Category Archives: campaigns

“Cruz predicts Trump won’t be able to mount a third-party run”

March 31, 2016, 7:24 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

Politico: Donald Trump won’t be able to mount a third-party bid for president if he loses the Republican nomination, Ted Cruz said Thursday. “He doesn’t have the option of running as a third-party [candidate],” the Texas senator told Wisconsin radio… Continue reading

“Constitution Check: Is Ted Cruz’s eligibility for the presidency a serious issue?”

March 31, 2016, 7:21 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

Lyle Denniston: One of the reasons that the issue continues to linger uncertainly as a constitutional matter is that there have been serious barriers to a ruling that courts have not been able to get past. One is whether… Continue reading

“McCain-Linked Nonprofit Received $1 Million From Saudi Arabia”

March 31, 2016, 7:04 amcampaign finance, campaigns, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

Bloomberg: A nonprofit with ties to Senator John McCain received a $1 million donation from the government of Saudi Arabia in 2014, according to documents filed with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The Arizona Republican has strictly honorary roles… Continue reading

Nate Silver on Trumpism

March 30, 2016, 6:18 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

538: That’s not the only problem. Trump also challenges the media’s notion of what it means to be “objective.” Among other things, Trump has frequently invoked misogyny and racism; he has frequently lied, and he has repeatedly … Continue reading

“National Popular Vote Totals in Republican and Democratic Contests”

March 30, 2016, 2:44 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

Rob Richie: Our updated blog on the more than 600,000 votes cast for withdrawn candidates includes a spreadsheet where we show the total votes earned by all the Republican and Democratic candidates for president. Given that many states held… Continue reading

“Can Trump become so unpopular that Democrats take back the House?”

March 30, 2016, 9:04 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Paul Kane writes for WaPo.

“For Some SuperPACs Backing Ted Cruz, It’s Time To Unite Against Trump”

March 30, 2016, 8:36 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Peter Overby reports for NPR.

“Jonathan Soros to Charles Koch: You’re wrong on government’s role”

March 29, 2016, 7:15 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

CNN oped: Dear Charles Koch, I don’t know you any better than you know Bernie Sanders, but I very much appreciate your recent effort in a Washington Post op-ed to publicly identify common ground with him about our “political… Continue reading

Damage Control Dep’t

March 28, 2016, 8:19 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

NYT’s Alex Burns: Some party leaders remain hopeful that they can block Mr. Trump by denying him a majority of the delegates to the July convention and coalescing support around another candidate. But the National Republican Senatorial Committee has… Continue reading

“Philip Morris to SCOTUS: Don’t revisit corporate money in judicial elections”

March 28, 2016, 3:58 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, judicial electionsRick Hasen

Alison Frankel for Reuters: If the Supreme Court is interested in revisiting the issue of campaign contributions and the appearance of judicial bias, it has a vehicle. In January, Illinois state court class action plaintiffs who won a $10 billion… Continue reading

“Trump threatens lawsuit over delegate allocation”

March 28, 2016, 7:38 amcampaigns, political partiesRick Hasen

NBC First Read: Speaking of delegate fights, Donald Trump upped the ante over the weekend by tweeting the threat of a lawsuit over last week’s maneuvering in Louisiana’s GOP delegate selection. “Just to show you how unfair the Republican primary… Continue reading

“How the G.O.P. Elite Lost Its Voters to Donald Trump”

March 28, 2016, 7:31 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Nick Confessore in the NYT: The distance was magnified by the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in theCitizens United case, which gave wealthy donors rising weight in Republican circles, even amid signs that the party’s downscale voters were demanding more… Continue reading

“Presidential race surges past $1 billion mark”

March 28, 2016, 7:29 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Fredreka Schouten for USA Today.

“Inside the GOP’s Effort to Consolidate the Super PAC Universe”

March 28, 2016, 7:28 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Reid Wilson for Morning Consult: The man who heads the two groups, Steven Law — like Holmes, a former McConnell chief of staff — would use their monetary power to keep vendor costs down and prevent the kind of rampant… Continue reading