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Dem Donations Hit Record High

Clinton, Obama 2007 totals top $100M

Jan 1, 08 3:48 PM CST
(Newser) - The race for the presidency is crowded, but that isn't stopping candidates from raising huge sums of money, the Washington Post reports. The power of the internet to raise cash from both grassroots supporters and wealthy donors is credited with helping Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama raise over $100 million... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Internet • campaign finance • Ron Paul • campaign contributions • campaign fundraising • Election 2008

Deadlock Shuts Down Election Commission

Spat over nominees means no campaign funds after Jan 1

Dec 22, 07 9:57 AM CST
(Newser) - A standoff in Congress will force the agency that doles out federal campaign dollars and polices political spending to go dark on New Year's Eve—just in time for the start of the primaries, the Washington Post reports. The Federal Election Commission needs four votes from its six members to... More »

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Congress • campaign finance • presidential primaries • campaign funds • FEC • Election 2008 • George W. Bush

Interest Groups Gain in Cash —and Influence

As party $$$ dips, issue $$$ rises; will further polarize 2008 election

Dec 19, 07 12:27 PM CST
(Newser) - The swift-boating of John Kerry was only the first wave—election spending by groups unaffiliated with the major political parties nearly tripled between 2000 and 2006, the Wall Street Journal reports, to 19% of the total. And the so-called "527" groups, which don't have to disclose their donors, are... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • John Kerry • campaign finance • Mike Huckabee • campaign contributions • campaign fundraising • 527 groups • Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

Cash-Poor
GOP Taps Rich Candidates

BYOBankroll, party tells aspiring legislators
with fat wallets

Nov 26, 07 11:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Suddenly losing the fundraising race, House Republicans are recruiting wealthy candidates to run for vulnerable seats next year, the Times reports. With $2.5 million on hand—compared to $29.2 in Dem coffers—the GOP is grooming candidates in competitive districts. Fourteen Republicans have already invested over $100,000... More »

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campaign finance • General Electric • J. Dennis Hastert • campaign contributions • Election 2008

Edwards Could Lose Millions in Matching Funds

$4.3M in ActBlue
web donations may violate election law

Nov 19, 07 4:08 PM CST
(Newser) - A tricky online fundraising format could dent John Edwards’ clean donations reputation—and cost him millions in federal funds. Edwards is the only top-tier Democrat accepting public financing, which matches individual donations up to $250. The system's exclusion of  funds “drawn on the account of a committee” may imperil... More »

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John Edwards • campaign finance • FEC • ActBlue • public financing • political action committees

One Who
Just Won't
Love Huck

National media ignoring hokey hopeful's dirty past, says old nemesis

Nov 13, 07 7:38 PM CST
(Newser) - GOP longshot Mike Huckabee has a national rep for being funny and lovable, but one newspaper editor’s got a bone to pick. The Huckabee that governed Arkansas opposed the arts and evolution, pillaged government coffers, and destroyed all hard drives when he left office, writes Max Brantley in Salon.... More »

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ethics • Taco Bell • campaign finance • Mike Huckabee • Jeffrey Dahmer • babysitter

McCain Says
No More After NYT Slam

But his campaign will suffer sans soft money support, Time blogs

Nov 12, 07 6:47 PM CST
(Newser) - John McCain may be moral enough to help sink his own campaign, a Time blog muses. Today the senator asked “all of my donors and supporters to cease and desist" from spending money "that might be construed as benefiting my campaign indirectly.” Why? Because the New York ... More »

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John McCain • South Carolina • veterans' health care • campaign finance • soft money

In Chinatown, Something Smells Fishy

LA Times investigates Clinton campaign contributions

Oct 19, 07 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s campaign coffers are benefiting from unlikely and possibly illegal sources, an LA Times investigation reveals. Checks for four-figure amounts are coming from dishwashers, immigrants unable to vote, and other unlikely donors in New York’s Chinatown, some of whom report feeling coerced by neighborhood associations. Other donors... More »

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China • immigration • Hillary Clinton • campaign finance • Chinatown • election

Bundling Hits
Its Stride

Donation gathering accounts for ¼ of money, is ‘chief source’ of campaign abuse

Oct 18, 07 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bundlers have become the stars of 2008 campaign fundraising, the accounting for one-quarter of all money raised in the presidential race—up from 8% in 2000. Donors sought new inroads when soft money was restricted, and the gathering of donations has become “the chief source of abuse,” says... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Steven Spielberg • campaign finance • Carl Icahn • abuse • Norman Hsu • bundlers

Bush's Stalwart Donors Largely Sitting Out '08

Current candidates not wowing GOP's most devoted checkbooks

Oct 17, 07 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The money machine that backed George Bush’s two presidential runs is sputtering for 2008’s Republican hopefuls. Disenchanted by Iraq and unimpressed with the current field, GOP donors are largely sitting out—or even padding Democrats' coffers, reports the Washington Post. “I’m not sure which primary... More »

