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Does it really pay to spend more?
Millions of dollars are poured into tight Congressional campaigns in the hopes that more money, and in turn more advertising, will help candidates win elections. Although a few financial underdogs managed a win this election, overall the big spenders remained on top.
Here’s a breakdown of the most expensive campaigns and the top Senate and House spenders who won, or didn’t.
…Another day, another $1.25 million in “independent” expenditures floods Connecticut’s U.S. Senate race
Yesterday the total spent by independent groups, supposely not affiliated with Connecticut’s US Senate candidates, was $8.5 million, according to the Federal Election Commission. Today that total is …
It’s not just rich Republicans — unions also giving millions to SuperPACs
The vast majority of the media coverage of this year’s SuperPAC phenomenon has focused on conservative billionaires who’ve given millions to Republican-leaning or anti-Obama SuperPACs. But it’d be a mistake to forget about the multi-million dollar investment American unions have made in Democratic-leaning SuperPACs. The Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan group committed to transparency in government […] …
Wayne Winsley, Naugatuck’s long-odds challenger to US Rep. Rosa DeLauro, wins filing contest at FEC
Wayne A. Winsley, the 49-year-old private investigator and former radio personality in Bridgeport, Norwalk and Danbury, who is the Republican challenger to U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, was the first of the …
Canadian firm gives $1 million to Romney
A U.S. subsidiary of the giant Canadian insurance company Fairfax Holdings has donated $1 million to Restore Our Future, the “SuperPAC” boosting Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. The donation by OdysseyRE has raised questions about whether the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, which opened the floodgates to unlimited SuperPAC donations, applies to foreign-owned firms. Under […] …
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