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  1. Behind Sanford in South Carolina House race, a trail of self-funders

    By Keenan Steiner Mar 15, 2013 11:43 p.m.

    The race to replace Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican congressman, who won appointment earlier this year to the U.S. Senate, has attracted a (literally) rich field of candidates.

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  2. California group targets McCain on immigration

    By Anupama Narayanswamy Mar 14, 2013 6:02 p.m.

    Californians for Population Stabilization, a Santa Barbara, Calif.-based nonprofit, is running ads in Arizona against the state's senior senator, Republican John McCain, asking his constituents to call him and tell him to change his stance on immigration reform.

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  3. McConnell fires back in early campaign air wars

    By Keenan Steiner Mar 14, 2013 4:47 p.m.

    On the defensive and trying to wade off a Tea Party challenge, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has hit the airwaves with ads 20 months before Election Day.

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  4. Teddy Turner gives himself $30 K as S.C. House race heads into home stretch

    By Kathy Kiely Mar 14, 2013 3:01 p.m.

    Political upstart Teddy Turner bankrolls himself as corporate bigs bankroll disgraced ex-Gov. Mark Sanford in a lively special election for a South Carolina House seat.

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  5. As earmark lobbyist gets out of jail, former colleagues still on the trail

    By Bill Allison Mar 14, 2013 11:05 a.m.

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  6. Pro-Obama group insists it's not selling access

    By Keenan Steiner Mar 13, 2013 6:22 p.m.

    As donors and Democratic activists meet with President Obama surrogates today and tomorrow to discuss the launch of a political nonprofit group that will help advance president's agenda, new details have emerged about it. But not the list of high rollers who have been asked to pay $50,000 to dine tonight with the president.

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  7. Cruz gears up fundraising machine

    By Kathy Kiely Mar 13, 2013 5:10 p.m.

    Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who has managed to upend the adage about freshmen being seen and not heard in the less-than 10 weeks since he took his seat as the Lone Star State's junior senator, likes to portray himself as a political maverick. But when it comes to fundraising, he's playing like a classic insider.

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  8. Since Newtown, full employment for gun lobbyists

    By Keenan Steiner Mar 12, 2013 9:07 a.m.

    Since the Dec. 14 shooting that left 26 people dead at a Connecticut elementary school, at least 22 lobbyists have registered to influence Congress on gun-related issues, and several have been holding fundraisers for Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican who is a potential swing vote in the legislative battle on Capitol Hill.

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  9. Conyers deletes Rand Paul shoutout

    By Kathy Kiely Mar 9, 2013 noon

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  10. With court case looming, FEC has trouble deciding how to say it can't decide

    By Keenan Steiner Mar 8, 2013 9:17 a.m.

    The issue at the Federal Election Commission Thursday: Deciding how to say "we can't decide."

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  11. Koch brother among donors to Mark Sanford redemption run

    By Kathy Kiely Mar 8, 2013 8:43 a.m.

    Updated 1:44 p.m. 3/8

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  12. Presidential campaign 2016 off and running

    By Kathy Kiely Mar 7, 2013 4:27 p.m.

    A group based in his home state is airing ads against Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell in Iowa and New Hampshire to preempt a potential 2016 presidential campaign by the term-limited Republican.

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  13. Anti-immigration lobby runs first ad targeting Lindsey Graham

    By Anupama Narayanswamy Mar 7, 2013 3:10 p.m.

    The first issue ad of the immigration reform battle hit the airwaves in South Carolina last week, targeting Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who is up for reelection in 2014. NumbersUSA, one of the leading groups opposing comprehensive immigration reform paid for the ads, reports filed with the Federal Communication Commission show. The group, headed by long time advocate Roy Beck, has been around since the late '90s and argues that increased immigration will deplete the country’s resources, leading to sprawl, congestion and restrictions on individual liberties.

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  14. Mark Sanford drops third ad in special election

    By Keenan Steiner Mar 7, 2013 1:33 p.m.

    Ahead of the primary in South Carolina's special congressional election later this month, former Gov. Mark Sanford, a Republican who's trying to make a comeback after a particularly public scandal, released a new TV ad Thursday.

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