don’t know how it’s going, but he’s basically attacking the other two super pacs and saying that they… Continue reading
“On Campaign Finance, Republicans and Democrats Could Not Be Further Apart”
Paul Blumenthal reports for HuffPo.
“States can bring political ‘dark money’ into the light”
Ann Ravel has written this LA Times oped.
Yeah, I’m Sure the Husband’s Super PAC is TOTALLY Independent of the Wife’s Campaign
Bethesda Magazine:
…Meanwhile, Epstein in early June put $300,000 into Maryland USA, an “independent expenditure” committee created late last year to promote Hoeber’s candidacy—bringing to more than $500,000 the amount that the couple has laid out over the past… Continue reading
“AP-GfK Poll: Trump supporters unfazed by reversal on self-funding”
Julie Bykowicz and Emily Swanson for AP:
Donald Trump’s voters adored him for mostly paying his own way in the first half of the presidential campaign. Yet those same people are shrugging their shoulders now that he’s raising money just… Continue reading
“Big-name Donors Skip Trump Event”
Ken Vogel for Politico.
“Beware of Robots Telling You How to Vote”
Mark Buchanan for Bloomberg View.
“Could ‘Pokemon Go’ Break Election Laws?”
US News reports.
This is the next “ballot selfie” controversy, no doubt.
“Stop Corruption Now drive targeting Arizona dark money ends”
Arizona Republic:
A campaign to stop a bill that loosens much of the control Arizona has over anonymous campaign spending has dropped it efforts to get the issue before voters.
The Stop Corruption Now drive wanted to refer the state’s… Continue reading