Mitch Daniels raised more than $2 million for his state-based PAC, highest among presidential contenders

The PACs that followed the nation rightward in 2010

In mid-2009, the 52 conservative House Democrats who made up the Blue Dog Coalition were at the height of their power. Money was rolling in

One strong sign of a politician’s interest in the presidential race is always the amount of early money raised. New rules for identifying lo

While much of our focus has been independent groups with millions of dollars to invest in campaign ads, today we note a relatively cheap “ro

Jay Peters is a psychology instructor at a Durham, North Carolina, community college who has donated tens of thousands of dollars to conserv

In 2004, America Coming Together (ACT) made a big splash as one of the larger independent “527” committees set up to influence the president

As the Center for Public Integrity reported earlier this month, the Federal Election Commission must be notified when a political committee

Last week, a Houston-based group called Texas Tea Party Patriots PAC, alerted the Federal Election Commission that it intends to raise unlim

California Assembly Speaker Jesse M. Unruh once famously said of moneyed political interests: “If you can't take their money, drink their bo