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Campaign Finance
Influence of Wall Street Donors Has Exploded in Decade Since “Citizens United”
Outside groups outspent the candidates in 126 races, effectively becoming substitutes for candidate campaigns.
Corruption in Campaign Finance Is a Racial Justice Issue
Most big political donors are white men, drowning out the voices of the country’s increasingly diverse electorate.
The Wealthy Have Transformed Campaign Finance a Decade After “Citizens United”
In the decade since their creation, super PACs have spent almost $3 billion on federal elections.
Trump Judicial Adviser’s Dark Money Network Hides Supreme Court Spending
The Judicial Crisis Network has spent millions of dollars to confirm President Trump’s Supreme Court picks.
19 Things We Learned About Money in Politics in 2019
The year in campaign finance had highs and lows (mostly lows).
Here Are the Corporate Elites Hosting Biden’s Manhattan Fundraisers
More than a dozen high-powered lawyers and executives will help “Middle-Class Joe” raise campaign cash in early January.
Leadership PACs Pay for Luxury Hotel Stays, Private Flights, New Nonprofits
Many leadership PACs are delivering large payments to close allies or even paying for lavish lifestyles.
Email Shows Top Buttigieg Fundraiser Offering Campaign Influence for Donations
Critics described the overture as a particularly blatant example of how big money corrupts the U.S. political system.
DNC Should Change Its Process to Stop Shutting Out Candidates of Color
Why is the Democratic debate stage getting whiter?
Cash-Strapped NRA Discloses Spending on Foreign Fundraising for the First Time
Despite foreign fundraising and misappropriation of its charities' funds, the NRA spent more than it raised last year.