A look at the big money in some of the hottest Senate races of 2022
Fundraising for the 2022 Senate races is ramping up, with more than a third of the 34 seats up for grabs clocking in over $10 million in contributions.
Senate Democrats' election reform bill includes campaign finance law overhaul
The Senate voted Wednesday on legislation that, if enacted, would not only have expand access to the ballot box but also overhaul campaign finance laws.
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One-third of Biden's ambassador nominees, so far, are campaign 'bundlers' (The Washington Post) They represent 29 percent of his ambassadorial nominees — a higher share of bundler-ambassadors than George W. Bush or Barack Obama nominated in their first years in office, according to a Post analysis of data from the Partnership for Public Service, OpenSecrets and Biden’s campaign.
Meet 2022's most important swing state — Georgia (NBC News) EMILY’s List announced yesterday it would not endorse Sinema if she doesn’t back a filibuster change to advance voting rights legislation. The group’s independent expenditure arm spent $1.4 million on Sinema’s 2018 race, per OpenSecrets.