Category Archives: campaigns
Rand Paul Looks Likely to Form Joint Victory Fund with His Presidential Campaign, Senate Campaign, and His PAC
This will be worth watching.
“Presidential candidates-to-be make the most of fundraising rule-bending”
Evan Halper reports for the LAT.
NYT with Two on the Adelson Primary
Jeb Bush as Inevitable Choice?
Other wealthy donors, mindful of their power to reshape the Republican race with “super PAC” donations, have been more direct: The casino magnate Sheldon Adelson recently made what two people briefed on it… Continue reading
“Taxpayers paid portion of Cruz’s political trips”
“Special interests pick up tab for Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Krekorian”
“Hillary Clinton Makes It Hard to Follow the Money”
“Koch Donors Step Into Public View”
Fredreka Schouten: “Growing numbers of wealthy conservatives who help fund the political and policy network tied to Charles and David Koch are beginning to step into public view to defend the billionaire industrialists and their goals.”
How much is it worth to Wisconsin businesses not to have Shirley Abrahamson as Chief Justice?
“2016 Hopefuls and Wealthy Are Aligned on Inequality”
“U.S. Chamber doubling down on political juggernaut; Nation’s largest lobby will play ‘long-haul game’ to overcome bleak policy prospects”
“Garner, freshman rep from Kalispell, leads House fight against ‘dark money'”
This story from Montana illustrates a bit how AFP operates on the ground.
Without bothering to notify him, Americans for Prosperity-Montana sent critical postcards notifying its supporters of a Feb. 5 town meeting in Garner’s hometown of Kalispell. He learned… Continue reading
Is Jeb Bush Losing the Sheldon Adelson Primary?
“Voter turnout disparity was key in razor-thin O.C. supervisor race”
LAT:
The upset marked a political earthquake in central Orange County, an ethnically diverse area dominated by Latinos in Santa Ana and Asian Americans in the Little Saigon area. It’s the only part of Orange County where Democrats hold… Continue reading