Open Secrets: Is 2016 the Year of the Billionaire when it comes to financing the election?… Candidates and news outlets have decried the outsized influence of a small number of donors throughout the election season. Here’s a startling statistic: The… Continue reading

Politico: A conservative-leaning watchdog group is accusing the DCCC and a dozen of its candidates of using illegal advertising practices this fall, arguing in new complaints that the committee has used its ad strategy to direct extra money to a… Continue reading

Common Dreams: Neera Tanden, the president of the think tank, Center for American Progress, produced a memo on government reform and public corruption that was sent to John Podesta, campaign chairman, and Jake Sullivan, a senior policy adviser to the… Continue reading

Brennan Center: This report reviews the current state of campaign finance law, explains how the Supreme Court has considered evidence in campaign finance cases, and identifies the key empirical questions in campaign finance law that have been or need to… Continue reading

WaPo reports.

WaPo: The effort paid off. Together with the party and pro-Clinton super PACs, the Democratic nominee had amassed $1.14 billion to support her campaign by the end of September — on par with what Obama and his allies brought in… Continue reading