Some Wealthy Donors Drop Obama for Romney
A handful of wealthy former donors to President Barack Obama contributed last year to the super PAC supporting Mitt Romney’s quest for the GOP presidential nomination, according to campaign filings made
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A handful of wealthy former donors to President Barack Obama contributed last year to the super PAC supporting Mitt Romney’s quest for the GOP presidential nomination, according to campaign filings made
Marco Rubio’s leadership political action committee, Reclaim America PAC, reported raising $563,000 in its first four months of existence.
Restore Our Future, a super PAC that spent about $10 million helping former Massachusetts Gov.
BUILD-PAC raised more than $1 million last year, but it only contributed $395,000 to Congressional candidates, less than half of what it contributed to candidates by this point in the last election
“Furthermore, the voluntary contribution process also helps build a sense of industry unity, lobbyists and PAC directors told Roll Call.” 1.426: That’s how many million more Rep.
The calls I have received from reporters of late have been concentrated on two subjects: the looming disclosure of super PAC donors and the status of the “do-nothing 112th Congress.”
And, for the most part, the two entities do not attract the same kind of donors, lobbyists and PAC directors told Roll Call.
But the handful of super PAC disclosures that had trickled in spoke volumes about the diverse funding sources behind such unrestricted groups.
Eliza Newlin Carney “The biggest Gingrich-friendly super PAC spent $6 million in Florida backing the former Speaker, but a big chunk of it went into a ground operation that some argue was too
The progressive San Francisco-based phone company known as CREDO Mobile today launched a super PAC to oust a cadre of conservative House Members that it’s calling the “Tea Party Ten.”
However, both the super PAC and the Gingrich campaign were swamped by more than $15 million in combined ad spending by the Romney camp, and by a pro-Romney super PAC known as Restore Our Future.
The DCCC was not alone, with the Democratic-aligned House Majority PAC investing $300,000 on ads and direct mail and EMILY’s List spending $200,000, all to help Bonamici win a district few political
The new show will mimic a campaign war room, a format the Democrat suggested will include a laser-like focus on a dozen or so races, depending on how you count satirist Stephen Colbert’s super PAC-skewering
Google’s political action committee has raised $570,000 so far this cycle — more than 15 times what it spent six years ago when it first set up its PAC, according to the Center for Responsive Politics
The top donor to the pro-Gingrich super PAC Winning Our Future, casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, is also under scrutiny — and not just because he and his wife have donated $10 million to the PAC.
But these Senate money managers will confront new challenges this cycle as outside group and super PAC spending increasingly compete for air time.
Bush will be there breaking bread with the Capital Chapter of his Maverick PAC. A Maverick PAC aide said no sitting Members of Congress are expected to attend the Bush-led fundraiser.
The DCCC was joined on the airwaves by Democratic-aligned House Majority PAC, which spent nearly $300,000 on a TV ad and direct mail opposing Cornilles. Ballots are due by 8 p.m. Tuesday.
A $30,800 individual donation or $15,000 PAC donation to the DSCC automatically qualifies the donor for membership benefits, including invitations to dinners, events and receptions throughout the
The DCCC was joined on the airwaves by Democratic-aligned House Majority PAC, which spent nearly $300,000 on a TV ad and direct mail opposing Cornilles. Ballots are due by 8 p.m. Tuesday.