In the Huffington Post yesterday, President Obama's National Deputy Campaign Manager in 2008, Steve Hildebrand, says millions more to flood campaign coffers following the Citizens United ruling - and the only way to curb the influence of money in politics is the Fair Elections Now Act.

His little red truck has been recognizable to most of mid-coast Maine for the better part of 30 years. As a small business owner who restores old houses, buildings and barns, Maine state Rep. Les Fossel (R-53) has traveled all over the state, getting to know his clients and almost everyone else along the way.

The Fair Elections coalition issued a press release announcing that the House Administration Committee held a hearing today on the Fair Elections Now Act (H.R.1826). 

The Long Island Press reports that advocates for state-wide public financing of elections, led by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, continue to spread the word on the need to clean up Albany and open the door to a more diverse pool of candidates.

The Minnesota Independent has a story today discussing the Fair Elections Now Act in Congress.

The New York State Senate Elections Committee will hold a public hearing on campaign finance reform in Albany, NY on Tuesday, June 9th.