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    Nov 19

    2020 saw record-breaking amounts of money spent at both the federal level and state level—but the unprecedented increase seen in races for Congress and the White House was not as extreme down the ballot. - a joint effort with

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  2. 1 hour ago

    A record number of absentee ballots are reportedly being requested for Georgia’s crucial Senate runoff races.

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  3. 6 hours ago

    Money won most (but not every) race in 2020. This year, the top-spending House candidate won 89.2 percent of the time. In the Senate, the top-spender won 71.9 percent of the time, a record low in recent years.

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  4. 8 hours ago

    President Trump's current fundraising efforts are going to a lot more than just the recount, and much of the money raised could go into the Trump family's pockets.

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  5. 10 hours ago

    Update: Parler is working to hide posts tied to the super PAC's efforts and anything using the hashtag

    The Committee for American Sovereignty, a group tied to Roger Stone, wants Trump supporters to either sit out the runoffs or instead...
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    11 hours ago

    Sadly, this election leaves the American democracy very vulnerable to gerrymandering by state legislatures. As I said to , "For those who oppose gerrymandering, we have our work cut out for us."

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  7. 11 hours ago

    Though there are still ongoing races to determine control of the Senate in 2021, the 2022 battle is already underway in a number of key states, including Florida and New Hampshire.

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    11 hours ago

    NEW: Reps +others join a petition to stop Biden from choosing his former chief of staff to lead OMB, calling Bruce Reed a "deficit hawk" & adding pressure on the president-elect as he begins his Cabinet announcements.

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    12 hours ago

    This is a big get from . More than 110,000 government government officials and candidates were on a Facebook whitelist that prevented them from being factchecked — and subsequently have their reach reduced — for spreading misinformation.

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  10. 12 hours ago

    As election spending broke records in 2020, giving by the influential, conservative Mercer family to conservative causes dropped by about 90% as father-daughter duo Robert and Rebekah moved to distance themselves from Trump.

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    12 hours ago

    I recently spoke to about all things money-and-politics in Saint Louis and across the country on behalf of Take a listen:

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  12. 12 hours ago

    While the country counts every vote, OpenSecrets is counting every dollar. Stand up for the facts with us and ensure transparency and accountability in government. Invest in public interest journalism today by donating now or on next week.

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  13. 13 hours ago

    The Committee for American Sovereignty, a group tied to Roger Stone, wants Trump supporters to either sit out the runoffs or instead...

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    14 hours ago

    Leading up to President-elect Joe Biden announcing national security & foreign policy nominees for his White House Cabinet, Foreign Agents Registration Act filings show representatives of multiple countries welcoming a Biden admin as a return to "normalcy"

    . NEWS SPECIAL REPORT: President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris introduce their Cabinet nominees and appointees to key national security and foreign policy posts in Wilmington, Delaware.
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  15. 13 hours ago

    2022 watch continues with Republican announcements in the North Carolina Senate race. In 2020, North Carolina's Senate race was THE MOST expensive congressional race of all time.

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  16. 14 hours ago

    Harrison's news comes on the heels of a similar announcement from another big fundraiser who came up short in 2020—Kentucky's Amy McGrath has launched a super PAC.

    South Carolina's is "utilizing his newly minted status as a fundraising powerhouse" to launch a PAC to boost the efforts of state-level Democrats—particularly in areas that have been seen by Democrats as harder to win.
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  17. 15 hours ago

    Charles Koch told " on HBO" that he "screwed up by being partisan," rather than approaching his network's big-spending political action in a more nonpartisan way.

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    15 hours ago

    If you were wondering what the National Association of Realtors super PAC did with the ~$10M in cash it had on Oct. 15, it put $4,580,000 into the Senate Leadership Fund, the GOP Senate super PAC:

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    16 hours ago

    Georgia Dems plan to knock doors to turn out voters for the Senate runoffs. They consulted with an epidemiologist to form a plan with Covid-19 continuing to spike. News w/

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  20. 16 hours ago

    Incumbents have an easier time winning, with built-in name recognition and (most of the time) stronger fundraising. That's why Republicans, facing yet another challenging Senate map in 2022 are hoping their entrenched incumbents decide to run again.

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  21. 17 hours ago

    South Carolina's is "utilizing his newly minted status as a fundraising powerhouse" to launch a PAC to boost the efforts of state-level Democrats—particularly in areas that have been seen by Democrats as harder to win.

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