Outside spending on federal 2022 midterm elections tops $1 billion
Outside spending on 2022 federal midterm elections topped $1 billion, surpassing the nearly $701.8 million spent by outside groups through Oct. 4 during the 2018 midterms.
Pro-DeSantis hybrid PAC to file lawsuit challenging unfavorable FEC ruling
Ready for Ron plans to file a lawsuit challenging the FEC’s decision to restrict its ability to share supporter information with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ahead of his rumored 2024 presidential run.
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DeSantis committees have raised over $100M. A national GOP group is giving him more. (Tampa Bay Times) Sheila Krumholz, executive director of OpenSecrets, which tracks money in politics, said that donors to groups like the Republican Governors Association could be motivated both by the possibility of establishing a relationship with DeSantis now — and their belief that a successful DeSantis presidential bid down the line would benefit governors in the future.
By The Numbers: Following The Money In High Court Races (Law360) "While we can't say what we'll end up with at the end of the year, typically at this point we'll expect our number to more or less double for judicial candidates as a group," said Pete Quist, deputy research director at OpenSecrets.
