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Outside spending tops $105 million--and counting--in just nine days
By Keenan Steiner Oct 5, 2012 12:59 p.m.Outside spending groups--PACs, super PACs, nonprofits and party committees--have spent a staggering $105 million to influence federal elections over the past nine days. Overall, outside spending in the 2012 election is now just a few million short of $600 million, according to Sunlight’s Follow the Unlimited Money tracker.
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Solid blue states attracting a lot of political green
By Jake Harper Oct 5, 2012 12:58 p.m.Republican groups are pumping millions into states usually thought of as Democratic strongholds, seeking to tip competitive House races into their favor. The result? Three big Democratic states -- California, New York and Illinois--are the top targets for outside spending in congressional races, according to the Sunlight Foundation's Follow the Unlimited Money.
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Media spending tops $100 million in 10 key Senate races
By Anupama Narayanswamy Oct 5, 2012 12:31 p.m.Voters in 10 states with competitive Senate races have been inundated with more than $106 million in campaign propaganda, an analysis of independent expenditure reports and campaign expenditure records from the Federal Election Commission shows.
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Conservatives hail Mitt, each other in Denver
By Kathryn Lucero Oct 4, 2012 5:26 p.m.Our Denver-based colleague, Nancy Watzman, caught some of the big speakers at Wednesday's Conservative Political Action Conference in Denver.
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Conservative stars gather for apres-debate confab in Denver
By Nancy Watzman Oct 4, 2012 9:46 a.m.This post has been updated.
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FCC database misses huge chunk of ads
By Jake Harper Oct 3, 2012 6:36 p.m.In key battleground states, huge numbers of presidential ads are airing on TV stations that are not required to post to the Federal Communications Commission's online political ad database, new data released by the Wesleyan Media Project shows.
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September outside spending breaks record
By Keenan Steiner Oct 3, 2012 3:14 p.m.In September, outside spending crushed all past months on record, at over $200 million, according to Sunlight’s Follow the Unlimited Money tracker, and prior years' independent expenditure filings with the Center for Responsive Politics.
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Colorado: Team Romney keeping a low profile in a swing state?
By Nancy Watzman Oct 3, 2012 9:07 a.m.The campaign activity that's visible so far calls into question how much the Republican nominee and his backers plan to invest in a state where recent polling shows Obama ahead of Romney, and public records show the president outspending his rival in major television markets.
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Target Nevada: Silver State drawing lots of green from campaigns
By Kathy Kiely Oct 1, 2012 12:25 p.m.Nevada is used to high rollers, but the state has special reason to be blase about this set.
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Party crash fail: No Sunlight at Mitt's fundraiser
By Kathryn Lucero Sep 28, 2012 5:29 p.m.We at Sunlight Foundation are fond of writing about fundraisers and gatherings, especially the quirky or high-priced local ones that we come across on our Political Party Time website. But, once in a while, we get a chance to check out the parties in person. Or at least, experience the novelty of attending and meeting the folks who donate and coordinate these expensive affairs while we hang around outside closed doors.
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Spending in Wisconsin spikes before debate
By Jake Harper Sep 28, 2012 1:07 p.m.As Rep. Tammy Baldwin and former Gov. Tommy Thompson prepare for the first of three debates tonight in a race that will help determine control of the Senate, their campaigns and outside groups are bombarding Wisconsin with advertising to sway the hearts and minds of undecided voters.
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A half-billion in outside influence: What else could the money buy?
By Becca Heller Sep 27, 2012 8:26 p.m.A little less than six weeks shy of Election Day, we've crossed another campaign spending Rubicon: Sunlight's Follow the Unlimited Money tracker has now recorded more than $500 million in a spending on the 2012 campaign by outside interest groups.
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Do business groups' pre-election forecasts follow their campaign money?
By Becca Heller Sep 27, 2012 4:56 p.m.Housing prices and consumer confidence are up but several business groups that have been in town this week have been delivering a distinctly gloomy view of the economy. While the groups have blue-chip reputations in the business world, what's less apparent is their track record of political giving -- one that raises some questions about the forecasts they are presenting six weeks before Election Day.
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Buzzfeed's five surprising charts show impact of Citizens United
By Bill Allison Sep 27, 2012 3:02 p.m.Buzzfeed offers five surprising charts about political money in the 2012 election cycle, feeding off of this recent release from the Federal Election Commission tallying up contributions and spending through June 2012. What they show--by omission--is how much Citizens United and subsequent court decisions and FEC rulings have changed the way campaigns raise and spend money. A few examples:
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