Tag: Campaign Finance

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio,Â is among the several Republicans the Democrats are targeting in 2016 in the quest to retake the Senate majority they lost to the GOP last year.Â (AP file photo/Mark Duncan)

Rob Portman now sitting on $11 million

David M. Drucker · October 5, 2015 2:04 pm

Unlike the formal presidential campaigns, super PACs can raise bottomless amounts of money and there is no cap on individual contributions.

Not-so super PACs aren’t the villain

W. James Antle III · October 5, 2015 4:01 am

"Here's what I know about Ben Carson. He's the most devout and faithful person I've ever met. There are always going to be misconstrued memories. But he's not really capable of lying,"Â said Barry Bennett, Carson's campaign manager.Â (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Is a Carson super PAC too cozy with campaign?

Ryan Lovelace · October 2, 2015 4:59 pm

"I may not be a polished politician," Fincher said when he announced his first run for Congress in 2010. (Wikipedia)

Congressman Stephen Fincher: From Tea Partier to corporate welfare champion

Timothy P. Carney · October 2, 2015 1:49 pm

In all, former neurosurgeon Ben Carson and political outsider has raised over $30 million for his campaign.Â (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

Carson camp says donations have been doubling monthly

Al Weaver · October 1, 2015 10:20 pm

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., addresses the 2016 Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, in Mackinac Island, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Paul’s $2.5 million fundraising haul dwarfed by Carson, Dems

Gabby Morrongiello · October 1, 2015 9:50 pm

Hillary Clinton continues to lose her advantage over Bernie Sanders in a recent poll. (AP Photos)

Sanders inches closer to Hillary in fundraising

Ariel Cohen · October 1, 2015 3:41 pm

Neurosurging: Carson rakes in $20 million

Al Weaver · October 1, 2015 2:35 pm

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul speaks in Spartanburg, S.C., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. (John Byrum/The Spartanburg Herald-Journal via AP

Pro-Paul super PAC suspends fundraising ‘until campaign corrects its problems’

Gabby Morrongiello · September 29, 2015 8:40 pm

Republican presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks during a press conference before he spoke at the East Cooper Republican Women's Club Annual Shrimp Dinner at Alhambra Hall in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)

Politico says Bush donors panicking, then says they aren’t

Eddie Scarry · September 29, 2015 5:01 pm

With Walker and Perry dropping out of the race, Christie may take a longer look at Iowa in efforts to boost his campaign. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Christie picks up endorsements from Iowan donors who urged him to run 4 years ago

Ryan Lovelace · September 29, 2015 4:29 pm

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, speaks during the Values Voter Summit, held by the Family Research Council Action, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, in Washington. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump booed by conservative crowd for blasting ‘clown’ Rubio

Al Weaver · September 25, 2015 5:40 pm