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Illustration by Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters; iStockIndependent expenditure committees funded by special interest groups are spending millions of dollars to make their picks in the California primary. In some races, they are clearly supporting or opposing candidates. In others, the strategy is more complicated. -
Chad K/Wikimedia CommonsThis upcoming June primary is the first chance to see the effects of new local campaign finance limits in California set by Assembly bill 571. Shasta County provides a window into how local elections are impacted by the change.
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Former New York Times columnist Nick Kristof is no longer able to run for Oregon governor, but he still has over $1 million in his campaign war chest. It remains to be seen what Kristof does with that cash. -
Justices have declined to hear a challenge that might have paved the way for a measure on the November ballot.
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After Secretary of State Shemia Fagan bounced three proposals to cap political donations, one state senator says he'll try to convince colleagues to put a similar measure before voters.
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Secretary of State Shemia Fagan says three proposed ballot measures dealing with campaign cash don't pass constitutional muster. Two more contain the same problem, supporters admit.
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After talks between left-leaning organizations broke down, three groups have filed competing proposals for reining in political spending.
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Following months of negotiations, labor unions and advocacy groups did not sign onto a plan for creating new campaign regulations.
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Oregon Sen. Betsy Johnson, a longtime Democratic legislator running as an unaffiliated candidate, has raised more than $2 million in her bid to become the next governor of Oregon, according to new campaign finance reports.
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Kristof's campaign touted thousands of small donors from Oregon, but new filings also show he's attracting big money from some very well known names.
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The 29-year-old Republican, famed for preventing a terrorist attack in 2015, is once again running to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio.
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Bills to limit political contributions always faced an uphill battle in 2021. Now, a less contentious proposal to publicly finance campaigns faces skepticism in the Senate.
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A spokesman for Louis DeJoy says the Department of Justice is probing "contributions made by employees who worked for him when he was in the private sector."
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After the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, dozens of large corporations announced they would suspend political contributions to members of Congress. It was an effort to boycott Republicans who voted not to certify the results of the 2020 election. But how much will that vote actually cost?
