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Health group airs ad backing Obama EPA nominee
By Jacob Fenton May 21, 2013 3:52 p.m.The American Public Health Administration has begun airing a new TV ad supporting Pres. Obama's nominee for EPA Administrator, Gina McCarthy. It's the first time the nonprofit group has aired an ad backing a specific nominee, according to a spokeswoman.
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On Wisconsin: Badger State gets no break from political air wars
By Jake Harper Feb 6, 2013 5:45 p.m.(Updated Feb. 8, 2:45 p.m. ET)
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Senate scorecard: Who won, and whom they owe
By Becca Heller Nov 8, 2012 6:25 p.m.
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Week's outside spending favors Republicans 2:1
By Jake Harper Oct 26, 2012 1:02 p.m.Less than two weeks before the election, outside spending took another big leap last week, jumping to $180 million since last Friday favoring Republicans nearly two-to-one.
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Political big bucks in paradise: Hawaii Senate race draws outside donors
By Kathryn Lucero Oct 15, 2012 4:22 p.m.Hawaii's first open Senate seat in more than three decades has attracted two high-profile women candidates and lots of outside money.
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New anti-Obama super PAC backed by pro-Israel Republican activists
By Keenan Steiner Oct 12, 2012 2:44 p.m.A new Miami-based super PAC has surfaced with billboards opposing President Barack Obama in south Florida and plans to plant more in at least two other battleground states before Election Day. Backed by mostly Republican, pro-Israel activists, American Principles super PAC has spent about $220,000 so far and plans to spend $500,000 this election.
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When is a political ad not a campaign ad? Federal judge decides for FEC
By Keenan Steiner Oct 5, 2012 6:34 p.m.The murky rules around electioneering ads may have gotten slightly less unclear this week, but not thanks to the Federal Election Commission.
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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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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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In Ohio ad wars, the Democrats are on top
By Keenan Steiner and Jake Harper Sep 26, 2012 11:48 a.m.In Ohio, which is playing host to both presidential campaigns today, Democrats appear to be pulling ahead in the money race -- and in the polls -- an analysis by the Sunlight Foundation has found.
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Outside groups are insiders on D.C.'s fundraising scene
By Nancy Watzman Oct 21, 2010 12:29 p.m.Last May Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., raised campaign cash at a reception at the offices of the National Association of Realtors and around the same time, the group's PAC sent his campaign a check for $4,000.
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