Campaign Spending

2012 Race Will Break Record By A Long Shot

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2012

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The battle between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney will be the most expensive presidential contest ever – by a long shot. The...

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The French Presidency Is a Bargain

Sophie Meunier | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: France, Elections, Media, Campaign Spending, French Elections, Campaign Finance Reform, Fairness Doctrine, Campaign Finance, World News

Money is a good thing to have in a French electoral campaign, to be sure, but there is not that much money can buy.

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Presidential Campaigns' January Fundraising And Spending Numbers Visualized

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 02.22.2012

Reports about January's fundraising numbers, released on February 20, have focused on two narratives: Mitt Romney's limited fundraising and high burn ...

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Auction 2012: 30 Million Jobs and the Election

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Super PACs, Wall Street, Campaign Spending, Elections 2012, Auction 2012, 2012 Election, Politics News

This week, I'm pleased to bring you an important discussion about what we should be talking about this election season. It's time to look into corruption in banking, energy, health care, trade, and education; to trace the money and find out what it's costing you, personally.

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Forcing Media Transparency in Campaign Spending

Edward Wasserman | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Media Transparency, Runaway Election Spending, Campaign Finance, Campaign Spending, Media News

The biggest single reason for the worst thing about our electoral system is that to reach the voters, candidates need to pay the media a fortune. Hence, it's no surprise that the news media rarely denounce runaway campaign spending.

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Will Election 2012 Cost the Most in Dollars... and Jobs?

Charles Kolb | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Citizens United, Corporate America, Disclosure, 2012 Election, Campaign Spending, Elections 2012, Politics News

By every account, the 2012 election will be the most expensive in history. What many Americans don't know is that it won't just be the candidates shopping for dollars, but independent political groups that can accept unlimited, secret donations from corporations or unions.

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Wisconsin Recall Election Spending Shatters Records

AP | By SCOTT BAUER | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Collective Bargaining, Wisconsin Labor, Labor, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Recall, Scott Walker, Campaign Spending, Outside Spending, Wisconsin Unions, Walker, Wisconsin Collective Bargaining, Wisconsin Recall Elections, Unions, Campaign Finance, Video, Politics News

By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. -- Nearly $44 million was spent on recall elections targeting nine Wisconsin state lawmakers after a...

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Jimmy Carter Blasts Supreme Court For 'One Of The Stupidest Rulings Ever'

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.16.2011

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At the 30th annual Carter Town Hall on Wednesday, former President Jimmy Carter told his audience he thought the Supreme Court decision to roll back r...

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Wisconsin Recalls Leave Both Republicans And Democrats Claiming Victory

AP | By SCOTT BAUER | Posted 10.17.2011

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MADISON, Wis. -- Recall elections prompted by anger over lawmaker handling of a proposal to curb union rights let Wisconsin Democrats narrow the Repub...

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Democratic Group Raises Millions To Counter Republican Attack Ads

AP | JACK GILLUM | Posted 09.30.2011

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WASHINGTON — An outside group founded this spring by two former Obama White House advisers has raked in millions in donations since April, relyi...

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Forecasters Predict Spending On Campaign Ads Will Reach Nightmarish Levels In 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.22.2011

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Here's some good news for people who work in broadcast television: the 2012 campaign season is ramping up, and it seems that your sector of the economy is about to be stimulated. By billions of terrible political ads!

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The People's Business

Adam Skaggs | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Transparency, Marc Thiessen, John Boehner, Executive Order, Darrell Issa, Campaign Spending, Democracy, Citizens United, Political Spending, Politics News

Secret spending in elections is toxic. The Obama administration's draft executive order to increase transparency in political spending is a big step in the right direction. It is time for the president to sign it.

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CHART: Oil Subsidies Repeal Blocked By Industry-Bankrolled Senators

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 07.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- An attempt to repeal some of the billion-dollar tax breaks enjoyed by the five biggest oil companies failed in the Senate Tuesday evenin...

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Taking Back Our Government

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Campaigning, Fundraising, Mccain-Feingold, Washington Fundraising, Campaign Spending, Politics News

Limiting spending in campaigns would give the senator time to listen. Lobbyists and special interests would be limited. There would be time to debate rather than fundraise. And the people would recoup their government.

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'Super PACs' Are Using Corporate Money to Support Conservative Politicians [Infographics]

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Elections 2012, Elections, Citizens United, Independent Expenditures, Super PACs, Campaign Finance, Campaign Spending, Datalab, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The 2010 midterm elections were the first of a new era, one in which campaign finance rules no longer limit the amount of money special ...

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In Wake Of Citizens United, New Rules Yet To Be Devised

The Washington Post | T.W. Farnam | Posted 05.25.2011

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A year after the Supreme Court's landmark decision easing campaign spending restrictions for corporations and interest groups, the Federal Election Co...

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Donor Ties Put GOP Freshman At Center Of Battle Over Role Of Corporate Cash In Politics

The Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Mike Pompeo needed funding for a Wichita aerospace company, one of the places he and his partners went for help was Koch Industries, a hometown f...

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Christine O'Donnell Campaign Spending Broke Delaware Records

AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Delaware Republican Christine O'Donnell set a state record by spending more than $6.1 million in her losing Senate campaign against...

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Anti-Incumbent Or No, Campaign Cash Was Handled By Old Pros

Los Angeles Times | Kim Geiger and Matea Gold, Tribune Washington Bureau | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anti-incumbent anger and "tea party" conservatives may have set the tone for this year's midterm elections, but it was mostly experienced political op...

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Nate Silver: Sometimes, Money Can't Buy You Votes

nytimes.com | NATE SILVER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meg Whitman Campaign Spending, Meg Whitman, Meg Whitman Spending, California Governor's Race, Jerry Brown, Campaign Spending, Los Angeles News

One group of candidates who have struggled of late are those who are largely self-financed:...

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Campaign Finance Reformers Survey The Wreckage

TIME | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Campaign Finance Reform, Citizens United, Campaign Spending, Campaign Finance, Politics News

Pity the campaign finance reform activist. For years he's fought to wring big money out of politics and shine a spotlight on who's funding campaigns. ...

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72 Super PACs Spent $83.7 Million On Midterm Elections

Washington Post | T.W. Farnam | Posted 05.25.2011

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The newly created independent political groups known as super PACs, which raised and spent millions of dollars on last month's elections, drew much of...

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The New American Oligarchy: Creating a Country of the Rich, by the Rich, and for the Rich

Andy Kroll | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizens United, Chamber of Commerce, Tax Cuts for the Rich, Midterm Elections, The Rich, Campaign Spending, American Oligarchy, Politics News

You can't understand how the rich seized control of American politics, and arguably American society, without understanding how a small group of Americans got so much money in the first place.

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Shadow Republican Groups Funded By Unknown Donors Are Spending Millions On Election Ads

TIME | Posted 05.25.2011

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From Washington to Florida this election season, candidates risk being drowned out by a flood of advertising from a robust new network of little-known...

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Secret Spending Could Drive Wedge Between Democrats For 2012

Mother Jones | Andy Kroll | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2012 Elections, Campaign Spending, Election Spending, Political Fundraising, Outside Groups Election Spending, Third Party Election Spending, American Crossroads, Politics News

With the midterms wreckage still smoldering, 150 or so Democratic donors will meet at Washington's Mandarin Oriental Hotel this week to ruminate on wh...

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