“First on CNN: Billionaire brothers give Cruz super PAC $15 million”
Teddy Schleifer reports for CNN.
Monthly Archives: July 2015
“Kobach gains power to intimidate voters”
Michael Smith has written this oped.
“Donald Trump: I Pay My Own Way, Unlike Bush, Walker or Clinton”
WSJ:
Donald Trump said there was no cap in the amount of money he would be willing to put into his campaign for the Republican nomination for president if his message continues to resonate with voters.
Speaking at a free-wheeling… Continue reading
‘Exodus from Puerto Rico could upend Florida vote in 2016 presidential race’
“Presidential Race Just Started? Not According to the Spending”
Must-read NYT report:
Since late last year, presidential hopefuls have been romancing donors, hiring staff and haunting the diners and senior centers of Manchester and Dubuque.
But on paper, most of the candidates spent virtually no money exploring a… Continue reading
“Conservative Support Sought for Campaign Law Changes”
Bloomberg BNA:
Republicans on Capitol Hill are responding positively to a new nonprofit organization trying to build conservative support for changes in the campaign finance system, the group’s leader said.
The group is getting “a better reaction than we… Continue reading
“The Millions of Marginalized Americans”
Frank Bruni NYT column on the Electoral College.
“Second Choices Mean a Second Chance to Determine Real GOP Frontrunner”
FairVote:
Right alongside the weather of late July, the Republican contest for president is heating up. Every day, new GOP primary poll results are published, yet none has managed to pin down the true leading candidate in a crowded… Continue reading
“Plaintiffs rest case in federal voting rights trial; state attorneys call first witness”
The latest from the NC voting trial.
“West Virginia Judicial Commission Clears Top Justice in Ethics Matter”
ABC News:
The West Virginia Judicial Investigation Commission has issued an ethics opinion clearing state Supreme Court Justice Robin Davis of wrongdoing in response to an ethics complaint filed earlier this year regarding the justice’s failure in 2012 to… Continue reading
“One of Two Charges Against Rick Perry Is Dismissed”
NYT:
Former Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, who is seeking the Republican nomination for president, received some good news regarding his legal problems on Friday when an appeals court in his state dropped one of the two felony charges… Continue reading
“FEC Won’t Investigate Employer-Mandated Campaign Rally”
Bloomberg BNA breaking news via email:”The Federal Election Commission deadlocked on whether to investigate charges that Ohio mining company Murray Energy violated campaign finance rules by requiring employees and their families attend a 2012 rally for Republican presidential candidate Mitt… Continue reading
“Where Candidates Stash Their Cash; Republican presidential candidates love to park their campaign money at a Virginia bank with one branch.”
“California Minor Parties Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Case Against Top-Two System”
BAN reports on this cert petition.