elections


Voters Send Message About Self Financed Candidates
Submitted by Monica Rober on Wed, 11/04/2009 - 2:39pm.
New Jersey and New York City election results show that voters expect more than a big bank account.
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Pass the Senate Disclosure Parity Act!
Submitted by Monica Rober on Fri, 07/10/2009 - 12:44pm.
The Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act (S. 482) is an important piece of legislation that would require Senate candidates to submit their campaign finance forms electronically. The bill will likely be up for a vote in the Senate in the coming weeks and it needs your support!

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Balancing the Scales in North Carolina
Submitted by Monica Rober on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 9:27am.
The Center for Governmental Studies has released a new report "Public Campaign Financing in North Carolina Judiciary: Balancing The Scales (2009)."
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Campus Progress Report
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Tue, 07/15/2008 - 11:44am.
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A little while back our two Public Campaign interns, Faye Yuan and Sarah Pinsky, attended the annual Campus Progress conference, an event put on by the Center for American Progress that builds on the involvement of young people in the political process. Given the focus of Clean Elections on encouraging involvement among people from all walks of life in politics, we thought this would be a good event for them to attend. After the jump, their report from the conference.
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Big Bucks in the Third Quarter
Submitted by Nancy Watzman on Tue, 10/02/2007 - 1:42pm.

While the official reports aren't due at the Federal Election Commission until October 15, candidates are bragging already about the big bucks they are raking in. Hillary Clinton raised $27 million, all but $5 million of it for her primary race. Obama raised $20 million. Congressional candidates are also starting to talk big about their fundraising prowess, as if this is the main thing that matters when running a political race.


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Size Matters
Submitted by Nancy Watzman on Wed, 09/26/2007 - 12:21pm.

The hot campaign news these days is all about small donors recharging the political landscape, and is sure to be part of the story when candidates file their third quarter reports in mid-October. Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) already got headlines for breaking records by raising nearly a third of his contributions from donors giving $200 or less.

But make no mistake about it: big donors still dominate.


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