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Walz is making a 5-state dash for campaign cash, traveling solo for 1st time as Harris’ running mate
4 months, 1 week ago

Walz is making a 5-state dash for campaign cash, traveling solo for 1st time as Harris’ running mate

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is branching out this week and holding his first solo events as Vice President Kamala Harris ’ running mate, making a five-state dash for campaign cash and addressing a key union gathering. Walz’s focus on fundraising this week comes after he stormed through a series of battleground states with Harris last week to introduce …

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Trump campaign tells GOP candidates he's taking a cut of their cash if they use his name
8 months ago

Trump campaign tells GOP candidates he's taking a cut of their cash if they use his name

Raw Story  

The campaign for Donald Trump's 2024 presidential bid has come up with a new way to raise cash — which involves calling on down-ballot candidates who use his name and likeness in fundraising pushes to give him a cut of the money they raise. “Beginning tomorrow, we ask that all candidates and committees who choose to use President Trump’s name, …

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Trump cutting back on rallies to save money as cash shortfall hobbles campaign: report
9 months, 1 week ago

Trump cutting back on rallies to save money as cash shortfall hobbles campaign: report

Raw Story  

Faced with a massive shortfall in raising campaign cash compared to his presumptive opponent in the 2024 presidential race, Donald Trump and his advisers have decided to cut back on his high-profile campaign rallies in an effort to not drain the coffers even more. With filings showing President Joe Biden and the Democrats sitting on a war chest of $130 …

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Trump lawyers 'gamble' as campaign cash funds legal fees: expert
10 months, 1 week ago

Trump lawyers 'gamble' as campaign cash funds legal fees: expert

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's "overpaid" attorneys are gambling their reputations can survive defending a former president who is channeling campaign cash into their coffers, wrote lawyer and MSNBC analyst Katie Phang. Phang took a close look Monday at reports that Trump's PACs spent roughly 25 percent of their $210 million outlays on legal bills as the former president faces four criminal and …

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'Just sitting there': Why a dormant government fund got another cash infusion
1 year ago

'Just sitting there': Why a dormant government fund got another cash infusion

Raw Story  

A largely unused government fund intended to pay for presidential elections continues to grow with monthly taxpayer infusions — adding $327,000 last month, according to a Raw Story analysis of U.S. Treasury records. “It makes it that much simpler, and it's when people are having additional money coming to them.” President Barack Obama, as a presidential candidate in 2008, declined …

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Democratic challenger raises more campaign cash than GOP incumbent in Mississippi governor’s race
1 year, 2 months ago

Democratic challenger raises more campaign cash than GOP incumbent in Mississippi governor’s race

Associated Press  

— The Democratic challenger in the Mississippi governor’s race has raised more campaign cash than the Republican incumbent so far this year, but the Republican has more money left to spend in the final weeks of the race, according to finance reports filed Tuesday. Tate Reeves discounted the fundraising by challenger Brandon Presley, saying Presley received $3 million from the …

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2nd former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice advises Republican leader against impeachment
1 year, 2 months ago

2nd former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice advises Republican leader against impeachment

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A second conservative former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice asked to investigate taking the unprecedented step of impeaching a liberal justice on Wednesday came out against it. Former Justice Jon Wilcox told The Associated Press that there was nothing to justify impeaching Justice Janet Protasiewicz, as some Republican lawmakers have floated because of comments she made during the …

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Biden raising cash in the San Francisco area as he revs up his 2024 campaign
1 year, 6 months ago

Biden raising cash in the San Francisco area as he revs up his 2024 campaign

Associated Press  

PALO ALTO, California — President Joe Biden ramps up his reelection effort this week with four fundraisers in the San Francisco area, as his campaign builds up its coffers and lays strategic foundations for 2024. I don’t remember it happening before and I’ve been around,” said Biden, 80, who added a joke about his age: “I know I don’t look …

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Sen. Cortez Masto has big cash advantage over GOP hopefuls
2 years, 8 months ago

Sen. Cortez Masto has big cash advantage over GOP hopefuls

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — The U.S. Senate race in Nevada is becoming expensive, with incumbent Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto holding a big financial advantage over two leading Republican hopefuls who each spent more than $1 million the first three months of 2022. Third District Rep. Susie Lee and 4th District Rep. Steven Horsford each reported about $2 million cash on hand …

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Trump's finance report shows he has a lot less cash than he claimed in his final year in office
2 years, 10 months ago

Trump's finance report shows he has a lot less cash than he claimed in his final year in office

Salon  

Forbes has reviewed campaign finance disclosures from former President Donald Trump and discovered that he apparently had far less cash in his final year of office than he claimed. They were part of the information released by New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of her civil probe into the Trump Organization. When Trump filed his financial statement he …

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How Big Pharma delivered campaign cash to key lawmakers with surgical precision
3 years, 1 month ago

How Big Pharma delivered campaign cash to key lawmakers with surgical precision

Salon  

The Biden administration and Congress are embroiled in high-stakes haggling over what urgent priorities will make it into the ever-shrinking social spending bill. Unusually, in the first half of this year Republicans and Democrats in Congress were virtually neck and neck in pulling in drug industry money, according to a KHN analysis of campaign contributions. Pharmaceutical companies and their lobbying …

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