Tag: campaign finance
Corporations gave $737 million to super PACs in 2026 midterms
Crypto, online betting and AI interests supplied 53% of the total, and the $737.3 million is 60% above the 2024 presidential cycle, Public Citizen found.
Montana passes Initiative 194, barring corporate election spending
The AP called the measure Tuesday with a margin of about 115,000 votes; it takes effect Jan. 1, 2027, unless a court blocks it.
Blakeman’s Campaign Finance Disclosures Riddled With Holes
The Republican candidate for governor failed to report more than $1.8 million in transactions, including donations from a political ally whose firm received a $730,000 Nassau County contract.
515 donors gave $4.2 billion to 2026 super PACs, Public Citizen...
Elon Musk alone gave $445 million, about 10% of the total, according to the group's analysis of FEC data through late October.
Iowa’s Attorney General is Taking Checks From the Industries She’s Supposed...
Brenna Bird settled a national price-fixing suit against major egg companies including Versova. Versova’s president donated $40K to her campaign.
El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary after AIPAC’s super PAC spends a...
Outside groups supplied 88 percent of the money spent on the Democratic side of a contest AdImpact ranks as the third most expensive Senate primary in US history.
Supreme Court opens new channel for big donor money in federal...
The 6-3 ruling strikes down limits on coordinated party spending, giving political committees more power to work directly with candidates before the midterms.
Trump’s crypto payday tops $1.4 billion
New disclosures show the president profited from family crypto ventures while his administration rewrote policy for the industry.
Trump-backed PAC took $5 million from tobacco giant before FDA opened...
A multimillion-dollar contribution from Reynolds American was disclosed days before tobacco executives met with President Trump and less than a week before federal regulators issued guidance that could expand flavored vape sales and benefit major cigarette manufacturers.
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.













