- Super PAC doppelgangers eclipse candidates in campaign money chase. Super PACs may be becoming more important than the actual campaigns of presidential candidates.
- 2015 fundraising by super PACs versus candidates. Evidence backing up the previous story.
- Billionaires Put Their Stamp on 2016 Presidential Campaigns. This is behind a paywall, but it's just more efficient to seek donations from billionaires. Mere millionaires need not apply.
- Perry super PAC head walks a ‘bright line’ - The author points out that federal enforcement of campaign finance laws have weakened, which has emboldened Super PACs to take legal risks. Super PACs are not supposed to work in sync with official campaigns, but there are ways they can work together discretely.
- Pro-Bush super PAC spending $10M-plus on initial TV campaign. The Super PAC is called Right to Rise.
- Democrats far behind GOP in raising money for '16 super PACs. But there are a lot more of them - that might explain it.
- News Guide: Super PAC backing Cruz gets $10 million donation. One check matches the amount of money raised in three months of ordinary donations.
- Group backing Clinton gets $1M from untraceable donors. An increasingly common problem - donors are finding ways to cover their tracks.
I'll post more on Super PACs themselves, but here's info on the subject so you can familiarize yourself with them:
- Wikipedia: Super PACs.
- Open Secrets: Super PACs.
- What Is a Super PAC? A Short History.
