Category Archives: campaigns

“Supporters Seek to Persuade Democrats to ‘Ditch and Switch’ for Donald Trump”

January 6, 2016, 8:21 amcampaigns, political partiesRick Hasen

NYT: At a campaign event for Donald J. Trump in Mississippi last weekend, Lynette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson — two African-American YouTube stars who go by the names Diamond and Silk — rallied the roaring crowd with a plea.… Continue reading

“Donald Trump Is Also an Outlier in Political Science”

January 6, 2016, 8:18 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Lynn Vavreck at NYT’s The Upshot: Donald Trump has confounded politicians, pundits and political scientists as he runs a most unconventional — and so far successful — campaign to win the Republican presidential nomination. Here’s the way we think these… Continue reading

“Chris Christie’s 24-Hour Fix for Campaign Finance Woes”

January 5, 2016, 5:49 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WSJ’s Washington Wire reports.

“California businessman pushes ballot measure for NASCAR-style disclosure”

January 5, 2016, 7:30 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Carla Marinucci for Politico: Business executive John Cox, a Republican who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House and Senate in Illinois, has moved one step closer to placing an initiative on the ballot that would require state legislators to wear… Continue reading

“Super PAC Donors Are Taking Charge; Unlike 2012, backers of Republican presidential candidates now seeking to keep a tighter grasp on their funds”

January 5, 2016, 7:04 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WSJ reports.

“Super PACs: The Law and the Politics”

January 5, 2016, 6:58 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Bauer worth your time this am.

“‘Super PACs’ Still Have Time to Serve as Candidates’ Attack Dogs”

January 4, 2016, 8:11 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Maggie Haberman for the NYT: Months after it became clear that “super PACs” could not, in fact, supplant the core functions of a campaign, several of the unlimited-money groups that are backing presidential candidates are reverting to 2012 form —… Continue reading

“Two Joseph Deters on Hamilton County ballot”

December 31, 2015, 8:01 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Oh Ohio.

“Millions of Voter Records Posted, and Some Fear Hacker Field Day”

December 30, 2015, 11:41 amcampaigns, voting technologyRick Hasen

NYT reports.

“The Political Consultant Racket”

December 30, 2015, 11:38 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Adam Sheingate NYT oped: Political consultants earn fees and commissions by turning the billions of dollars given to candidates, political parties and “super PACs” — like Mr. Bush’s Right to Rise — into the products and services of contemporary campaigns,… Continue reading

“How the Koch network rivals the GOP”

December 30, 2015, 8:57 amcampaign finance, campaigns, Plutocrats UnitedRick Hasen

Ken Vogel in Politico: Koch and his brother David Koch have quietly assembled, piece by piece, a privatized political and policy advocacy operation like no other in American history that today includes hundreds of donors and employs 1,200 full-time, year-round… Continue reading

“As TV Ad Rates Soar, ‘Super PACs’ Pivot to Core Campaign Work”

December 22, 2015, 2:33 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT: The shift away from the broadcast television buys that had been the groups’ main role in past presidential campaigns is among the most significant developments in outside political spending since the Supreme Court’s 2010Citizens United decision, which… Continue reading

“SEC can still work on a corporate political disclosure rule”

December 22, 2015, 2:04 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Lisa Gilbert oped.

“Clinton campaign sweats out data breach damage”

December 21, 2015, 8:25 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Politico: Accusing your opponent of committing evil and unpardonable crimes is basic presidential campaign jujitsu. But Hillary’s Clinton’s team is genuinely jittery about the sneak peek taken by Bernie Sanders staffers into their secret voter file. The unauthorized fishing expedition… Continue reading