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Republican • campaign finance • campaign funds • campaign fundraising • Republican candidate • Election 2008

Clinton Leads in Primary Cash

Oct 16, 07 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The $35 million Hillary Clinton has on hand for her primary campaign edges out the $32 million in Barack Obama’s coffers, according to financial reports acquired by the AP. But both have almost three times the money of any other campaign—Rudy Giuliani leads Republicans with just $11.6... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • campaign finance • Ron Paul • campaign fundraising • Election 2008

Edwards Will Accept Public Financing

Candidate points to principle, analysts
to necessity

Sep 28, 07 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the deadline to report third-quarter fundraising looming, John Edwards said yesterday his campaign will accept public financing. He calls the unexpected shift “a principled stand,” but the Politico deems it “probably also the only lifeline he has to stay in the race." The ex-senator urged... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • John Edwards • campaign finance • campaign fundraising • public financing • matching funds • Federal Election Commission • Democratic presidential primaries • presidential election

Feds to Charge Hsu on Pyramid Scheme, Dem Fundraising

Some of missing money said to be donated

Sep 20, 07 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rogue Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu’s troubles are deepening today, as federal officials are expected to charge the twice-on-the-lam financier with running a $60 million pyramid scheme and breaking campaign-finance laws. Hsu faces accusations that he falsely told investors their money was going into a clothing operation; some of was... More »

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private equity • pyramid scheme • campaign finance • Norman Hsu • escape • campaign fundraising

Feds Probe Hsu for Using Mail Carrier's Family

Fundraiser may have funneled donations through others

Sep 1, 07 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Feds are probing claims that top fundraiser Norman Hsu used a mail carrier and his family to donate to the Dems, the Wall Street Journal reports. Officials suspect that Hsu reimbursed the family for their donations, which were similar in amount and timing to Hsu’s. Hsu denies the... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Department of Justice • Democrats • campaign finance • Wall Street Journal • fundraiser • Norman Hsu • campaign contributions • New School

Nearly Official: Thompson Set for GOP Run

Tennessee Republican will launch campaign officially on Sept. 6

Aug 30, 07 7:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - After months of speculation, Fred Thompson is finally set to join the crowded field of GOP presidential hopefuls, the Washington Post reports. Aides confirm that the former Tennessee senator and "Law & Order" actor will make his bid for the White House official Sept. 6 on his campaign website.... More »

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Fred Thompson • campaign finance

Fake Obama Group Keeps Donations

Impostor organization says it never misled supporters

Jul 25, 07 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) -  "Californians for Obama"  has raised thousands of dollars, but the candidate hasn't seen any of it. In fact, the group isn't affiliated with Obama, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, and most of the dough has gone to founder Emmett Cash. Because the group's website doesn't claim an... More »

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Barack Obama • Internet • presidential campaign • campaign finance • campaign funds • campaign contributions

Loophole Lets Candidates Double Dip

Funds from other
races, PACs, offer a
way to evade limits

Jul 23, 07 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A campaign finance loophole is allowing candidates to supplement funding of their presidential runs with cash raised for their current offices and PACs, the Washington Post reports. While barred from putting that money directly to presidential purposes, candidates have so far used it to pay salaries, organize local support, and... More »

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Bill Richardson • campaign finance • Clinton 2008

Unethical Donor Phoner Is Latest McCain Slip-Up

Illegal or not, it's a stumble for last-legs campaign

Jul 12, 07 9:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Facing the wrong end of presidential hopes after two senior staffers deserted his campaign, John McCain stepped into the Senate cloakroom Tuesday and made a call to some big spenders. Trouble is that it's unethical—potentially illegal—to solicit  funds while in the Capitol. The Times reports that the phoner’... More »

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ethics • John McCain • campaign finance

New Court Overturns O'Connor

Dahlia Lithwick writes on the jurist's fast- dismantled legacy

Jul 10, 07 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Justice Sandra Day O'Connor legal legacy is one of the first casualties of the new Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts, Slate's Dahlia Lithwick writes. After being hailed as the most powerful women in America, the former justice has seen her judgments "explicitly minimized" or "stepped distastefully... More »

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abortion • John Roberts • law • campaign finance • Sandra Day O'Connor • affirmative action • US Supreme Court

Supremes Let Up on Political Ad Limits

in 5-4 reversal, court rules 'issue ads' don't count as endorsements

Jun 25, 07 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conservatives on the Supreme Court weakened one of the major strictures of the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Law today, relaxing the definition of prohibited ads in the run-up to federal elections. An increasingly familiar 5-4 majority declared that "issue ads," which stump for political platforms without explicitly endorsing a... More »

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Samuel Alito • John Roberts • campaign finance • First Amendment • McCain Feingold • issue ad • protected speech • US Supreme Court

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