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February 16, 2023
Nikki Haley launches 2024 presidential campaign after years of raising big money
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Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announced her 2024 presidential bid after a long history of successful political fundraising.
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Top self-funding congressional candidates were among the 2022 election cycle’s biggest losers
Candidates poured about $300 million of their money into self-funding their campaigns over the 2022 midterm election cycle but few ultimately won their elections.
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Super Spenders: The NFL and Washington Commanders spent big on lobbying in 2022
The NFL spent over $1.3 million on federal lobbying in 2022.
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Featured Dataset: Elizabeth and Richard Uihlein
[link removed] [[link removed]] Billionaire shipping magnates Elizabeth and Richard Uihlein are one of the most powerful megadonor couples in politics, giving about $90 million to federal Republican candidates and political groups during the 2022 cycle.
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OpenSecrets in the News
See our media citations from outlets around the nation this week:
A new program offers to boost small-dollar donors in NY races. Here’s how. (Gothamist) [[link removed]]
A joint analysis from the Brennan Center and OpenSecrets found that if the program’s new rules were applied to the most recent 2022 election cycle, small donors in state legislative contests would see their influence increase sixfold, making up a larger share than big-dollar donors.
Senators talk about upping online safety for kids. This year they could do something (NPR) [[link removed]]
None of the big tech companies attended Tuesday's hearing, but YouTube parent Alphabet, Facebook and Instagram parent Meta, TikTok parent ByteDance, Twitter and Microsoft all have lobbyists working on this legislation, according to OpenSecrets.
Black candidates keep losing winnable races — and say the Democratic Party may be why (POLITICO) [[link removed]]
Barnes, for one, was hit with $62 million in outside spending from Republican groups including the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC tied to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), according to an analysis of general election spending by OpenSecrets.
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