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NRA, Oil and Gas Keep Knight Afloat Steve “I’ll Drop Your Ass” Knight’s rough year was capped off with another rough fundraising total. The vulnerable congressman raised just $28,500 from individuals and the rest of his weak total came from special interests. Of his special interest donations, a notable one came from the NRA, which […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Key Sections: When he ran in 2012, he was accused by his Mexican lover of threatening to have him deported, an explosive tale first reported in New Times. The Republican sheriff ultimately couldn’t escape the heat of the scandal and pulled himself out of the Congressional race in May, 2012 and focused […]

The 9-way Republican primary field to replace Democratic Congressman Patrick Murphy just got uglier. Today’s FEC reports suggest that FL-18 Republican candidates on the whole are struggling to fundraise in this Democratic-held House district. No Republican candidate raised more than $175,000 from supporters in the final quarter of the year. That makes the Republican fundraising […]

Scott Garrett’s anti-equality views and pro-discrimination record are not only embarrassing his constituents in North Jersey and his corporate donors, they are hurting his chances at re-election. According to NorthJersey.com, “Rep. Scott Garrett raised half of what his challenger raised in last three months of 2015.”   Garrett’s potential Democratic challenger, Josh Gottheimer, raised $375,000 […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT “Errors. Excessive. Unclear sources. These are the words being used to describe Congresswoman McSally’s disregard for campaign finance disclosure,” said DCCC Spokesman Tyler Law. “Arizonans are rightfully concerned that she did not return these inappropriate donations until after she was exposed in the press.” Key Sections: The issue has been […]

Blum was once again outraised in the 4th quarter of 2015 after he took in $122,000. Conversely, Monica Vernon raised more than $200,000 this quarter and a total of $829,000 for the year. “Anemic fundraising, failed fact checks, and embarrassing reports of wasting taxpayer money – it’s fair to say that nothing has gone well […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Sheriff Paul Babeu’s abuse scandal has continued to garner widespread coverage and has led to calls for him to drop out of the race. Roll Call published a story Friday digging into the political ramifications for Babeu (more coverage at the end of this release). Key Sections: When Paul Babeu […]

After poll showing Bacon far behind in the primary, his anemic fundraising raises viability questions “With Don Bacon’s embarrassing showing thus far it’s unclear that he can even make it out of the primary,” said DCCC Spokesman Tyler Law. This quarter was by far the worst for Bacon. He raised an anemic $39,000, while Ashford […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Doug Owens has topped Congresswoman Love ($349,675 to $314,257) in the 4th quarter of 2015 with Love squandering nearly as much money as she took in. Most importantly, Owens added 17X as much cash-on-hand in Q4. Owens impressive fundraising – and Love’s inability to manage her money – is nothing […]

On the seventh anniversary of President Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, don’t expect Congressman Randy Forbes to join in celebrating the historic legislation aimed at closing our country’s gender pay gap. In 2009, Forbes joined his House Republican colleagues in voting “no” on the bill. “The anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Act […]