The NY Times offers this front-page report on how a network of 501(c)(4)s and Super-PACs have become the shadow Republican party. The rise of super soft money continues.
According to The Fix, Republicans made gains with partisan redistricting but Dems made gains in states with redistricting commissions.
If this pans out, it is likely to increase Republican opposition to commission-based districting.
NPR reports. The report concludes:
But conservative critics of disclosure don’t like it either. At the symposium, campaign finance lawyer Stefan Passantino invoked the old saying that sunlight is the best disinfectant. And he added this: “Sometimes sunlight is… Continue reading