"According to campaign finance data from the National Institute on Money in Politics, more than two dozen labor groups have donated a total of $321,500 to the Western Pennsylvania lawmakers since they were elected to Congress..."
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"According to records from the National Institute on Money in Politics, Cerner Corporation donated to a wide range of candidates from both parties in the 2020 election."
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Michael Malbin quoted by CNN: "The fact that major organizations are saying that they are disgusted matters," he said. "This is a public statement about what they believe is right and wrong."
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Facing South compiled a sobering index: Among the 16 senators in all who were part of the effort to overturn the presidential election, rank of lawyers and lobbyists among the top industry contributors to their campaigns: 1
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"The industry contributed more money to state legislative races than any other business sector over the past decade, according to the data collected by the nonprofit National Institute on Money in Politics."
Dem. Jon Ossoff has raised $138.5 million so far in his bid to oust incumbent Sen. David Perdue (R), who has raised $87 M. See the donors to each here: bit.ly/3nk9S6r
(Final figures will be available 1/31 when the last reports are filed)
Our big end-of-year fundraising deadline is TOMORROW.
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Fueled by Party Money, Independent Spending Matches
U.S. House and Senate Candidate Money in Close Races. See more in our just-released report:
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Our analysis on gender and elections couldn’t have been done without the support of our friends @CAWP_RU and we are so excited about our collaboration with them and with @OpenSecretsDC
Again, you can read the full report here: followthemoney.org/research/…
In 2020 Congressional races, women candidates outraised men on average, while also nearly closing the gap in state-level contests.
ALT Horizontal bar chart showing congressional fundraising by gender in 2012, 2016 and 2020. Chart can be found at https://www.followthemoney.org/research/institute-reports/joint-report-in-2020-women-ran-won-and-donated-in-record-numbers
In 2020, way more women ran as Democratic candidates than as Republican candidates, regardless of their incumbency status.
ALT A horizontal bar chart showing women candidate's incumbency status by political party affiliation. Bar chart can be found at https://www.followthemoney.org/research/institute-reports/joint-report-in-2020-women-ran-won-and-donated-in-record-numbers
Our new joint analysis with the Center for Responsive Politics explores the role that women played in the 2020 elections, both as candidates and as donors.
Read the joint report here:
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