Public Campaign Financing Is Coming to New York With funding approved in the state budget, a new program that matches small-dollar donations could allow candidates to run campaigns supported by everyday New Yorkers.
Minnesota Lawmakers Pass Sweeping Bill to Increase Voting Access The Democracy for the People Act also makes Minnesota the first state to ban election spending by foreign-influenced corporations.
Private Equity Giants Back Sinema in Q1 KKR, Blackstone, and The Carlyle Group employees made up nearly half of the senator's joint fundraising committee haul in the first three months of the year.
Here Are the Wealthy Executives Funding McCarthy’s ‘Protect the House’ Effort Energy, real estate, and private equity executives are opening up their wallets to help keep the House in Republican hands.
New York Groups Call on Lawmakers to Fully Fund Small-Donor Matching Program Advocates for a groundbreaking New York public campaign financing program await word of its funding level in the "Big Ugly" budget bill.
With Chicago’s Mayoral Race Awash in Big Money, Reformers Aim to Amplify Small Donors Barely one percent of funding in the mayoral race has come from small donors, according to the nonpartisan group Reform for Illinois, but reform proposals have the support of both candidates.
Wisconsin Groups Keep It Local Amid Record Ad Blitz in Supreme Court Race While community groups work to mobilize voters, a deluge of TV ads is set to make Wisconsin's the most expensive state supreme court race ever.