CPI: In total, 33 outside groups poured more than $32 million into their own political ads this year, accounting for more than one-third of the estimated $86 million in broadcast TV ad spending in the seven states with major… Continue reading

Russ Choma for Mother Jones: In February, a limited liability company called TH Holdings LLC donated $100,000 to Right to Rise, the super-PAC supporting Jeb Bush’s bid for the GOP presidential nomination. That’s not extraordinary; quite a few LLCs have… Continue reading

Fredreka Schouten for USA Today: Despite the resistance from House conservatives and liberal watchdogs, the push to strengthen political parties is gaining traction from establishment Republicans and Democrats. The liberal-leaning Brennan Center for Justice recently released a report that proposed… Continue reading

NJ ELEC: A heavy dose of independent special interest spending drove the cost of this year’s legislative general election above $30 million, according to a new analysis of disclosure reports by the Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC). The spending,… Continue reading

Didn’t see this coming: House con­ser­vat­ives are de­cry­ing an at­tempt by Re­pub­lic­an lead­ers to loosen cam­paign spend­ing lim­its, band­ing Demo­crats to­geth­er with anti­es­tab­lish­ment Re­pub­lic­ans and open­ing up a rare in­tra-party split on an is­sue that usu­ally unites the GOP. The… Continue reading

LAT: Nearly $2.3 million in donations made by charter school supporters during this year’s Los Angeles school board races were shielded from disclosure until after the election was over, a review of records shows. Those contributions — from philanthropist… Continue reading

The Washington Free Beacon reports.

NYT reports.

Bauer on Super PACs.

LAT: Before he entered the race for the White House, Ben Carson signed on to a campaign to raise money to fight Obamacare. When Juanita McMillon saw his name, she was eager to get out her checkbook. “I think he… Continue reading