campaign finance

James Murdoch, a son of Fox News mogul Rupert Murdoch, spent $100 million to fund largely nonpartisan and Democratic-leaning causes in the 2020 election cycle.

A partisan ad war has erupted in West Virginia as both sides are trying to pressure Joe Manchin over elements of his party’s agenda.

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe is going to New York to raise campaign cash.

The DNC raised $15.6. million in April, according to figures first shared with CNBC by a committee spokesperson.

WorkMoney, a nonprofit that launched last year at the height of the pandemic, is launching the effort, which includes digital ads on Facebook and Google.

GOP Rep. Liz Cheney is telling allies that she plans to continue to fight back against former President Donald Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ that he won the 2020 election.

Some donors say they will withhold contributions to anyone who opposes Cheney.

Former Vice President Mike Pence and other potential GOP presidential contenders plan to attend a private donor meeting next week in Texas hosted by Karl Rove.

Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, facing allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, has tapped into a reliable source of funds to subsidize his legal tab: campaign donors’ contributions.

Wall Street invested at least $2.9 billion to influence Washington during the 2020 election cycle.

A web of pro-Trump dark money groups organized and funded a rally that led to the infamous riot on Capitol Hill.

Disney, Geico and many other corporations backed the campaigns of Florida lawmakers now sponsoring new restrictive voting rights bills.

Trump’s Save America PAC has $85 million on hand, a source with direct knowledge says, as the former president tries to influence the 2022 midterm elections.

Several major corporations in Georgia have criticized the state’s controversial new voting restrictions, signed into law last week by GOP Gov. Brian Kemp. 

Charles Schwab said its move had nothing to do with the Chamber of Commerce’s recent political actions.

Political fundraisers are lobbying corporations to resume donating after many suspended their donations following the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.

A former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo is planning to launch a PAC against Sens. Schumer and Gillibrand.

Democrat Ray McGuire raised $2.5 million for his mayoral campaign since January as the New York mayoral primary race heats up.

Trump is also demanding that the Republican Party stop using his name and likeness in its own fundraising efforts.

Redirecting Republican money into his own war chest could help Trump tighten his grip on the party as he aims to undermine his perceived enemies within it.