Press Room
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Sep 13
GENERAL ELECTIONS IN ARIZONA, MAINE DOMINATED BY 'CLEAN ELECTIONS' CANDIDATES
Washington, D.C. - In an American political first, a majority of the candidates for state office in Arizona and Maine are...
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Jun 12
SEN. McCAIN EMBRACES CLEAN ELECTIONS IN ARIZONA BIG BOOST TO PUBLIC FINANCING SEEN
Washington, D.C. - The country's most prominent advocate for campaign finance reform, U.S. Senator John McCain,...
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May 01
Statement by Public Campaign Executive Director Nick Nyhart on the Passage of Shays-Meehan Reform Bill
Washington, D.C. - "The movement for getting big money out of politics won an important battle last night, defeating cynical attempts to prevent a soft-money ban...
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Mar 20
MCCAIN-FEINGOLD PASSED IN THE SENATE; SETS COURSE TO 'CLEAN MONEY/CLEAN ELECTIONS'
Washington, D.C. - Nick Nyhart, Public Campaign's executive director, made the following statement regarding the Senate's passage of the McCain-Feingold campaign...
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Feb 08
Public Campaign Urges Congress To Ban Soft Money Now!
Washington, D.C. - Today, Nick Nyhart, Executive Director of Public Campaign, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to passing comprehensive campaign finance...
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Feb 05
Public Campaign Applauds ABA for Adaptation of Public Financing of Judicial Elections
Washington, D.C. - Today, Nick Nyhart, Executive Director of Public Campaign, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to passing comprehensive campaign finance... -
Nov 07
BUY NOW, SAVE LATER: HOW GENEROUS CORPORATE CAMPAIGN DONORS SAVE BILLIONS IN TAXES
Washington, D.C. -- Profitable corporations that will receive a total of $7.4 billion in immediate Alternative...
Aug 01“Democracy the way it oughta be”
STATEWIDE CANDIDATES RUN “CLEAN” IN 2002Washington, D.C. - With the official opening of qualifying periods in Arizona and Massachusetts on August 1, contenders are lining up to run ‘clean’ for...
Jul 23ABA Call for Public Financing Hailed by Public Campaign
Washington, D.C. - Nick Nyhart, Public Campaign’s executive director, made the following statement in response to today’s announcement by the American Bar Association’s Commission on Public...
Jul 11NAACP Adopts Resolution in Support of Full Public Financing of Elections
The NAACP yesterday adopted a resolution calling on “all of its branches to support efforts to enact voluntary systems of full public financing of...