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May 13, 2016
Advertising surges in presidential race; dark money dominating Senate contests
May 21, 2016 Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has repeatedly trashed super PACs and claimed he would run as a candidate who couldn’t be bought. Through the end of April, it looked like no one really wanted to try that anyway. That’s changing quickly. But one of the outside groups that has popped up to advocate for Trump has raised less than $1.1 million —… Continue Reading »
May 20, 2016 The Federal Election Commission is raising questions about reports filed by the biggest super PAC associated with Scott B. Mackenzie, who’s listed as the treasurer of more than two dozen PACs. As OpenSecrets Blog has reported previously, much of the money raised by Mackenzie’s PACs goes to vendors with ties to him. The FEC’s letters,… Continue Reading »
May 19, 2016 For years, a handful of nonprofits — including the kind often used as “dark money” machines — have acted as veritable cash cows for one or two political or advertising vendors, new data shows. The data sheds light on who, ultimately, takes home the loads of cash deposited into dark money groups that are often… Continue Reading »
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