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An example of campaign contributions and special interests. - Click here for the article .  Gov. Greg Abbott received a $6 million campaign...

- Click here for the article . A new “dark money” group is labeling itself the strategy center for Democrats in 2020. The recently-launched...

A handful anyway - not quite getting the media coverage they would if the Trump tape hadn't emerged. - WikiLeaks hack reveals cozy relat...

More support for the argument that we are more of a plutocracy than a democracy. - Click here for the article . Super PACs seeking to infl...

It's what makes a PAC different than a Super PAC. The expenditures are independent of the campaigns of the candidates they support and i...

Some are for him. Some are not. Great America PAC : A pro-Donald Trump super PAC is launching a new spot on Monday citing the Orlando a...

A Super PAC in action: - Click here for the article . The main “ super PAC ” supporting Hillary Clinton raised $12.1 million in May, the g...

We will be discussing these in some 2305 sections. Here's a look at them in the wild: - The Daily Caller: How Super PACs Are Being U...

Here's a definition from Open Secrets. - Click here for it . Super PACs are a relatively new type of committee that arose following th...

More on the current state of money in the 2016 campaign. Parties are trying to catch up with SuperPACs. - Click here for the story .  The...

Some background for Fall 2305 students who might want to write about the impact of Super PACs in the campaign. You might want to start here:...

For our occasional look at the subject. The National Journal: How To Win Friends And Influence Elections . This provides a breakdown of ...

The previous story mentions this group. There's not an awful lot on them at the moment - kinda like the Texas Future Business Alliance m...

This builds on a theme in previous posts - and it relates to discussions we have had about the efforts of the business sector to increase it...

Building off a story below, limits on campaign funding have been overturned by a federal court - so we can expect more money to be pumped in...

We discussed state political parties in 2306 last week, and I mentioned that in our federal system states get to draft the rules that determ...

Here's a good primer from the Washington Post . It answers basic questions about the case so far. Summary info: - A 501 (c)(4) is a ...

There's lots flying around on Friday's revelation that the IRS was auditing Tea Party groups that had applied for 501(c)4 status pri...

In Citizens United v FEC , the Supreme Court removed significant limits on money in politics by allowing corporations and labor unions to sp...

Thomas Edsall - writing in the NYT - thinks so. Historically, Republican Party voters have been - in his words - compliant to the needs of ...