Campaign Spending

What Better Things Should Mayor Bloomberg Have Spent $100 Million On? (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York


When all is said and done, Michael Bloomberg is expected to have spent over $100 million to get elected mayor of New York City for a third time. His ...

Bloomberg Sets Record For Personal Spending In Pursuit Of Public Office

nytimes.com | MICHAEL BARBARO and DAVID W. CHEN | Posted 10.24.2009 | New York


Michael R. Bloomberg, the Wall Street mogul whose fortune catapulted him into New York's City Hall, has set another staggering financial record: He ha...

Candidates Can't Spend Campaign Money On Clothes: FEC

AP | SHARON THEIMER | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Candidates can't use campaign money to improve their wardrobes, the Federal Election Commission said Thursday in a ruling that none...

Obama, McCain spend record $94M in August

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain together spent $94 million in August, a record spree mostly aimed at about a dozen...

How Jesse Helms Ruled North Carolina

Erik Ose | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics


Erik Ose

Helms poisoned the ideological well of politics, calling MLK, Jr. a communist and the 1964 Civil Rights Act "the single most dangerous piece of legislation ever introduced in the Congress."

FEC To Shut Down Just As Primaries Begin

Washington Post | Matthew Mosk | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The federal agency in charge of policing the torrent of political spending during the upcoming presidential primaries will, for all practical purposes...