OpenSecrets in the News

See our media citations from outlets around the nation this week:

Millionaire candidates pour cash into Ohio, Pa. Senate races (The Associated Press)
Sheila Krumholz, executive director of OpenSecrets, a research group that tracks campaign spending, said self-funding has become an increasingly appealing option for wealthy candidates because the lack of limits on personal giving allows them to “fight fire with fire” against deep-pocketed super PACs and dark money groups.

These members of Congress could personally benefit from Elon Musk's Twitter takeover (Business Insider)
Members of Congress routinely introduce and vote on legislation that affects the tech industry broadly and Twitter specifically. Twitter, for its part, has spent more than $1 million lobbying the federal government during each of the past four years, according to federal records compiled by nonpartisan research group OpenSecrets.

Pennsylvania’s GOP Senate primary draws backing from some of Wall Street’s biggest billionaires, making it one of the most expensive midterm races (CNBC)
Wall Street firms typically back candidates on both sides of the aisle. Goldman’s political action committee and its employees, for instance, donated a combined $1 million to Barack Obama’s campaign when he first ran for president in 2008, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. President Joe Biden saw more than $70 million from Wall Street in his run for the White House.