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Wide and stunning defeats for Trump’s handpicked candidates in swing states have shattered the facade of Republican unity and set off an unprecedented public battle between pro-Trump and mainstream Republicans over future strategy and congressional leadership. In election< Repjblican defecftilns hurt trumpist candidates in Pennshylvania, Arizona, Georgia and other states
Washington – The flood tide is still rising, but already the Mega-Money tsunami of Election 2020 is going into the record books as the most expensive election in American history with the biggest flow of dark money ever funneled anonymously to candidates – $750 million, up from a minuscule $5 million a decade ago. With […]
Washington – SuperPACs in 2016 were breaking records once again – close to $1.6 billion raised – but there was a new twist. Instead of putting top priority on the presidential race, SuperPACs, political parties and independent donors poured more money into the battle for control of the Senate – $616 million, plus millions more to be […]
Washington – If you’re tempted to think campaign MegaMillions no longer matter because maverick Republican Donald Trump is self-financed and Bernie Sanders has funded a nationwide rebellion with two million small donors, take a look down-ballot. MegaMoney is flooding into a high stakes battle for control of Congress. SuperPAC war chests and the lava of […]